Symbotic (SYM) AI Stock Analysis

• Market Cap: $32.61B
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Average Volume (3M): 1.59M
• Price to Earnings (P/E): ―
• Beta (1Y): 2.89
• Revenue Growth: 24.80%
• EPS Growth: -31.37%
• Country: US
• Employees: 1,650
• Sector: Industrials
• Sector Strength: 72
• Industry: Industrial - Machinery
• EPS (TTM): 0.58
• Shares Outstanding: 123,250,250
• 10 Day Avg. Volume: 1,817,856
• 30 Day Avg. Volume: 1,594,644
• PEG Ratio: -3.35
• Price to Book (P/B): 25.60
• Price to Sales (P/S): 2.52
• P/FCF Ratio: 7.19
• Enterprise Value/Market Cap: 5.56
• Enterprise Value/Revenue: 80.67
• Enterprise Value/Gross Profit: 438.88
• Enterprise Value/Ebitda: -3.23K
• 1Y Price Target: $67.00
• Price Target Upside: 19.22% Upside
• Rating Consensus: Moderate Buy
• Number of Analyst Covering: 14
• EPS Forecast (FY): 0.39
• Revenue Forecast (FY): $2.72B

• Rating: 61 Neutral
• Price Target: $71.00 ▲(26.33% Upside)

The score is primarily supported by strong financial momentum in 2025 (especially cash flow) and constructive FY2026 guidance backed by a large backlog and deployment efficiency gains. Offsetting factors are ongoing profitability challenges (negative earnings/negative P/E) and weak-to-neutral technical momentum, with dilution risk from the recent equity offering.

Positive Factors

Large multi-year backlog

A $22.5B backlog provides durable multi-year revenue visibility tied to large deployments and follow-on service contracts. This backlog underpins long-term demand, smooths capacity planning for manufacturing/installation, and supports predictable service revenue as sites come online.

Strong cash generation and liquidity

A sharp rebound to positive operating and free cash flow plus over $1.2B in cash materially improves financial flexibility. This cash cushion funds deployments, R&D and working capital needs, lowering refinancing risk and enabling strategic reinvestment without relying solely on external capital.

Product upgrades and faster deployments

Next-generation storage and micro-fulfillment expand the addressable market and improve systems' density and install speed. Faster deployments and denser designs should sustainably raise throughput per site, enhance margin potential on future installs, and make the offering more competitive long-term.

Negative Factors

Continued unprofitability

Despite scale and margin improvement, Symbotic remains unprofitable at the operating and net level. Persistent negative margins limit retained earnings and long-term returns, meaning the business must sustain margin expansion or rely on external capital to support growth and deployment scale.

Operational services losses and execution complexity

Losses in operation services reflect the resource intensity and complexity of supporting live automated sites. Ongoing service losses can depress recurring margins and cash conversion, signaling execution risk as deployments scale and suggesting continued investment may be required to stabilize site economics.

Recent equity issuance and dilution risk

A sizable $425M equity raise strengthens liquidity but dilutes existing holders and highlights residual capital needs. Repeated equity financings can pressure per-share economics and signal that organic cash generation or profitability has not yet eliminated the need for external funding to support growth.

Symbotic Business Overview & Revenue Model

Company Description

Symbotic Inc., an automation technology company, provides robotics and technology to improve efficiency for retailers and wholesalers in the United States. It offers The Symbotic System, a full-service warehouse automation system that reduces costs, improves efficiency, and maximizes inventory. The company is based in Wilmington, Massachusetts.

How the Company Makes Money

Symbotic generates revenue through the sale and deployment of its automation systems and related services. The company earns money by designing and integrating robotic systems tailored to the specific needs of its clients, which often involves long-term contracts and ongoing support and maintenance services. Key revenue streams include the initial sale and installation of automated warehouse systems, software licensing fees, and recurring revenue from maintenance and support services. Significant partnerships with major retailers and distribution companies are crucial, as they drive large-scale implementations and provide a steady stream of income. Symbotic's earnings are also influenced by the growing demand for automation in logistics, driven by the need for increased efficiency and cost savings in supply chain operations.

Symbotic Financial Statement Overview

Summary

Strong multi-year revenue scaling and meaningful gross margin improvement, plus a sharp rebound to strong operating and free cash flow in 2025. The main offset is continued lack of consistent profitability (negative operating results and slightly negative net margin) and some volatility in equity/cash flow history.

Income Statement

Revenue growth has been very strong over the past several years (from ~$92M in 2020 to ~$2.25B in 2025), and gross margin improved meaningfully (negative in 2020 to ~18.8% in 2025). However, profitability remains the key drag: operating profit and EBITDA are still negative in 2025, and net margins are slightly negative (about -0.8%), indicating the company has not yet translated scale into consistent earnings.

Balance Sheet

Leverage looks manageable with low debt in 2025 (debt-to-equity ~0.14), which reduces financial risk. Equity has improved materially versus earlier years that showed very weak/negative equity, but returns remain negative (ROE is negative in 2025) and the historical equity volatility (including extremely low equity in 2023) highlights capitalization and consistency risk.

Cash Flow

Cash generation is a standout in the most recent period: 2025 operating cash flow (~$867M) and free cash flow (~$788M) rebounded sharply from negative levels in 2024, with very strong free cash flow growth. The main weakness is volatility year-to-year (negative operating and free cash flow in 2024), which suggests working-capital timing and execution swings can meaningfully impact cash results.

Breakdown	TTM	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021
Income Statement
Total Revenue	2.25B	2.25B	1.79B	1.18B	593.31M	251.91M
Gross Profit	412.98M	422.61M	279.10M	209.50M	99.65M	10.45M
EBITDA	-56.15M	-48.00M	-60.07M	-189.85M	-134.39M	-117.89M
Net Income	-16.94M	-16.94M	-13.49M	-23.87M	-79.00M	-122.31M
Balance Sheet
Total Assets	2.40B	2.40B	1.58B	1.05B	631.26M	280.54M
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments	1.24B	1.24B	727.31M	545.51M	353.46M	156.63M
Total Debt	31.68M	31.68M	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total Liabilities	1.92B	1.92B	1.19B	1.05B	562.32M	1.39B
Stockholders Equity	221.32M	221.32M	197.23M	82.00K	7.18M	-1.11B
Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow	787.91M	787.91M	-102.45M	209.47M	-166.20M	97.40M
Operating Cash Flow	866.94M	866.94M	-58.08M	230.79M	-148.25M	109.57M
Investing Cash Flow	-350.74M	-350.74M	156.48M	-299.46M	-17.95M	-12.17M
Financing Cash Flow	668.00K	668.00K	371.04M	-24.10M	362.45M	0.00

Symbotic Technical Analysis

• Technical Analysis Sentiment: Negative
• Last Price: 56.20
• 50DMA: Negative
• 100DMA: Negative
• 200DMA: Positive
• MACD: Positive
• RSI: Neutral
• STOCH: Positive

Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For SYM, the sentiment is Negative. The current price of 56.2 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 65.00, below the 50-day MA of 63.59, and above the 200-day MA of 50.74, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of -1.76 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 37.61 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 14.62 is Positive, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Negative sentiment for SYM.

Symbotic Peers Comparison

Name	Overall Rating	Market Cap	P/E Ratio	ROE	Dividend Yield	Revenue Growth	EPS Growth
DOV	81 Outperform	$27.64B	25.51	15.29%	1.04%	-5.24%	45.69%
PNR	75 Outperform	$17.24B	26.87	17.97%	0.96%	0.83%	-1.32%
ROK	71 Outperform	$47.41B	55.67	24.24%	1.33%	0.98%	-7.51%
IR	69 Neutral	$34.02B	65.93	5.35%	0.10%	4.20%	-34.47%
OTIS	64 Neutral	$33.29B	24.90	―	1.88%	0.73%	-15.57%
Sector *	63 Neutral	$10.79B	15.43	7.44%	2.01%	2.89%	-14.66%
SYM	61 Neutral	$32.61B	-348.97	-8.09%	―	24.80%	-31.37%

Symbotic Corporate Events

Symbotic details executive agreements and leadership compensation changes

In a recent filing, Symbotic Inc. disclosed the terms of several agreements involving its subsidiary Symbotic LLC and executives Michael Dunn and James Kuffner. The agreements, dated between June 10, 2024 and June 6, 2025, include a letter of intent to Michael Dunn, an offer letter and subsequent addendum for Kuffner, and a later letter agreement concerning an apartment, underscoring ongoing executive recruitment and compensation structuring that may influence the company’s leadership stability and governance framework.

The most recent analyst rating on (SYM) stock is a Buy with a $75.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Symbotic stock, see the SYM Stock Forecast page.

Symbotic Completes $425M Stock Offering

On December 8, 2025, Symbotic Inc. completed an underwritten offering of 11,500,000 shares of Class A common stock, raising approximately $425 million in net proceeds for general corporate purposes. The offering included shares sold by both the company and selling securityholders, with the company not receiving proceeds from the latter’s sales. This strategic financial move is expected to bolster Symbotic’s operational capabilities and market positioning.

The most recent analyst rating on (SYM) stock is a Sell with a $41.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Symbotic stock, see the SYM Stock Forecast page.

Symbotic Reports Q4 2025 Financial Results

On November 24, 2025, Symbotic Inc. announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2025, ending September 27, 2025. The company reported a revenue increase to $618 million for the quarter, despite a net loss of $19 million, with adjusted EBITDA rising to $49 million. For the full year, revenue grew by 26% to $2,247 million, though the company faced a net loss of $91 million. Symbotic’s cash reserves increased significantly, and the company expanded into the healthcare sector by adding Medline as a customer. Looking forward, Symbotic anticipates continued growth and strong financial performance in fiscal year 2026, with expected revenue between $610 million and $630 million for the first quarter.

The most recent analyst rating on (SYM) stock is a Buy with a $83.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Symbotic stock, see the SYM Stock Forecast page.