Company Analysis

Valens Semiconductor Ltd. (VLN)

NYSE: VLN · Semiconductors & Related Devices · Hod Hasharon, 4501309, IL · filing with the SEC since 2021
Grade4.9
◀ Past 4.5● Present 4.8▶ Future 5.4
2 est.

The grade of Valens Semiconductor Ltd.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.9/10
◀ Past4.530% of the headline
● Present4.840% of the headline
▶ Future5.430% 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?

4.5/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
7.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2021.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Valens Semiconductor Ltd.'s filings since 2021 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
2.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.7% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 0 of 7.

weight 45% of this tense · 24th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Valens Semiconductor Ltd.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $60 million in fiscal 2019 to $71 million in fiscal 2025, up 2.7% a year; it rose in 3 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 36% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 0 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2.7%bottom 29% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 19% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 10% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak36.2%bottom 38% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
4.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 4.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 94 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 42% of 94 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 94 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: Valens Semiconductor Ltd.'s shareholder treatment is put at 4.2 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 42% of 94 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?

4.8/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
6.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -30%: lost 30¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 22%: owes 22¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 95 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Valens Semiconductor Ltd. lost about 30 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 33 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 22 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 28% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 14% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 22% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 10% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
2.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 23% of 97 in its family; net margin -44.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 97 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Valens Semiconductor Ltd.'s standing among 97 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $71 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 24% by size; a net margin of -44.7% ranks in the bottom 21%; revenue growth of -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$70.6Mbottom 24% of its family
  • net margin-44.7%bottom 21% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-8.0%bottom 25% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate
5.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.4/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 78 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-16 (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 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 78 members with one.
What the record cannot read
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-16 (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 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
family median, 78 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Valens Semiconductor Ltd.'s leadership is put at 5.4 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-16 (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 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 78 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 33% of 94 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 94 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Valens Semiconductor Ltd.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $28 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 20.7% of its assets as net cash, top 30% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -19.5% of revenue (bottom 27%); a gross margin of 62.4% (top 12%); research spending of 60.4% of revenue (top 17%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets20.7%top 30% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-19.5%bottom 27% of its family
  • gross margin62.4%top 12% of its family
  • research spending against revenue60.4%top 17% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 36% of 93 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Valens Semiconductor Ltd.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -8% a year over the last three filed years against 2.7% over all 7, slowing (bottom 34% of its family); the newest year grew 22.1% (top 40%); research spending grew -9.8% a year (bottom 10%); capital spending grew -1.2% a year (bottom 39%) (its annual reports). Valens Semiconductor Ltd. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Cross Industry Business at $52 million (73%), Automotive at $19 million (27%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-10.7 points a yearbottom 34% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth22.1%top 40% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-9.8%bottom 10% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-1.2%bottom 39% 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
5.5/10

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

top 45% of 88 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 88 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Valens Semiconductor Ltd.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $71 million in fiscal 2025 came in 52.8% above the $46 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 20% of its family); net income of $32 million against a prior three-year average of $28 million (bottom 49%); a net margin of -44.7% against -39% before (bottom 37%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace52.8%top 20% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-13%bottom 49% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-5.7 pointsbottom 37% 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 VLN · research, not advice