sole source suppliers
“10-K Item 1A: 'some of which are obtained from sole source suppliers'”
Updated
The most significant concentration Arlo Technologies discloses is sole source suppliers, classified HIGH by disclosed size. Below: the full set from the latest 10-K — verbatim quotes, filing references, and a synthesis of what these exposures mean together.
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Source: Arlo Technologies’s SEC Form 10-K filed — view the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
Each card carries a disclosed-size chip (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW — how large the exposure is as a share of revenue, not how dangerous it is) and a nature tag: Built-in(the company’s own model, geography, or products) or Outside party (an external customer, supplier, or distributor it relies on).
“10-K Item 1A: 'some of which are obtained from sole source suppliers'”
“10-K Item 1A: 'substantially all of our manufacturing and assembly occurs in the Asia Pacific region, primarily in Vietnam'”
“10-K Item 1: '32% of our total revenue was derived from Verisure'”
The company's concentration profile spans three distinct disclosures — a high-share supply-chain dependency, a high-share manufacturing geography, and a medium-share single customer — that together paint a picture of meaningful operational vulnerability on both the input and output sides of the business. On the supply side, some components are obtained from sole-source suppliers, a high-share dependency risk. No alternative sources may exist for certain inputs, making any disruption at these sole-source vendors a direct production risk without easy mitigation. Compounding this, substantially all manufacturing and assembly occurs in the Asia Pacific region, primarily in Vietnam, a high-share geographic manufacturing concentration. This structural dependency on a single country for production means that logistics disruptions, tariff changes, or local operating environment shifts could affect the ability to deliver product to market. On the customer side, 32% of total revenue was derived from Verisure, a medium-share customer dependency. While not the majority of revenue, this is a meaningful single-name exposure — a reduction in orders, contract renegotiation, or relationship termination with Verisure would create a visible revenue gap. Taken together, the three exposures are distinct but cumulative in their implications: sole-source inputs flow through a geographically concentrated manufacturing base to serve a customer where one name accounts for a medium share of total revenue. The supply and manufacturing risks are the most structural; the Verisure revenue dependency is the most idiosyncratic and directly measurable watch item.
For the engine’s reasoning on ARLO’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.
| Symbol | Name | HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARLO● | Arlo Technologies, Inc. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| AWI | Armstrong World Industries Inc | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| CARR | Carrier Global Corporation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| AAON | AAON, Inc. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| BLDR | Builders FirstSource, Inc. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| CSL | Carlisle Companies Incorporated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.