InterDigital, Inc. IDCC
What this company does
Written from the business description in InterDigital, Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 5 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.
Revenue compounded at +18.4% a year over five years — but profit grew faster: net income at +55.4%, earnings per share at +52.3%.
The share count fell from 0.03B to 0.03B — the buyback concentrates the same profit into fewer slices.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
Each USD of equity produced 42 cents of profit this year.
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Operating income $B | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| EBITDA $B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Income tax $B | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −0.0 | 0.0 | −0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Net income $B | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Free cash flow $B | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | −0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| EPS, diluted $ | 11.80 | 12.07 | 7.62 | 3.07 | 1.77 | 1.44 | 0.66 | 1.84 | 4.93 | 8.78 | 3.27 | 2.62 | 0.92 | 6.26 | 1.94 | 3.43 | 1.97 | 0.57 |
| Dividend / sh $ | 2.60 | 1.70 | 1.50 | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.30 | 1.00 | 0.80 | 0.70 | 0.40 | 1.90 | 0.40 | 0.10 | 0.00 | · |
| Payout % | 15 | 12 | 18 | 45 | 78 | 96 | 213 | 75 | 25 | 10 | 25 | 23 | 35 | 31 | 20 | 0 | 0 | · |
| ROE % | 41.5 | 49.9 | 32.8 | 12.7 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 7.3 | 22.1 | 49.0 | 23.3 | 20.1 | 6.8 | 54.9 | 21.7 | 58.8 | 67.9 | 29.9 |
| Shares out B | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 | · |
Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.
This company against its peers
Reconciled in 18 of 19 fiscal years. 6 checks could not be computed.