)
)
Edge16 Oct 2026
Winner, Winner: The Chicken McNugget Story
How a 1940s breeding contest, a Cornell food scientist, and a hedge by Ray Dalio helped McDonald's turn the Chicken McNugget into a fast-food icon.
Richardson Electronics
Richardson Electronics (RELL) investor relations material
Richardson Electronics Q1 2027 earnings summary
Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.Q1 2027 earnings summary8 Oct, 2026
Executive summary
Q1 FY27 net sales rose 18.9% YoY to $64.9M, the ninth consecutive quarterly increase and highest quarterly sales since Q3 FY2023.
Operating income increased to $5.1M from $1.0M; net income rose to $4.1M from $1.9M, and diluted EPS was $0.27 versus $0.13.
Backlog reached $184.4M, up 36.9% YoY and 12.2% from FY26 year-end, its highest level since FY2022 year-end.
Financial highlights
Net sales were $64.9M versus $54.6M; gross profit increased to $22.5M from $16.9M.
Reported gross margin rose to 34.6% from 31.0%; excluding the IEEPA tariff refund, it was 32.9%.
Operating expenses increased to $17.4M from $16.0M, but fell to 26.8% of sales from 29.2%.
Operating cash flow was $5.9M versus $1.4M; free cash flow was $4.2M.
EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, was $6.0M versus $3.3M.
Outlook and guidance
FY27 expectations include another year of profitable growth, supported by backlog and customer demand across end markets.
PMT and GES expect strong FY27 sales and profit growth; roughly 75% of their backlog was scheduled to ship in FY27.
Semiconductor customers forecast demand growth through FY27 and into CY2027; wafer-fab sales remain strong.
Wind-module demand is expected to remain steady or increase; Canvys engagement, RFQ activity, and opportunity pipeline remain encouraging.
Partial view of Summaries dataset, powered by Quartr API
AI can get things wrong. Verify important information.Research faster. Power your platform.
Latest events from Richardson Electronics
- Strong FY 2026 results and strategic focus on green energy and engineered solutions drive growth.RELL
Lytham Partners Fall 2026 Investor Conference - Strong FY 2026 results and strategic investments set the stage for robust growth in FY 2027.RELL17th Annual Midwest IDEAS Conference
- Director elections, auditor ratification, and executive pay are up for vote at the annual meeting.RELLProxy filing
- Proxy covers director elections, auditor ratification, and executive pay, with strong governance focus.RELLProxy filing
- Q4 net sales up 27.6%, net income $6.4M, record backlog, and strong FY27 outlook.RELLQ4 2026
- Q2 FY26 sales up 5.7% to $52.3M, GES up 39%, backlog $135.7M, $0.06 dividend, no debt.RELLQ2 2026
- Q1 FY2026 net income tripled to $1.9M on 1.6% sales growth and improved margins.RELLQ1 2026
- Q1 FY25 sales up 2.2% to $53.7M, with strong GES and Healthcare growth and a $137.4M backlog.RELLQ1 2025
- Q2 FY25 sales up 12.1% to $49.5M, led by 129% GES growth and improved margins.RELLQ2 2025
Next Richardson Electronics earnings date
Q2 20277 Jan, 2027
Richardson Electronics
Next Richardson Electronics earnings date
Q2 20277 Jan, 2027
AI chat
Ask anything. Verify everything.
Ask across every event and document from public companies. Each answer links back to the exact line in the transcript, slide or filing it came from.Learn moreFind what matters
AI across all first-party IR material. Live calls, transcripts, slides, filings.)
Trust every finding
50m+ first-party documents. Every output traceable to its source.Find what matters
AI across all first-party IR material. Live calls, transcripts, slides, filings.Trust every finding
50m+ first-party documents. Every output traceable to its source.Automations
Zero in on what matters
Define the prompt once. It runs the moment a company publishes or on a schedule you set. Outputs map to the exact signals you choose.Learn more)
Event-triggered research
Runs when a company publishes new material. Trigger on the first published document for the earliest possible run, or wait for a specific one.)
Scheduled research
Runs on a recurring cadence you set. Daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly, for aggregate reads across a period rather than a single event.Event-triggered research
Runs when a company publishes new material. Trigger on the first published document for the earliest possible run, or wait for a specific one.Scheduled research
Runs on a recurring cadence you set. Daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly, for aggregate reads across a period rather than a single event.Live audio & transcripts
Be first
Join any earnings call live in one click, with no manual registration. Follow the transcript as it happens and jump straight to the moments that matter.Learn more)
Live earnings calls
Join any call in one click. The audio keeps playing while you work elsewhere in Quartr.)
Live transcripts
Speaker-by-speaker, in real time. Searchable across every live and historical call.Live earnings calls
Join any call in one click. The audio keeps playing while you work elsewhere in Quartr.Live transcripts
Speaker-by-speaker, in real time. Searchable across every live and historical call.Quartr MCP connects your AI environment to 17K+ public companies
Pull live transcripts, filings, and slides into Claude or Codex via MCP. Combine Quartr's global IR data with any other dataset. Run agentic research and monitoring.
Included with Quartr Pro at no extra cost.Learn more
Quartr's AI stands out because it only pulls clean, first-party data from public companies. In investing, that's everything.
Jamie Ross
Investment Manager, GAM Investments
GAM
GAM
Research that used to take hours now takes seconds with Quartr Pro. Tracking shifts in tone or extracting tables, it's as simple as typing a query.
Tom O'Hara
Investment Director
Ciena
Ciena
Before Quartr we spent hours manually compiling insights through the peer earnings cycle. Now, these tasks are done faster, with greater precision.
Gregg Lampf
VP of Investor Relations
Protean
Protean
Being able to ask specific questions across years of transcripts and reports and instantly get verified answers is a game-changer.
Pontus Dackmo
CEO & Investment Manager
)
)
Frequently asked questions
Richardson Electronics, Ltd. engages in the power and microwave technologies, customized display solutions, and healthcare businesses in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, and Latin America. The company operates through four segments: Power and Microwave Technologies Group; Optronics Group; Custom Solutions Group; and Healthcare Technology Group. The Power and Microwave Technologies Group offers power electronics modules that convert mains voltages to regulated low voltage for further distribution within buildings. It also provides power conversion products consisting of inverters, drivers, and DC-to-DC converters; power management system components that offer microcontrollers with set features for PWM and analogue signal conditioning; motor control products sought for consumer applications such as washing machines, fans, and vacuum cleaners; electronic control systems used for industrial applications such as conveyors and rollers; telecommunications peripheral products for audio output amplifiers; high-current transformers for systems such as cathodic protection of pipelines; RF power amplifiers used in satellite communications systems such as uplink tracking is part of its operations. Richardson Electronics is based in LaFox, Illinois.