Company Analysis

Velo3D, Inc. (VELO)

Nasdaq: VELO · Special Industry Machinery, NEC · Fremont, CA · filing with the SEC since 2020
Grade1.8
◀ Past 1.8● Present 0.8▶ Future 3.0
1 est.

The grade of Velo3D, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
1.8/10
◀ Past1.830% of the headline
● Present0.840% of the headline
▶ Future3.030% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

1.8/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
0.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

14 warning events since 2020; the latest 2024-12-26.

weight 33% of this tense · 4th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Velo3D, Inc.'s filings since 2020 show 14 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 4 times, the latest 2024-09-12); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2021-05-12); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2024-12-26); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 6 times, the latest 2024-11-15) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
3.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+19.4% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 1 of 6.

weight 45% of this tense · 35th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Velo3D, Inc.'s 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $19 million in fiscal 2020 to $46 million in fiscal 2025, up 19.4% a year; it rose in 3 of 5 years; the deepest fall was 48% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 1 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span19.4%top 12% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 35% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 4% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak47.9%bottom 12% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
0.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 0.4/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 4th percentile among 13 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 4% of 13 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 13 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: Velo3D, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 0.4 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 4% of 13 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?

0.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
0.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -187%: lost 187¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 64%: owes 64¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 4th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Velo3D, Inc. lost about 187 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned less than nothing, about minus 7 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 64 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1845.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 4% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 4% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 4% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 4% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
0.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 10% of 13 in its family; net margin -155.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 10th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Velo3D, Inc.'s standing among 13 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $46 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 21% by size; a net margin of -155.2% ranks in the bottom 4%; revenue growth of -16.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 4% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$46.0Mbottom 21% of its family
  • net margin-155.2%bottom 4% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-16.4%bottom 4% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
1.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 15% of 12 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 15th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Velo3D, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Jeldi, Arun (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-01-03, 1.9 years (bottom 38% of its family); the 9 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 1.9 years (bottom 4%); 18 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 9 people in charge now (bottom 4%; 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 charge18 in three years among 9 peoplebottom 4% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed1.9 yearsbottom 4% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.9 yearsbottom 38% 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?

3.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 29% of 13 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 29th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Velo3D, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $39 million against debt of $31 million leaves 7.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 12% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -65.3% of revenue (bottom 4%); a gross margin of -16.1% (bottom 4%); research spending of 23.2% of revenue (top 4%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets7.6%bottom 12% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-65.3%bottom 4% of its family
  • gross margin-16.1%bottom 4% of its family
  • research spending against revenue23.2%top 4% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
2.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 21% of 13 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 21st percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Velo3D, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -16.4% a year over the last three filed years against 19.4% over all 6, slowing (bottom 4% of its family); the newest year grew 12.1% (top 35%); research spending grew -38.7% a year (bottom 4%); capital spending grew -41.9% a year (bottom 13%) (its annual reports). Velo3D, Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: A3 D Printer and Parts at $39 million (85%), Support Services at $6 million (14%), Other at $524 thousand (1%), and 1 more; 1 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-35.8 points a yearbottom 4% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth12.1%top 35% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-38.7%bottom 4% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-41.9%bottom 13% 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
4.7/10

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

bottom 47% of 13 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Velo3D, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $46 million in fiscal 2025 came in 55.3% above the $30 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 12% of its family); net income of $71 million against a prior three-year average of $66 million (bottom 42%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (bottom 12%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace55.3%top 12% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-9%bottom 42% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-43.7 pointsbottom 12% 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 VELO · research, not advice