Symbotic Inc. SYM
Weak Robotics & Automation sector · Symbotic — AI warehouse-automation robotics, with Walmart as anchor customer.
🗓 Reports earnings in 48 days (2026-11-23) — calendar context, not a prediction.
Symbotic Inc. (SYM) is an established Robotics & Automation company, graded Weak on FrontierLab's evidence-based quality rubric (data as of 2026-10-05). Revenue grew 20.6% year-over-year at a 21.6% gross margin. Gross-profits-to-assets is 0.16; Rule of 40 is 21.8. Net share issuance 22% YoY (heavy issuance). 3 risk flags are noted below. Analyst mix: 13 buy / 7 hold / 3 sell. Track record: 35% of Weak-graded names beat the S&P over 63 sessions (95% CI 18–57%, N=20). Median excess vs the S&P was -13%.
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Key quality signals
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 20.6% |
|---|---|
| Gross margin | 21.6% |
| Gross profits / assets | 0.16 |
| Rule of 40 | 21.8 |
| Net margin | 1.2% |
| Cash runway (months) | — |
| PEG | — |
| Price / sales | 10.5 |
Quality checklist
Each line is one quality test behind the grade — ✓ passed · ~ borderline · ✗ failed. Hover a metric in the tables below for what it means.
- ✓ Revenue growth — 20.6% (pass ≥ 20%)
- ✗ Gross profits / assets — 0.16 (pass ≥ 0.33)
- · Rule of 40 — 21.8 (context — graded for software only)
- ✗ Gross margin — 21.6% (pass ≥ 45% · Robotics & Automation)
- ✓ Cash generation
- ✗ Share dilution — 22%
- ~ Competitive moat — Narrow
- ✓ Market size (TAM) — Large
Grade history
- 2026-08-12 — Weak (from Promising (early))
- 2026-06-10 — Promising (early) (first graded)
Every grade change since FrontierLab began tracking this name — the receipts behind the current grade.
How have Weak-graded names performed?
The forward returns of all Weak-graded names since each grade was recorded — the bucket this name currently sits in, not a forecast of this individual stock.
| Window | Forward record vs the S&P | Median |
|---|---|---|
| ~1 month | 32% of Weak-graded names beat the S&P over 21 sessions (95% CI 15–54%, N=19). | Median excess vs the S&P was -3%. |
| ~3 months | 35% of Weak-graded names beat the S&P over 63 sessions (95% CI 18–57%, N=20). | Median excess vs the S&P was -13%. |
| ~6 months | building — 46 more sessions needed | |
How have this name's flags scored?
| Flag | N | Mean excess vs S&P |
|---|---|---|
| Thin gross margin — keeps little of each sales dollar (judge it against its industry). | 21 | -18.4% |
| Heavy dilution (~22%/yr) — top-decile share issuers have historically underperformed. | sample still too small to report (need ≥ 8) | |
| Hyper-expansion — assets up ~93% in a year; aggressive expanders have historically lagged. | sample still too small to report (need ≥ 8) | |
These per-flag figures are observational — a flag firing is not a randomized assignment, so any edge can reflect what kind of names trip a flag, not the flag itself. Descriptive, not causal.
Scope: these are forward returns vs the S&P among names still covered at each horizon's end, within the curated universe — not a survivorship-clean whole-market backtest. Names later dropped from coverage are counted as attrition (not hidden), and single-session moves beyond ±300% are treated as split/data artifacts and excluded. How this is measured → · Full track record →
How it compares
Coarse same-sector, same-stage context — not a percentile or rank. GP/A is graded on its absolute level, not position.
Fundamentals
| Market cap | $27.77B |
|---|---|
| Stage | Established |
| Share issuance (YoY) | 22% · heavy issuance |
| Moat | Narrow |
| TAM | LARGE |
| P/E (trailing) | 467.4 |
| EPS (trailing) | $0.09 |
| Burn multiple | — |
| Gross-margin trend (pts) | 3.6 |
| Cash / assets | 0.5 |
| Accruals (%) | -30.8% |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -28.8 |
| Statements as of | Q3 FY2026 · filed 2026-08-05 |
Momentum context — describes the past, not a signal
Low reached Sep 1, 2026 · high reached Nov 26, 2025 — by daily close.
| Price | $43.28 (as of 2026-10-02) |
|---|---|
| Last session move | — |
| % off 52-wk high | -50.8% |
| RSI (14) | 53 |
| Relative volume | 0.8× |
Risk flags
Insider activity (90 days)
| Cluster buyers | 0 |
|---|---|
| Sellers | 7 |
Insider selling is routine diversification, not a bearish signal.
Analyst mix
| Strong buy | 3 |
|---|---|
| Buy | 10 |
| Hold | 7 |
| Sell | 3 |
| Strong sell | 0 |
Ratings are context, not a price target. "Momentum" = how the mix changed over recent weeks, not a forecast.
From the headlines
Symbotic shows warehouse progress but faces share price pressure amid market volatility.
- Symbotic: Real Warehouse Progress, A Demanding Share Price
- Why Symbotic Inc. (SYM) Dipped More Than Broader Market Today
- SCSC vs. SYM: Which Stock Is the Better Value Option?
AI take — daily, AI-generated
AI leans cautious
Symbotic has decent growth but weak margins and rising dilution signal operational stress; warehouse progress is encouraging but not enough to offset valuation and capital structure concerns.
Generated by an AI model from the day's news — an opinion for context only. Not financial advice, not a recommendation, and not a price target.
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Data as of 2026-10-05 08:19 (end-of-day). How grades are computed →