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Adeia Inc. ADEA
$25.74 +1.58% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $2.84B
High quality
Next earnings report: Nov 2, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.08, up 45.9% year over year.
- Operating margin widened to 45.7% from 38.3% a year earlier.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $470.9M, up 24.3% from a year earlier, accelerating from 21.1% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth60Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 26%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 31%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 30%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 31%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 29%
Quality84Strong
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 13%
- Gross marginTop 18%
- Operating marginTop 2%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 44%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 49%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 37%
- Interest coverTop 40%
Value70Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 21%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 26%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 19%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 34%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 49%
Momentum60Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 22%
- 6-month returnBottom 30%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 27%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 41%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Revisions90Exceptional
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 48%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 5%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 29%
Stability75Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 45%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 6%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 27%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 37%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 21.1% | 24.3% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 63.6% | 45.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 84.7% | 75.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 38.3% | 45.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 48.5% | 38.5% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 24.3% | 21.1% | ↑ | Top 26% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 45.9% | 63.6% | ↓ | Top 31% |
| Gross margin | 75.4% | 84.7% | ↓ | Top 18% |
| Operating margin | 45.7% | 38.3% | ↑ | Top 2% |
| Net margin | 26.1% | 22.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 38.5% | 48.5% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 16.8% | — | Top 13% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 0.3% | — | Bottom 31% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.56×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 7.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -16.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.24×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 6.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.77%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.07%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.84%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +9.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $39.00
- Target vs current price
- +51.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 5
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 100%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | +10.4% | +4.3% | +5.9% | -3.5% | — |
| May 4, 2026 | +15.7% | +1.9% | -10.5% | -13.3% | -29.8% |
| Feb 23, 2026 | +32.1% | -2.8% | +8.8% | +22.1% | +44.1% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | -22.2% | -16.1% | -18.5% | -27.3% | +6.3% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +4.2% | +0.8% | +13.6% | +20.3% | +43.1% |
| May 5, 2025 | +0.0% | -2.1% | +5.8% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | +11.9% | +1.4% | +28.3% | +4.6% | +5.6% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -22.9% | +0.3% | -17.9% | -7.0% | -10.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $0.34 | $0.31 | +10.4% | $96.1M |
| May 4, 2026 | $0.38 | $0.33 | +15.7% | $104.8M |
| Feb 23, 2026 | $0.86 | $0.65 | +32.1% | $182.6M |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $0.28 | $0.36 | -22.2% | $87.3M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.25 | $0.24 | +4.2% | $85.7M |
| May 5, 2025 | $0.26 | $0.26 | +0.0% | $87.7M |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $0.47 | $0.42 | +11.9% | $119.2M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.27 | $0.35 | -22.9% | $86.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 23.8× | 21.4× | 57th | Top 21% |
| P/E (forward) | 18.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.1× | — | — | Top 19% |
| EV / Sales | 6.71× | — | — | Bottom 34% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.39% | — | — | Top 26% |
| Earnings yield | 4.20% | — | — | Top 21% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 3.9× – 34.9× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +50.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +45.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +48.7%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 3
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +2.8%
- RSI (14)
- 50.0
- Relative volume
- 1.19×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 58.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 76th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.07
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.30
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -23.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -34.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2021 | Jun 16, 2022 | -45.3% | 316 days | 74 days (Oct 3, 2022) |
| Nov 2, 2022 | May 4, 2023 | -38.3% | 125 days | 47 days (Jul 13, 2023) |
| Feb 21, 2025 | Apr 4, 2025 | -34.8% | 30 days | 124 days (Oct 2, 2025) |
| Oct 6, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | -34.8% | 33 days | 29 days (Jan 5, 2026) |
| Aug 1, 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 | -32.3% | 62 days | 41 days (Dec 27, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.84B
- P/E (TTM)
- 23.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.08
- Revenue (TTM)
- $470.9M
- Dividend yield
- 0.78%
- 52-week range
- $11.61 – $34.34
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $877.7M | $438.9M | $388.8M | $376.0M | $443.4M |
| Gross profit | $523.7M | $324.7M | $293.5M | $303.2M | $386.8M |
| Operating income | $25.5M | $161.6M | $145.6M | $142.3M | $209.1M |
| Net income | -$55.5M | -$295.9M | $67.4M | $64.6M | $111.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.53 | -$2.84 | $0.60 | $0.57 | $0.99 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $86.1M | $119.2M | $87.7M | $85.7M | $87.3M | $182.6M | $104.8M | $96.1M |
| Net income | $19.3M | $36.0M | $11.8M | $16.7M | $8.8M | $73.7M | $22.8M | $17.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.17 | $0.32 | $0.10 | $0.15 | $0.08 | $0.65 | $0.20 | $0.15 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $234.8M | $183.0M | $152.8M | $212.5M | $158.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$14.1M | -$12.9M | -$6.3M | -$22.3M | -$8.8M |
| Free cash flow | $220.7M | $170.2M | $146.4M | $190.2M | $149.3M |
| Dividends paid | -$21.0M | -$203.8M | -$21.3M | -$21.8M | -$21.8M |
| Net share buybacks | -$100.8M | -$33.2M | -$11.3M | -$31.5M | -$41.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $137.1M
- Total assets
- $1.01B
- Total liabilities
- $536.3M
- Total debt
- $395.3M
- Net debt
- $322.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $477.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | $0.05 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| May 26, 2026 | $0.05 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Mar 16, 2026 | $0.05 | Mar 30, 2026 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | $0.05 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Aug 26, 2025 | $0.05 | Sep 16, 2025 |
| May 27, 2025 | $0.05 | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Mar 10, 2025 | $0.05 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Nov 27, 2024 | $0.05 | Dec 18, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 7,471,140
- Days to cover
- 9.44
- Change vs previous report
- -2.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Oct 3, 2022
- 189-for-50