Impinj Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Impinj Inc had return on equity of -6.0%, an operating margin of -0.2%, debt equal to 137.4% of equity and a current ratio of 2.68. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 52.8% | 52.0% | 52.9% | 51.8% | 47.5% | 48.4% | 46.9% | 52.0% | 53.5% | 49.4% | 51.6% | 52.5% | 53.5% |
| Operating margin | 0.7% | 2.0% | −0.4% | −13.6% | −28.4% | −14.2% | −33.9% | −19.6% | −7.6% | −14.1% | −1.9% | −0.2% | −0.7% |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 1.1% | −1.5% | −13.8% | −28.7% | −15.0% | −37.4% | −26.9% | −9.4% | −14.1% | 11.2% | −3.0% | −2.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −2.9% | −5.1% | −11.6% | −33.9% | −14.8% | 1.5% | −14.4% | −5.1% | −4.4% | −22.1% | 30.4% | 12.7% | 16.9% |
| Return on equity | — | — | −8.6% | −14.3% | −32.5% | −20.6% | −44.3% | −104.6% | — | −174.4% | 44.4% | −6.0% | −3.7% |
| Return on assets | — | 1.7% | −1.5% | −10.8% | −23.7% | −12.8% | −24.6% | −19.6% | −7.3% | −12.2% | 9.6% | −2.1% | −1.7% |
| Asset turnover | — | 1.49 | 1.02 | 0.78 | 0.83 | 0.85 | 0.66 | 0.73 | 0.78 | 0.87 | 0.86 | 0.70 | 0.71 |
| Current ratio | — | 2.06 | 5.86 | 6.52 | 5.26 | 9.07 | 6.21 | 7.21 | 6.49 | 8.73 | 0.99 | 2.68 | 9.42 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | 9.9% | 8.1% | 24.2% | 40.6% | 79.0% | — | >999% | 825.8% | 191.8% | 137.4% | 63.2% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 0.5x | 1.3x | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m | n/m |
| Effective tax rate | 24.4% | 15.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.4% | — | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | 22.4% | 22.4% | 22.4% | 25.7% | 27.9% | 25.4% | 35.0% | 33.7% | 28.7% | 28.8% | 27.0% | 28.4% | 29.8% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.6% | 9.5% | 3.1% | 5.2% | 5.2% | 1.6% | 2.2% | 8.5% | 4.7% | 6.0% | 4.7% | 3.6% | 2.8% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | −622.6% | −443.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 272.3% | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 50.5% | 49.4% | 57.8% | 50.3% | 51.8% | 49.1% | 58.6% | 52.8% |
| Operating margin | −3.9% | −12.9% | 11.1% | 0.7% | −2.9% | −20.4% | 9.7% | 4.1% |
| Net margin | −2.9% | −11.4% | 11.8% | −13.3% | −1.2% | −34.0% | 11.3% | 4.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.3% | −17.5% | 27.9% | 18.7% | 14.7% | 3.0% | 26.9% | 18.4% |
| Current ratio | 0.99 | 10.96 | 11.64 | 2.67 | 2.68 | 9.20 | 3.28 | 9.42 |
| Debt to equity | 378.3% | 176.8% | 151.5% | 143.8% | 134.2% | 118.4% | 104.5% | 61.6% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 28.3% | 34.1% | 25.2% | 26.8% | 29.0% | 38.7% | 27.0% | 27.3% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $335m of assets due within a year against $36m of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $335m short-term assets against $210m of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $39m of cash against $186m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 62% of equity.
- 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 $76m of operating cash flow against $186m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$3m against $3m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Impinj'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 10 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 8.4% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 17 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 50.8%, moving by 2.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 10 / 20
Operating margin has been a median -10.4%; its worst year was -33.3%.
- Cash conversion 4 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 4 of 10 years, at a median -3.4% of revenue.
- Discipline 0 / 20
The diluted share count rose 28.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 15.4% 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 (41 before it).
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