Financial Trends -- 9/10

Near-textbook financial-strength profile. Revenue accelerating (+30.1% YoY in 2026Q1; FY25 +27.7%) on the AI data-center demand wave concentrated in the Americas (+52% YoY). Adjusted operating margin expanded ~1,270bps off the FY22 trough (7.7%) to 20.4%, trending toward 22%+. FCF swung from negative (-$260M FY22) to $1.89B (FY25, +66%), all without leveraging up (LT debt flat-to-declining). Only blemish: share count creeping ~+1%/yr instead of buybacks, and a softening EMEA segment. No penalty modifiers. Lands just shy of a perfect 10. Weight: 25%
2026Q1 Revenue
$2.65B
src | +30.1% YoY | Accelerating
Adj Op Margin
Expanding
20.4% FY25 | +1,270bps vs FY22
FCF
Growing
$1.89B FY25, +66% | 18%+ conversion
Share Count
Rising
~+1%/yr | No buybacks
Quarterly Revenue Trajectory ($M)
Quarter 2024Q4 2025Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2026Q1
Total Revenue $2,346.4M $2,036.0M $2,638.1M $2,675.8M $2,880.0M $2,649.5M
YoY +25.8% +24.2% +35.1% +29.0% +22.7% +30.1%
Revenue growth accelerating, not decelerating. Every comparable quarter re-accelerated YoY across the 2025 cohort, and 2026Q1 (+30.1%) reaccelerated versus 2025Q1 (+24.2%). Two-year stacked growth is running ~55-60%, driven by the AI data-center demand wave concentrated in the Americas (+52% YoY in 2026Q1).

Gross Margin Expansion
Metric 2025Q1 2026Q1 YoY
Revenue $2,036.0M $2,649.5M +30.1%
Gross Margin 33.7% 37.7% +400 bps
Adj Op Margin 16.5% 20.8% +430 bps
Gross margin expanded ~400 bps and adjusted operating margin ~430 bps YoY in 2026Q1. Margin expansion is broad-based, reflecting AI-content mix, the $3-3.5M/MW content uplift on high-density compute, and operating leverage on the volume ramp. Adjusted operating margin peaked at 23.2% in 2025Q4 and sits toward 22%+ on a TTM basis.

Annual Financial Summary (FY ends December)
Metric FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Total Net Sales ($M) $4,998.1M $5,691.5M $6,863.2M $8,011.8M $10,229.9M
Rev YoY +13.9% +20.6% +16.7% +27.7%
Adj Dil EPS $0.76 $0.53 $1.77 $2.85 $4.20
Adj EPS YoY -30.3% +234% +61.0% +47.4%
Adj Op Margin 9.4% 7.7% 15.3% 19.4% 20.4%
Diluted WASO (M) 360.1 378.2 386.2 386.3 390.7
Free Cash Flow ($M) $136.1M ($259.9M) $778.3M $1,135.2M $1,887.4M
Key trends

Segment Net Sales -- YoY %
Segment 2024Q4 2025Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2026Q1
Americas +25.3% +28.3% +42.9% +42.5% +46.5% +52.2%
APAC +29.5% +35.0% +37.3% +24.5% -2.4% +29.7%
EMEA +38.5% +12.0% +9.6% -0.3% -6.4% -6.3%
Mix is increasingly Americas-led. The Americas segment (FY25 $6,423.9M, 63% of sales) is the AI data-center engine, accelerating to +52% YoY in 2026Q1. APAC (FY25 $2,274.7M) rebounded to +30%. EMEA (FY25 $2,382.2M) has decelerated from +38.5% to outright contraction (-6.3%) -- a genuine watch item, though small relative to the Americas ramp.

Free Cash Flow ($M)
Metric FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Operating CF ($152.8M) $900.5M $1,319.3M $2,113.8M
Free Cash Flow ($259.9M) $778.3M $1,135.2M $1,887.4M
FCF Margin -4.6% 11.3% 14.2% 18.4%
FCF YoY +399% +46% +66%
FCF swung from negative to nearly $1.9B in three years. From -$260M (FY22) to $1,887.4M (FY25), +66% YoY, with conversion improving to 18.4% and the two most recent quarters (2025Q4, 2026Q1) running above 24% FCF margin. This was achieved without leveraging up -- long-term debt actually declined ($3,169M FY22 to $2,892M FY25) while revenue nearly doubled.

Penalty Modifier Check
Modifier Detail Penalty
Negative FCF FCF strongly positive and growing ($1,887.4M FY25, +66%) None
Share Dilution >10% YoY Diluted WASO up ~+1%/yr; +1.1% in FY25 -- far below the 10% threshold None
Revenue Up / Op Income Down Operating income grew ~8x (FY22 to FY25) vs ~1.8x revenue -- operating leverage None
Debt Growing > Revenue 3+ Qtrs LT debt flat-to-declining ($3,169M FY22 to $2,892M FY25) while revenue nearly doubled None
No penalty modifiers apply. The only blemishes are slight share-count growth (rather than buybacks) and a softening EMEA segment, both minor against the overall acceleration in revenue, margins, and free cash flow.

Score Rationale

Score of 9/10 reflects a near-textbook high-quality, high-growth compounder. No penalty modifiers applied. Held back from a perfect 10 only because share count is rising modestly (~+1%/yr) rather than declining.

Supports 9/10:

Acknowledged blemishes (no penalty):


Data sourced from Daloopa (company_id: 11460). Fiscal year ends December 31. All financials in USD.