ILLUMINA, INC. ILMN
ILLUMINA, INC. (ILMN) earns a Piotroski F-score of 7/9 (strong financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2025 revenue was $4.3B at a 19.6% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.52 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-03 | Canaccord Genuity | Hold (main) |
| 2026-08-03 | Citigroup | Sell (main) |
| 2026-08-03 | Piper Sandler | Overweight (reit) |
| 2026-07-31 | RBC Capital | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-07-31 | JP Morgan | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-07-31 | TD Cowen | Hold (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 7/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.256 |
| Retained earnings / assets | -0.059 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.121 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.694 |
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILMN | ILLUMINA, INC. | 7/9 | 3.04 | 31.4 | -0.7% |
| MTD | METTLER TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL INC/ | 5/9 | — | 29.4 | +4% |
| BRKR | BRUKER CORP | 4/9 | 2.98 | — | +2.1% |
| WAT | WATERS CORP /DE/ | 4/9 | 10 | 55.1 | +7% |
| RVTY | REVVITY, INC. | 6/9 | 3.86 | 52.3 | +3.7% |
| BIO | BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. | 5/9 | 6.54 | 10.7 | +0.7% |
| AVTR | Avantor, Inc. | 4/9 | 1.86 | — | -3.4% |
About ILLUMINA, INC.
Illumina, Inc. provides sequencing- and array-based solutions for genetic and genomic analysis in the Americas, Europe, Greater China, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers sequencing- and array-based instruments and consumables, which include reagents, flow cells, and library preparation; whole-genome sequencing kits, which sequence entire genomes of various size and complexity; and targeted resequencing kits, which sequence exomes, specific genes, and RNA or other genomic regions of interest. It also provides whole-genome sequencing, genotyping, noninvasive prenatal testing, and product support services. The company serves genomic research centers, academic institutions, government laboratories, and hospitals, as well as pharmaceutical, biotechnology, commercial molecular diagnostic laboratories, and consumer genomics companies. The company markets and distributes its products directly to customers, as well as through life-science distributors. The company has a collaboration with Labcorp Holdings Inc. for the development of oncology treatments through applications of sequencing solutions across the healthcare ecosystem; and strategic collaboration with Integrated DNA Technologies to enable a DRAGEN, secondary analysis pipeline for IDT xGena, FFPE and cfDNA next generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation with custom panels, delivering an integrated, end-to-end solution for somatic oncology research. It also has a data partnership with Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Biomedicine to advance research in pediatric cancer and rare disease. Illumina, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
FAQ
Is ILMN financially healthy?
ILLUMINA, INC.'s Piotroski F-score is 7/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does ILMN pay a dividend?
No, ILLUMINA, INC. does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is ILMN?
In FY2025, ILLUMINA, INC. had a net margin of 19.6% and a return on equity of 31.2%.
Is ILMN overvalued or undervalued?
ILLUMINA, INC. trades at about 35.4× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 26.6×–164.3×, median 50.7×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for ILMN?
The average Wall-Street price target for ILLUMINA, INC. is $198.11, about 2.7% above the recent price, from 18 analysts (consensus: hold).
Is ILMN a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on ILLUMINA, INC.: a Piotroski F-score of 7/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 31.4×. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-28. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.