Richardson Electronics (RELL)
Manufactures power tubes and RF components while expanding into wind-turbine ultracapacitor energy storage.
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Makes power grid and microwave tubes, radio-frequency and power components, and custom displays for industrial, medical, and communications-equipment builders, while a growing green-energy line supplies ultracapacitor pitch modules that replace batteries in wind-turbine systems. Publicly listed since 1983 and still controlled by the founding family through a dual-class share structure.
Engineers power grid and microwave tubes, radio-frequency and power components, and custom displays for industrial, medical, and communications-equipment makers. A newer green-energy line supplies ultracapacitor pitch modules that replace lead-acid batteries in wind-turbine systems, plus shunt resistors and storage systems for renewable and industrial power markets.
Tube and RF components serve broadcast, radar, and semiconductor-equipment builders, while displays go to medical and industrial-equipment makers, built in Illinois, Massachusetts, and Germany. Most output is manufactured in-house, and sales offices span dozens of countries outside the United States.
Family-controlled since its 1947 founding as a war-surplus vacuum-tube distributor, the business is still run by the founder's son under a dual-class structure that keeps voting control with the family. It sold its original distribution arm to a larger distributor and later divested most of its diagnostic-imaging business, redirecting resources into the wind-energy line.
Company facts
Target rangeAs of Sep 21, 2026
Latest analyst notes
| Date | Firm | Action | Prior | Current |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | Northland Securities | Target | Target: $14 | Target: $24 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Northland Capital Markets | Upgrade | ||
| Apr 10, 2026 | Northland Securities | Target | Target: $11 | Target: $14 |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Northland Securities | Target | Target: — | Target: $11 |
EPSReportedEstimate
RevenueReportedEstimate
Balance sheet, May 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $31.8M · Total debt $1.4M · Total assets $202.0M · Shareholders' equity $163.7M
- Revenue
- $66.2M
- Operating income
- $3.9M
- Net income
- $3.7M
HistoryDividendAnnual yield
| Institutions | ≈ 67.59% | 9.93M shares | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 122 holders · as of Jun 30, 2026 · largest filers plus last quarter's tail | |||
| Insiders | 23.50% | 3.45M shares | |
| 11 holders · as of Aug 24, 2026 | |||
| Other | ≈ 8.91% | 1.31M shares | |
| remainder | |||
14.69M company shares as of Sep 22, 2026 · institutions as of Jun 30, 2026 · holders as of their latest filing
This quarter's institutional total failed a plausibility check; shown: the largest filers plus last quarter's remainder.
This company has 2 share classes; every stake here is a share of the whole company.
Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4
| Holder | Stake | Shares | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
Edward J. RichardsonInsiderdirector, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman & CEO | 13.88% | 43,114 · 2.00M B | filed Jul 22, 2026 |
Royce & Associates LPInstitution | 9.68% | 1.42M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
DDD Partners, LLCInstitution | 7.56% | 1.11M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Braden M LeonardInsider | 7.28% | 1.07M | filed Feb 10, 2021 |
BlackRock, Inc.Institution | 6.76% | 992,836 | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Insider tradesForm 4
| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | Kenneth Halverson | director | −1,500 | $17.47 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | James Benham | director | −3,020 | $17.99 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Wendy Diddell | director, officer: COO | −23,901 | $20.00 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Robert J. Ben | officer: CFO, CAO, Corporate Secretary | −9,000 | $21.61 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Jacques Belin | director | −5,000 | $21.46 |
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Compare
| Company | Price | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richardson Electronics | $16.84 | +1.51% | $242.6M | 38.4 | 33.3 | 1.1 | +27.6% |
| MACOM Technology Solutions | $278.59 | −0.19% | $21.29B | 89.7 | 33.8 | 18.3 | +35.8% |
| Eaton | $442.28 | +1.57% | $169.08B | 44.3 | 29.4 | 5.6 | +21.4% |
| Varex Imaging | $18.50 | +0.14% | $777.6M | 35.2 | 19.5 | 0.9 | +3.7% |
| GraniteShares Gold Trust | $42.57 | −0.48% | $1.41B | — | — | — | — |
| Novanta | $139.01 | +3.50% | $4.78B | 86.1 | 34.8 | 4.6 | +10.3% |
| Median | 65.2 | 31.6 | 5.1 | +15.8% |