Company Analysis

Trimble Inc. (TRMB)

Nasdaq: TRMB · Measuring & Controlling Devices, NEC · Westminster, CO · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade5.1
◀ Past 4.8● Present 5.8▶ Future 4.5

The grade of Trimble Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.1/10
◀ Past4.830% of the headline
● Present5.840% of the headline
▶ Future4.530% of the headline

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

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
1.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

9 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-04-29.

weight 33% of this tense · 14th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Trimble Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 9 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 4 times, the latest 2025-03-26); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2025-04-29); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 4 times, the latest 2025-03-05) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Trimble Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.4 billion in fiscal 2016 to $3.6 billion in fiscal 2026, up 4.7% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 6% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2026; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span4.7%bottom 35% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 45% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 18% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak5.6%top 32% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.2% a year. 75% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 16 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 81st percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-02, Trimble Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 75% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 16 sales (16 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-04 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 14% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 25% of its family

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

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 7%: 7¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 37%: owes 37¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-02, Trimble Inc. earned about 7 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 27 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 37 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 50% of its family
  • return on equitytop 35% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 39% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 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
5.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 46% of 11 in its family; net margin 11.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Trimble Inc.'s standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.6 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 23% by size; a net margin of 11.8% ranks in the top 41%; revenue growth of -0.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 25% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.59Btop 23% of its family
  • net margin11.8%top 41% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-0.8%bottom 25% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 47% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Trimble Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Painter, Robert G (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-01-07, 6.9 years (top 45% of its family); the 19 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.2 years (bottom 35%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 19 people in charge now (top 50%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 19 peopletop 50% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.2 yearsbottom 35% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.9 yearstop 45% of its family

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

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 38% of 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Trimble Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $253 million against debt of $1.4 billion leaves -12.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 23% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 10.1% of revenue (top 45%); a gross margin of 69.1% (top 6%); research spending of 17.6% of revenue (top 25%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-12.2%bottom 23% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue10.1%top 45% of its family
  • gross margin69.1%top 6% of its family
  • research spending against revenue17.6%top 25% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
4.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 44% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Trimble Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -0.8% a year over the last three filed years against 4.7% over all 10, slowing (bottom 35% of its family); the newest year grew -2.6% (bottom 32%); research spending grew 5.2% a year (top 32%); capital spending grew -16.3% a year (bottom 41%) (its annual reports). Trimble Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Field Systems at $1.5 billion (43%), Architects Engineers Construction and Owners at $1.5 billion (42%), Transportation and Logistics at $549 million (15%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-5.6 points a yearbottom 35% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-2.6%bottom 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending5.2%top 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-16.3%bottom 41% 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
1.2/10

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

bottom 12% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 12th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Trimble Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.6 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 2.7% below the $3.7 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 17% of its family); net income of $424 million against a prior three-year average of $755 million (bottom 15%); a net margin of 11.8% against 20.4% before (bottom 5%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-2.7%bottom 17% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-44%bottom 15% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-8.6 pointsbottom 5% 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 TRMB · research, not advice