Company Analysis

Tempus AI, Inc. (TEM)

Nasdaq: TEM · Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. · Chicago, IL · filing with the SEC since 2017
Grade5.7
◀ Past 4.7● Present 5.1▶ Future 6.7
2 est.

The grade of Tempus AI, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.7/10
◀ Past4.725% of the headline
● Present5.135% of the headline
▶ Future6.740% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.7/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
7.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 70th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Tempus AI, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+58.3% a year over 4 filed years; profitable in 0 of 4.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 70 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Tempus AI, Inc.'s 4 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $321 million in fiscal 2022 to $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025, up 58.3% a year; it rose in 3 of 3 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 0 of 4 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span58.3%top 8% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 21% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 14% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
0.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 0.7/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 7th percentile among 72 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 7% of 72 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 72 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Tempus AI, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 0.7 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 7% of 72 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.1/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
2.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -50%: lost 50¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 78%: owes 78¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 21st percentile among 74 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Tempus AI, Inc. lost about 50 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 78 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 45.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 26% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 21% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 36% of 73 in its family; net margin -19.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 73 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Tempus AI, Inc.'s standing among 73 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 34% by size; a net margin of -19.3% ranks in the bottom 31%; revenue growth of 58.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 6% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.27Btop 34% of its family
  • net margin-19.3%bottom 31% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth58.3%top 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
9.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 9.7/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 97th percentile among 47 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 3% of 47 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2024-06-13 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 2.4 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read
The record of its people begins on 2024-06-13 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 2.4 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 47 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Tempus AI, Inc.'s leadership is put at 9.7 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 3% of 47 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2024-06-13 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 2.4 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 46% of 71 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 46th percentile among 71 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Tempus AI, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $609 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 26.8% of its assets as net cash, top 19% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -18.8% of revenue (bottom 20%); research spending of 13.6% of revenue (bottom 36%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets26.8%top 19% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-18.8%bottom 20% of its family
  • research spending against revenue13.6%bottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 25% of 70 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 70 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Tempus AI, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 58.3% a year over the last three filed years against 58.3% over all 4, speeding up (top 24% of its family); the newest year grew 83.5% (top 8%); research spending grew 27.6% a year (top 13%); capital spending grew 4.6% a year (bottom 47%) (its annual reports). Tempus AI, Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: Diagnostics at $955 million (75%), Insights Product at $258 million (20%), Trials Product at $39 million (3%), and 1 more; 3 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.0 points a yeartop 24% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth83.5%top 8% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending27.6%top 13% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending4.6%bottom 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.0/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 29% of 65 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 71st percentile among 65 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Tempus AI, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 24.8% above the $1.0 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 21% of its family); net income of $245 million against a prior three-year average of $403 million (bottom 41%); a net margin of -19.3% against -77.5% before (top 8%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace24.8%top 21% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+39%bottom 41% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+58.2 pointstop 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton TEM · research, not advice