Richardson Electronics (RELL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (NASDAQ:RELL) is a global manufacturer, distributor and servicer of engineered components and subsystems for a diverse range of industrial, medical and scientific applications. The company specializes in vacuum electron devices, high-voltage power supplies and related electronic components, offering klystrons, traveling wave tubes, magnetrons, X-ray tubes, microwave amplifiers and power conversion products. Its solutions support customers in power grid management, semiconductor processing, medical imaging, scientific instrumentation and telecommunications.

In addition to its manufacturing capabilities, Richardson Electronics maintains a broad distribution network comprising thousands of standard and custom parts. The company’s U.S. manufacturing and technical center in La Fox, Illinois, along with service centers in the United Kingdom and Singapore, enables local support across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. Application engineering services include design consultation, system integration and after-market support to help optimize performance and reliability.

Founded in 1947 as a specialist tube supplier, Richardson Electronics has expanded its product portfolio and geographic reach over seven decades. Headquartered in the Chicago area, the company is led by a management team with deep expertise in vacuum electronics, power conversion and global distribution. Richardson Electronics remains committed to technological innovation, operational excellence and delivering value to customers worldwide.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $17.48 to $19.57
• 50-Day Range: $10.73 to $18.42
• 52-Week Range: $8.66 to $19.86
• Volume: 765,089 shs
• Average Volume: 248,927 shs
• Market Capitalization: $255.53 million
• P/E Ratio: 65.00
• Dividend Yield: 1.37%
• Price Target: $14.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Richardson Electronics Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Richardson Electronics scored higher than 57% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 373rd out of 625 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Richardson Electronics has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Downside Risk

Richardson Electronics has a consensus price target of $14.00, representing about 20.2% downside from its current price of $17.55.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Richardson Electronics has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 56.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Richardson Electronics are expected to grow by 56.00% in the coming year, from $0.25 to $0.39 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Richardson Electronics is 65.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.78.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Richardson Electronics is 65.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 170.34.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Richardson Electronics has a PEG Ratio of 2.75. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Richardson Electronics has a P/B Ratio of 1.61. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.33% of the float of Richardson Electronics has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Richardson Electronics has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Richardson Electronics has recently decreased by 14.83%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Richardson Electronics pays a meaningful dividend of 1.37%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Richardson Electronics does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Richardson Electronics is 88.89%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Richardson Electronics will have a dividend payout ratio of 61.54% next year. This indicates that Richardson Electronics will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.03

News Sentiment

Richardson Electronics has a news sentiment score of -0.03. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.51 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Richardson Electronics this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for RELL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Richardson Electronics insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $258,717.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

33.40% of the stock of Richardson Electronics is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

71.95% of the stock of Richardson Electronics is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 2/25 Dividend: 2/06/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 2/25 Dividend: 2/06/2026
• Dividend Payable: 2/25/2026
• Last Earnings: 4/08/2026
• Record date for 5/27 Dividend: 5/08/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 5/27 Dividend: 5/08/2026
• Today: 5/25/2026
• Dividend Payable: 5/27/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 5/31/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/22/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: ELEC PARTS DIST
• Sub-Industry: Technology Distributors
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:RELL
• CIK: 355948
• Web: www.rell.com
• Phone: (630) 208-2200
• Fax: 630-208-2550
• Employees: 450
• Year Founded: 1947

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Richardson Electronics: $14.00
• High Price Target: $14.00
• Low Price Target: $14.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -20.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.27
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 65.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: 70.20
• P/E Growth: 2.75
• Net Income: -$1.14 million
• Net Margins: 1.75%
• Pretax Margin: 2.47%
• Return on Equity: 2.83%
• Return on Assets: 2.25%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 4.49
• Quick Ratio: 1.65

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $208.91 million
• Price / Sales: 1.22
• Cash Flow: $0.50 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 34.98
• Book Value: $10.87 per share
• Price / Book: 1.61

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 14,560,000
• Free Float: 9,695,000
• Market Cap: $255.53 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.24