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Rambus Inc. RMBS

18 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
$707.6M
▲ 27.1% YoY
$230.5M
▲ 28.2% YoY
$333.2M
▲ 66.7% YoY
In brief

What this company does

It provides complete chipset solutions for industry-standard DDR5 and LPDDR5 memory modules for server and client systems, including Registered Dual Inline Memory Modules and Multiplexed Rank Dual Inline Memory Modules. The company operates a fabless business model and uses third-party foundries and manufacturing contractors to fabricate, assemble and test its memory interface chips. Its Silicon IP includes interface and security IP solutions that move and protect data in AI, data center, government and automotive applications. It licenses its patented inventions to a number of semiconductor and electronic system companies worldwide, including AMD, Broadcom, IBM, Micron, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Samsung and SK hynix. Research and development expenses were $187.7 million, $162.9 million and $156.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively. As of December 31, 2025, the company had 791 employees, of which approximately 47% were in the United States and 53% in other global regions. Rambus Inc. was founded in 1990 and reincorporated in Delaware in March 1997.

Written from the business description in RAMBUS INC's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 18 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth
USD 707.6M
Revenue, FY2025 · full 18-year series below
Revenue $M Net income $M
FY2025 · Revenue 707.6 · Net income 230.5
250.0M500.0M-80.0M-160.0M2008201120142017202020232025
Compound annual growth
+15.9%
+23.5%
+9.1%
+5.4%
+0.9%
+1.6%
+3.3%
−58.6%
−32.3%
−23.2%
−19.8%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +23.5% a year over five years.

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.

Profitability
33 cents
of every revenue dollar became profit
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 36.8% · Net 32.6%
20%40%60%-50%-100%2008201120142017202020232025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE 18.5%
20%40%-50%2008201120142017202020232025

Each USD of equity produced 19 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders
USD 7.1M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $M
FY2025 · FCF 333.2
200M-20M-40M2008201120142017202020232025
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2025 · Dividends — · Net buybacks 7.1
80M160M200820112013201520172019202120232025

USD 7.1M in buybacks — 3% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Total assetsUSD 1.5B
EquityUSD 1.4B
CashUSD 182.8M
Current ratio8.20×

Equity funds 89% of total assets.

The 18-year record
18 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative
Metric 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008
Revenue $B0.70.60.50.50.30.20.20.20.40.30.30.30.30.20.30.30.10.1
Operating income $B0.30.20.20.10.0−0.0−0.1−0.10.10.00.10.10.0−0.1−0.00.2−0.1−0.1
EBITDA $B0.30.20.20.10.0−0.0−0.1−0.10.10.00.10.10.0−0.10.00.2−0.1−0.1
Income tax $B0.10.0−0.10.00.00.00.00.10.10.0−0.20.00.00.00.00.1−0.00.1
Net income $B0.20.20.3−0.00.0−0.0−0.1−0.2−0.00.00.20.0−0.0−0.1−0.00.2−0.1−0.2
Free cash flow $B0.30.20.20.20.20.20.10.10.10.10.10.10.0−0.00.00.2−0.0−0.0
EPS, diluted $2.111.653.01−0.130.16−0.36−0.77−1.46−0.210.061.800.22−0.30−1.21·1.30−0.88−1.90
Dividend / sh $··················
Payout %··················
ROE %18.516.736.7−1.72.1−4.3−8.7−19.9−4.11.346.07.2−10.2−35.8−11.351.1−37.8−85.5
Shares out B0.110.110.110.110.110.110.110.110.110.110.110.120.110.110.110.100.11·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.

Provenance
Company facts, as filed
How we verify · 0 failures in 77 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 18 of 19 fiscal years. 9 checks could not be computed.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquiditymoeda_consistente0 failures
ActivitySemiconductors & Related Devices
Listed onNASDAQ
Incorporated inDelaware
Fiscal year endsDecember 31
Data on record since2008

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