single or limited source suppliers
“10-K Item 1A: 'are also dependent on our suppliers, some of which are single or limited source suppliers'”
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The most significant concentration Aurora Innovation discloses is single or limited 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: Aurora Innovation’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: 'are also dependent on our suppliers, some of which are single or limited source suppliers'”
The company's only disclosed concentration risk is on the supply side: the business is dependent on suppliers, some of which are single or limited source suppliers. This is a high-share exposure by disclosed size, and its character is one of dependency — for an autonomous vehicle technology platform that relies on specialized hardware components, switching away from a single-source supplier is typically costly, time-consuming, and technically complex. A disruption at one of these critical suppliers could delay vehicle deployment timelines or increase unit costs in a way that is difficult to offset in the near term. Because the company is at an early commercialization stage, this supply dependency is particularly load-bearing: production volumes and cost curves are still being established, and any supply interruption could compound the inherent execution risks of scaling a new technology. The filing discloses no offsetting customer, geographic, or product diversification risks beyond this single claim, which means the concentration profile is narrow but pointed squarely at an operational risk that is common to deep-tech hardware businesses. On balance, the single-source supplier dependency is the most important concentration variable to monitor — not because the disclosed share is spread across multiple exposures, but because it is the one idiosyncratic risk channel the filing specifically calls out as potentially affecting results.
For the engine’s reasoning on AUR’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.
| Symbol | Name | HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALSN | Allison Transmission Holdings, | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| APTV | Aptiv PLC | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| ALV | Autoliv, Inc. | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| AUR● | Aurora Innovation, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ADNT | Adient plc | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| AAP | Advance Auto Parts Inc. | 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.