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SIGMA DESIGNS INC

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY18FY17FY16FY15FY14FY13
Revenue$65.9M$134.4M$125.8M$188.3M$199.2M$216.6M
Operating income−$117.3M−$27.1M−$25.9M−$17.9M−$9.6M−$83.3M
Net income−$120.0M−$18.3M$158,000−$21.7M−$11.0M−$101.8M
Total assets$96.1M$201.8M$216.7M$205.3M$215.8M$220.8M
Total liabilities$56.0M$58.3M$63.9M$62.0M$57.4M$58.8M
Equity$40.1M$143.5M$152.8M$143.3M$158.4M$162.0M
EPS (diluted)$-3.12$-0.49$0.00$-0.63$-0.32$-3.06
Shares out.39.6M38.2M36.9M35.4M34.4M34.1M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2018
Operating margin
−178.1%
Net margin
−182.1%
Return on equity
−299.2%
Return on assets
−124.9%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−198.8%
Liabilities / assets
58.3%
Debt / equity
1.40×
Book value / share
$1.01
Revenue growth (YoY)
−51.0%
Net income growth (YoY)

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2018
Altman Z″ (distress)
-15.98distress
Accruals / assets
103.7%clean
Beneish M-Score
-8.57normal
Piotroski F-Score
2/9weak

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
35
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 67Financial strength 75

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

2 severe4 warning1 good
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • Reported a net loss
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • Negative operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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