Richardson Electronics, Ltd.
RELL Nasdaq Wholesale-Electronic Parts & Equipment, Nec Financials FY2017βFY2026
What Richardson Electronics, Ltd. does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD.
- Fiscal year ends
- May 30, 2026
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Aug 3, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0000355948-26-000002
0000355948
Revenue and margins
Richardson Electronics, Ltd. had $229M of revenue in fiscal 2026, up 9.4% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was β$3.6M in fiscal 2026, β1.6% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Richardson Electronics, Ltd. returned $3.4M to shareholders in fiscal 2026. The diluted share count rose 3.2%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Richardson Electronics, Ltd. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $40.5M | $25.0M | $24.3M | $35.9M | $31.8M |
| Current ratio | 3.7x | 4.6x | 5.0x | 4.5x | 4.7x |
| Quick ratio | 1.8x | 1.6x | 1.6x | 1.7x | 1.9x |
| Total assets | $180M | $198M | $192M | $196M | $202M |
| Total liabilities | $44.0M | $38.7M | $34.5M | $39.2M | $38.3M |
| Shareholders' equity | $136M | $159M | $158M | $157M | $164M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β | β | β | β | β |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 5 / 7 | 3 / 7 | 4 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 6 / 8 |
| Accruals ratio | β5.5% | 0.5% | β3.0% | β2.5% | 0.5% | 9.5% | 16.2% | β3.3% | β6.0% | 2.8% |
| Altman Z'' | 11.05 | 10.33 | 9.81 | 9.24 | 9.13 | 9.16 | 10.96 | 10.66 | 9.76 | 10.46 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $137M | $163M | $167M | $156M | $177M | $225M | $263M | $196M | $209M | $229M |
| Gross profit | $43.9M | $55.1M | $51.7M | $49.7M | $58.8M | $71.7M | $83.7M | $60.0M | $64.8M | $71.3M |
| Operating income | β$5.8M | $3.6M | β$6.8M | β$1.7M | $2.9M | $16.0M | $25.0M | $0.3M | β$2.5M | $6.5M |
| Pretax income | β$6.1M | $3.9M | β$6.3M | β$1.2M | $2.3M | $15.8M | $25.0M | $0.2M | β$1.5M | $7.5M |
| Income tax | $0.8M | $1.5M | $1.0M | $0.6M | $0.7M | β$2.2M | $2.7M | $0.1M | β$0.4M | $1.1M |
| Net income | β$6.9M | $3.8M | β$7.3M | β$1.8M | $1.7M | $17.9M | $22.3M | $0.1M | β$1.1M | $6.4M |
| Diluted shares | 0.01B | β | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $1.8M | $3.0M | β$2.6M | $1.9M | $0.8M | $1.9M | β$8.2M | $6.5M | $10.6M | $0.8M |
| Capital expenditure | $5.2M | $5.2M | $3.9M | $1.8M | $2.6M | $3.1M | $7.4M | $4.0M | $2.8M | $4.4M |
| Free cash flow | β$3.4M | β$2.3M | β$6.4M | $0.1M | β$1.8M | β$1.2M | β$15.6M | $2.5M | $7.7M | β$3.6M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $2.7M | $3.0M | $3.2M | $3.4M | $3.4M | $3.4M | $3.7M | $4.3M | $4.0M | $3.8M |
| Stock-based compensation | $0.4M | $0.5M | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.9M | $1.3M | $1.5M | $1.6M |
| Dividends paid | $3.0M | $3.0M | $3.1M | $3.1M | $3.1M | $3.2M | $3.3M | $3.4M | $3.4M | $3.4M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $3.0M | $3.0M | $3.1M | $3.1M | $3.1M | $3.2M | $3.3M | $3.4M | $3.4M | $3.4M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $61.8M | $60.5M | $50.0M | $46.5M | $43.3M | $40.5M | $25.0M | $24.3M | $35.9M | $31.8M |
| Finance lease liabilities | β | β | $0.5M | $0.3M | $0.1M | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current assets | $128M | $138M | $131M | $127M | $134M | $153M | $168M | $162M | $166M | $173M |
| Current liabilities | $24.2M | $29.9M | $28.2M | $29.2M | $32.2M | $41.2M | $36.6M | $32.0M | $36.8M | $36.4M |
| Inventory | $42.7M | $50.7M | $53.2M | $57.5M | $63.5M | $80.4M | $110M | $110M | $103M | $103M |
| Property and equipment, net | $15.8M | $18.2M | $19.1M | $17.7M | $17.1M | $17.0M | $20.8M | $20.7M | $18.4M | $19.0M |
| Goodwill | $6.3M | $6.3M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Intangible assets | $3.4M | $3.0M | $2.8M | $2.5M | $2.3M | $2.0M | $1.9M | $1.6M | $0.3M | $0.3M |
| Total assets | $157M | $166M | $153M | $151M | $157M | $180M | $198M | $192M | $196M | $202M |
| Total liabilities | $25.1M | $31.1M | $29.3M | $32.1M | $35.2M | $44.0M | $38.7M | $34.5M | $39.2M | $38.3M |
| Shareholders' equity | $132M | $135M | $124M | $119M | $122M | $136M | $159M | $158M | $157M | $164M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 32.1% | 33.7% | 31.0% | 31.9% | 33.2% | 31.9% | 31.9% | 30.5% | 31.0% | 31.2% |
| Operating margin | β4.2% | 2.2% | β4.1% | β1.1% | 1.6% | 7.1% | 9.5% | 0.2% | β1.2% | 2.8% |
| EBITDA margin | β2.2% | 4.1% | β2.2% | 1.1% | 3.6% | 8.6% | 10.9% | 2.4% | 0.7% | 4.5% |
| Net margin | β5.1% | 2.3% | β4.4% | β1.2% | 0.9% | 8.0% | 8.5% | 0.0% | β0.5% | 2.8% |
| FCF margin | β2.5% | β1.4% | β3.9% | 0.1% | β1.0% | β0.5% | β5.9% | 1.3% | 3.7% | β1.6% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital employed | β4.3% | 2.7% | β5.4% | β1.4% | 2.3% | 11.5% | 15.5% | 0.2% | β1.5% | 3.9% |
| Return on equity | β5.2% | 2.9% | β5.7% | β1.5% | 1.4% | 13.9% | 15.1% | 0.0% | β0.7% | 4.0% |
| Return on assets | β4.4% | 2.4% | β4.6% | β1.2% | 1.1% | 10.7% | 11.8% | 0.0% | β0.6% | 3.2% |
| Return on tangible equity | β5.7% | 3.0% | β6.1% | β1.6% | 1.4% | 13.4% | 14.2% | 0.0% | β0.7% | 3.9% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 19.2% | 2.1% | β6.5% | 13.5% | 26.9% | 16.9% | β25.2% | 6.3% | 9.4% |
| Net income growth | β | β | β291.7% | β | β | 983.2% | 24.6% | β99.7% | β1,973.8% | β |
| FCF growth | β | β | β | β | β1,324.5% | β | β | β | 211.8% | β146.8% |
| Share count change | β | β | β | 0.9% | 1.3% | 5.9% | 6.1% | β0.6% | β1.3% | 3.2% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Current ratio | 5.3x | 4.6x | 4.6x | 4.3x | 4.2x | 3.7x | 4.6x | 5.0x | 4.5x | 4.7x |
| Quick ratio | 3.5x | 2.9x | 2.7x | 2.4x | 2.2x | 1.8x | 1.6x | 1.6x | 1.7x | 1.9x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 3.8% | 3.2% | 2.3% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 2.8% | 2.1% | 1.3% | 1.9% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| Payouts / FCF | β | β | β | 2,109.5% | β | β | β | 136.0% | 44.0% | β |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 5.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 11.1 | 10.3 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 9.8 | 10.5 |
| Accruals ratio | β5.5% | 0.5% | β3.0% | β2.5% | 0.5% | 9.5% | 16.2% | β3.3% | β6.0% | 2.8% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000355948). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.