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NVE Fact Sheet
Overview NVE Corporation s a leader in the practical commercialization of spintronics, a nanotechnology that relies on electron spin rather than electron charge to acquire, store and transmit information.

The company manufactures high-performance spintronic products including sensors and couplers that are used to acquire and transmit data.

NVE’s award-winning products are smaller, more precise, higher speed, and more rugged than conventional devices.
Historical Highlights
 1989  –  Founded as Nonvolatile Electronics, Inc. in Edina, Minn.
1990  – First government contracts
(from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Navy)
1993  – First patent (“Offset magnetoresistive memory structures”)
1994  – Moved into a portion of current location in Eden Prairie, Minn.
   – First commercial spintronic sensor (NVSB50)
1995  – MRAM Patent License Option Agreement with Motorola
2000  – Formal name changed to NVE Corporation
 – Introduced spintronic couplers
2001  – Distribution agreement with Digi-Key
 – Pioneer MRAM patent (“Spin-dependent tunneling memory”)
2002  – Expanded into entire building at current location
2003  – NASDAQ direct listing (initial price of $7.85 per share)
2004  – Initial orders from Starkey Laboratories
2006  – St. Jude Medical Supplier Partnering Agreement (now Abbott)
2009  – Tunneling Magnetoresistive angle sensors
2010  – Controller Area Network couplers
2011  – Long-term agreements with St. Jude Medical and Phonak AG
2013  – Completed major expansion
2014  – Quarter-size couplers
2015  – 6 kilovolt couplers (highest isolation voltage in the industry)
2016  – Rotation sensors
2018  – Smart magnetometers
   – Tunneling Magnetoresistive couplers
2019  – Smart angle sensors
2020  – World’s smallest DC-DC convertors
2021  – Most sensitive sensors ever
2022  – Intrinsically-safe isolators
   – VDE 0884-17 certification
Major Product Lines • Spintronic sensors
• IsoLoop® Spintronic Couplers
Important Customers • Abbott Laboratories
• Sonova AG
• Digi-Key Corporation
Financial Highlights
(from our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 3/31/22)
 • $27.0 million total revenue (26% increase from the prior year)
• $3.00/share net income (24% increase)
• $12.5 million operating cash flow
• Among the highest margins in the semiconductor industry: 77% gross margin; 61% operating margin; 54% net margin
• $55.6 million cash plus marketable securities
Awards and Accolades
More >		 • Forbes 2022 America’s Best Small Companies (for the fifth time)
• Zippia 2018 Best Technology Company to Work for in Eden Prairie
• 2015 Technology Leadership Award for Spintronic Magnetic Sensors (Frost & Sullivan)
Dividend $1.00/share quarterly dividends since 2015
Stock Symbol
 Nasdaq: NVEC
Shares Outstanding 4,830,826 shares outstanding as of Oct. 14, 2022
Stock Indices
More >		 Included in a number of Stock Indices including the S&P Kensho New Economies Composite Index, S&P Kensho Nanotechnology Index, and WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Index
Employees 49 total as of March 31, 2022
Patents
More Info >		 • More than 50 issued U.S. patents
• Over 100 patents worldwide either issued, pending, or licensed from others
Facility Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Approximately 21,000 square feet of laboratories, offices, and production
Headquarters 11409 Valley View Road
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
(952) 829-9217