Immersion Corp key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2026, Immersion Corp had return on equity of 1.5% and a net margin of 0.3%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010Dec 2009 | 2011Dec 2010 | 2012Dec 2011 | 2013Dec 2012 | 2014Dec 2013 | 2015Dec 2014 | 2016Dec 2015 | 2017Dec 2016 | 2018Dec 2017 | 2019Dec 2018 | 2020Dec 2019 | 2021Dec 2020 | 2022Dec 2021 | 2023Dec 2022 | 2024Dec 2023 | 2025Apr 2025 | 2026Apr 2026 | LTMJul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | −102.0% | −19.0% | −11.2% | −22.4% | 84.6% | 7.8% | 4.5% | −69.0% | −129.4% | 49.0% | −55.8% | 17.7% | 35.6% | 79.7% | 100.2% | 4.1% | 0.3% | 0.6% |
| Return on equity | −50.7% | −12.2% | −8.6% | −21.4% | 73.0% | 5.2% | 3.5% | −55.5% | −139.4% | 99.4% | −21.9% | 7.3% | 12.2% | 20.5% | 19.9% | 26.7% | 1.5% | 3.5% |
| Return on assets | — | −7.3% | −4.4% | −11.7% | 50.6% | 4.0% | 2.8% | −37.7% | −58.2% | 54.9% | −14.8% | 4.9% | 9.2% | 16.8% | 16.7% | 9.8% | 0.4% | 0.9% |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | 34.8% | 35.8% | — | — | 0.7% | — | — | 27.8% | −13.7% | 20.8% | 21.6% | 64.6% | 55.0% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 45.1% | 28.1% | 27.4% | 26.2% | 22.9% | 22.3% | 23.3% | 23.5% | 33.6% | 8.8% | 21.8% | 16.5% | 11.8% | 3.6% | 0.8% | — | — | — |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 21.8% | 20.0% | 177.9% | 102.4% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $811m of assets due within a year against $379m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $811m short-term assets against $238m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $32m against $11m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Immersion's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 13 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 10.5% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 20 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 99.5%, moving by 0.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 2 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 10.6%; its worst year was -88.2%.
- Cash conversion 6 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 10 years, at a median 1.3% of revenue.
- Discipline 6 / 20
The diluted share count rose 8.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 8.5% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (46 before it).
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