Company Analysis

Energous Corporation (WATT)

Nasdaq: WATT · Radio & Tv Broadcasting & Communications Equipment · San Jose, CA · filing with the SEC since 2013
Grade3.9
◀ Past 2.5● Present 3.3▶ Future 6.3
1 est.

The grade of Energous Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.9/10
◀ Past2.530% of the headline
● Present3.340% of the headline
▶ Future6.330% 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?

2.5/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
1.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

7 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-02-27.

weight 33% of this tense · 19th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Energous Corporation's filings since 2017 show 7 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 3 times, the latest 2025-02-27); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2024-04-16); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 3 times, the latest 2023-08-15) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
3.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+21.9% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 0 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Energous Corporation's 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1 million in fiscal 2017 to $6 million in fiscal 2025, up 21.9% a year; it rose in 5 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 83% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2019; net income was positive in 0 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span21.9%top 13% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 43% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 17% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak82.7%bottom 7% 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 22% of this tense · 7th percentile among 21 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 21 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 21 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: Energous Corporation'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 21 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?

3.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -77%: lost 77¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 25%: owes 25¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Energous Corporation lost about 77 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 12 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 25 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 522.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 7% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 23% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 29% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 7% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
3.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 37% of 21 in its family; net margin -170.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 37th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Energous Corporation's standing among 21 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $6 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 3% by size; a net margin of -170.4% ranks in the bottom 17%; revenue growth of 87.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 7% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$5.6Mbottom 3% of its family
  • net margin-170.4%bottom 17% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth87.7%top 7% 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 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 15th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Energous Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Burak, Mallorie Sara (CEO & CFO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-10-18, 2.1 years (bottom 12% of its family); the 7 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 2.8 years (bottom 12%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 7 people in charge now (bottom 22%; 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 7 peoplebottom 22% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed2.8 yearsbottom 12% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.1 yearsbottom 12% 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?

6.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 43% of 21 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Energous Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $10 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 62.1% of its assets as net cash, top 7% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -222.1% of revenue (bottom 7%); a gross margin of 36% (bottom 34%); research spending of 73.3% of revenue (top 7%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets62.1%top 7% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-222.1%bottom 7% of its family
  • gross margin36.0%bottom 34% of its family
  • research spending against revenue73.3%top 7% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 45% of 21 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Energous Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 87.7% a year over the last three filed years against 21.9% over all 9, speeding up (top 8% of its family); the newest year grew 634.1% (top 2%); research spending grew -30.9% a year (bottom 12%); capital spending grew -20.8% a year (bottom 18%) (its annual reports). Energous Corporation reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Power Bridge Sales and Shipping at $6 million (98%), Other at $107 thousand (2%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+65.8 points a yeartop 8% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth634.1%top 2% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-30.9%bottom 12% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-20.8%bottom 18% 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
8.6/10

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

top 14% of 19 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 86th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Energous Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $6 million in fiscal 2025 came in 671.8% above the $729 thousand its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 3% of its family); net income of $10 million against a prior three-year average of $21 million (top 37%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (top 3%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace671.8%top 3% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+55%top 37% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 3% 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

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