InterDigital, Inc.
InterDigital, Inc. is a global research and development company focused on wireless, video, artificial intelligence, and related technologies. The company designs and develops foundational technologies that enable connected and immersive experiences across communications and entertainment products and services.… From the company’s description.
Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.
What InterDigital, Inc. does
In the company’s own words
InterDigital, Inc. is a global research and development company focused on wireless, video, artificial intelligence, and related technologies. The company designs and develops foundational technologies that enable connected and immersive experiences across communications and entertainment products and services. InterDigital's primary business model centers on licensing its extensive patent portfolio to manufacturers and service providers worldwide rather than manufacturing products itself. The company's website is www.interdigital.com.
As of December 31, 2025, InterDigital maintains a portfolio of more than 38,000 patents and patent applications related to wireless communications, video coding, display technology, and other areas relevant to communications and entertainment. The company has contributed technology to major wireless standards including 3G, 4G, 5G, and 6G cellular standards as well as IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi standards. In video technology, InterDigital has developed innovations underlying modern video codecs including H.264, H.265/HEVC, H.266/VVC, and MPEG standards.
InterDigital generates revenue primarily through fixed-fee and royalty-based patent license agreements with device manufacturers and service providers. The company's licensees include major smartphone vendors such as Apple, Samsung, Google, Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, and Honor, representing approximately 85 percent of the global smartphone market. The company also licenses technologies to consumer electronics manufacturers, IoT device makers, automotive companies, and video streaming service providers. In 2025, total revenue was $834.0 million.
The company operates a diversified research and development organization called InterDigital Research & Innovation with approximately 460 employees globally as of December 31, 2025, including approximately 240 employees based outside the United States. Research and development facilities are located in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania; New York; Los Altos, California; Montreal, Quebec; London; and Rennes, France, with additional smaller offices in multiple international locations.
InterDigital's business strategy focuses on continuing to innovate in wireless, video, and AI technologies while expanding licensing revenue through new licensees, emerging product categories including IoT and automotive, and video services markets. The company participates in standards development organizations and maintains collaborative relationships with industry players to guide technology development and ensure patent coverage of emerging standards.
Company details
- Sector
- Information Technology
- Industry (SIC)
- Holding & Investment
- Headquarters
- WILMINGTON, DE
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 1405495
- SIC
- 6794
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2013–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns InterDigital, Inc. — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Superinvestors in InterDigital, Inc. · what they did last quarter
Share of each manager’s reported 13F portfolio. Change is in shares held, since the previous quarter.
Largest fund holders · InterDigital, Inc.’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
InterDigital, Inc.’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 1 issues of InterDigital, Inc.’s debt, $14.34M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 3.50%, maturing 2027 to 2027.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
All filings →Each filing opens into its own statements and disclosures here.
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