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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers

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American Superconductor Corp.AMSC · manufacturing
GradeSlothD/Eon the D/E boundary of 255 graded peers; percentile 80.7, sampling error 3.0 points; lower is stronger
Rank206 of 255
ProfitabilityEpercentile 90.4
SolvencyCpercentile 57.0
Growth and financingBpercentile 32.3
Reliability0.91 AUCfailure model, filers with $591M to $2.67B assets; 95% interval 0.88 to 0.94; 160 events, 2020 to 2025
Peer failure rate1.01% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025
Size band$591M to $2.67B assetstotal assets $739.5M[1]
Standard universeinsiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2]
Warningsnone activenot computable: distress, fortress balance sheet
Inputs computable7 of 14
Graded fromfilings received through May 27, 2026135 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date
Last close$30.952026-10-08; market equity $1.5B; iex feed
Price used in gradeNone
Share price, twelve months to the rescansplit-adjusted close; a lollipop at every rescan carries the letter held then; baseline ticks are SEC receipt dates of the inputs; ranges and dragging scroll the full history
$40$60NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctCD/E$30.95
ABCDE20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Percentile at every rescan on file, Jan 21, 2012 to Oct 9, 2026; stronger toward the top. Hover for the date.

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Letter setLetterPercentileBand
Jan 21, 2012nonen/aQ3
Jun 21, 2014E99.1Q3
Jun 21, 2015nonen/aQ3
Jun 21, 2017nonen/aQ2
Jun 21, 2020nonen/aQ3
Jun 21, 2023D/E82.8Q3
Sep 21, 2023E83.2Q3
Oct 21, 2023D/E82.8Q3
Dec 21, 2023E83.2Q3
Jun 21, 2024D/E80.1Q3
Feb 21, 2025D73.8Q3
May 21, 2025C49.0Q3
Jun 21, 2026D/E80.4Q4

Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan.

Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received May 27, 2026; the document on sec.gov.

American Superconductor Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, “AMSC®” or the “Company”) was founded on April 9, 1987. At AMSC, we believe that our creativity can meet today’s challenges and help us progress to a better future. That means using future-facing technologies to harmonize the world’s desire for sustainable progress with the need for more reliable, effective and efficient power delivery. Already, our transformative power solutions are moving the world forward. We design, develop, and deploy power control solutions that harmonize an increasingly complex energy system, helping our customers scale without added complexity or size.

The Fourteen Inputs [top]

Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.

InputPercentile, 0 to 100ValueSourcePeer medianPercentilePeersPeriod end
Profitability, sleeve percentile 90.4
Gross profitability12.4%[1,3]21.9%81.42752026-03-31
Return on invested capitalnot computable9.7%
one or more required annual facts are missing
Accruals ratio21.1%[1,4-6](3.6%)99.33082026-03-31
Gross margin stability, five yearsnot computable2.1 pts
five consecutive annual gross margins are required
Solvency, sleeve percentile 57.0
Twelve-month failure probabilitynot computable0.04%
four consecutive discrete net-income quarters are required; found 4
Altman Z double-prime0.90[1,7-12]3.6670.82442026-03-31
Net debt to EBITDAnot computable1.78x
one or more required annual facts are missing
Interest coveragenot computable5.09x
latest aligned inputs end 2016-03-31; latest annual assets end 2026-03-31
Current ratio2.39x[7-8]2.25x43.23252026-03-31
Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 32.3
Revenue growth, three-year compound41.3%[2,13-15]2.1%2.22692026-03-31
Free cash flow growth, three-year compoundnot computable13.9%
current FCF must be positive and base FCF must exceed $100,000
Reinvestment ratenot computable26.4%
pretax income must exceed the validity floor and imply a 0%-100% tax rate
Asset growth, three years61.5%[1,6,16-17]4.4%2.92792026-03-31
Net share issuance, one year20.7%[18-19]0.01%91.72432026-05-22

Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.

Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.

Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.

Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.

Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.

Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.

Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite 0.228; sampling error 3.0 percentile points on 255 peers.

Among 255 Peers [top]

ABCDELRCX, LAM Research Corp.; A, percentile 8.3; market equity $401.2B; warnings: fortress balance sheetLRCXPH, Parker-Hannifin Corp.; B, percentile 36.6; market equity $119.4BPHCAT, Caterpillar Inc.; C, percentile 51.2; market equity $366.0BCATGLW, Corning Inc.; C/D, percentile 60.2; market equity $131.6BGLWETN, Eaton Corp. plc; D, percentile 69.7; market equity $164.9BETNRTX, RTX Corp.; D, percentile 74.8; market equity $248.4BRTXAMSC 80.7strongerweaker

Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.

RankCompanyPercentileLetterWarnings
201Silgan Holdings Inc. (SLGN)

Silgan Holdings Inc. (SLGN)

D/Eon the D/E boundary; percentile 78.7

NYSE · Metal Cans

market equity $3.8B; last close $35.80

No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs

78.7D/E
202Mercer International Inc. (MERC)

Mercer International Inc. (MERC)

D/Eon the D/E boundary; percentile 79.1

Nasdaq · Pulp Mills

market equity $16.5M; last close $0.25

No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs

79.1D/E
203NN Inc. (NNBR)

NN Inc. (NNBR)

D/Eon the D/E boundary; percentile 79.5

Nasdaq · Metalworkg Machinery & Equipment

market equity $331.1M; last close $4.01

No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs

79.5D/E
204Redwire Corp. (RDW)

Redwire Corp. (RDW)

D/Eon the D/E boundary; percentile 79.9

NYSE · Guided Missiles & Space Vehicles & Parts

market equity $2.4B; last close $9.76

Warnings: dilution, fortress balance sheet; 9 of 14 inputs

79.9D/Edilution, fortress balance sheet
205Regal Rexnord Corp. (RRX)

Regal Rexnord Corp. (RRX)

D/Eon the D/E boundary; percentile 80.3

NYSE · General Industrial Machinery & Equipment, NEC

market equity $10.7B; last close $160.06

No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs

80.3D/E
206American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC)

American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC)

D/Eon the D/E boundary; percentile 80.7

Nasdaq · Motors & Generators

market equity $1.5B; last close $30.95

No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs

80.7D/E
207Crane NXT, Co. (CXT)

Crane NXT, Co. (CXT)

D/Eon the D/E boundary; percentile 81.1

NYSE · Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products

market equity $2.8B; last close $48.25

No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs

81.1D/E
208Fuelcell Energy Inc. (FCEL)

Fuelcell Energy Inc. (FCEL)

D/Eon the D/E boundary; percentile 81.5

Nasdaq · Electrical Industrial Apparatus

last close $17.24

Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 8 of 14 inputs

81.5D/Efortress balance sheet
209Broadwind, Inc. (BWEN)

Broadwind, Inc. (BWEN)

D/Eon the D/E boundary; percentile 81.9

Nasdaq · Nonferrous Foundries (Castings)

market equity $91.3M; last close $3.85

No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs

81.9D/E
210Innovate Corp. (VATE)

Innovate Corp. (VATE)

D/Eon the D/E boundary; percentile 82.3

NYSE · Fabricated Structural Metal Products

market equity $98.2M; last close $7.21

Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 9 of 14 inputs

82.3D/Efortress balance sheet
211Polaris Inc. (PII)

Polaris Inc. (PII)

D/Eon the D/E boundary; percentile 82.7

NYSE · Miscellaneous Transportation Equipment

market equity $3.0B; last close $52.90

No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs

82.7D/E
Peer policyLetterPercentilePeers
all graded filers, equal sleevesD65.52204
sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade)D/E80.7255
same exchange, equal sleevesD64.91219
sector peers, equal inputsD71.7255

Each letter is one fifth of the 255 graded peers, about 51 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.

What the Price Implies [top]

Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.

MeasureValuePeer medianPercentileReading
Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month(51.7%)13.7%4hotter than 4 of 100 peers
Distance from 52-week high(53.6%)(24.3%)13closer to its high than 13 of 100 peers
EBIT to enterprise valuenot computable4.1%required accounting or market input is missing
Free cash flow yield1.2%3.4%28pricier than 72 of 100 peers
Book value to price0.380.3452pricier than 48 of 100 peers
Sales to price0.200.5415pricier than 85 of 100 peers
Composite equity issuance, five years54.8%(9.5%)93more equity-funded than 93 of 100 peers
Relative strength against the sector, log excess return(0.86)(0.00)4ahead of 4 of 100 peers

Inputs: market equity $1.5B; EBIT $11.4M; free cash flow $18.3M; book equity $572.5M; sales $299.2M; cash $143.7M[20].

Diagnostics [top]

Diagnostics do not feed the grade.

Piotroski F-score: None of 9, period end 2026-03-31
Return on assets above zero43.1%✓ pass[4,6]
Operating cash flow above zero$23.1M✓ pass[5]
Return on assets improved40.5 pts✓ pass[4,6,16,21]
Operating cash flow exceeds net income-$110.7M✗ fail[4-5]
Long-term leverage felln/a[1,6,16]
Current ratio improved32.5 pts✓ pass[7-8,22-23]
No new shares issued20.7%✗ fail[18-19]
Gross margin improved2.8 pts✓ pass[2-3,13,24]
Asset turnover improved0.6 pts✓ pass[2,6,13,16]
Cash, filings, liquidity
Cash and equivalents$143.7M[25]
Operating cash flow, four quarters$35.0M[5,25-29]
Months of runwaynot finite
trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite
Late filings, two years0
NT 10-K or NT 10-Q
Days since last periodic filing65
10-Q received Aug 5, 2026
Median daily dollar volume$20.1M
63 sessions
Days since newest grade input135

Downloads [top]

Sources [top]

Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.

#ConceptXBRL tagValuePeriod endReceivedFormLinks
1assetsus-gaap:Assets$739.5M2026-03-312026-05-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
2revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax$299.2M2026-03-312026-05-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
3gross profitus-gaap:GrossProfit$91.4M2026-03-312026-05-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
4net incomeus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss$133.8M2026-03-312026-05-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
5operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$23.1M2026-03-312026-05-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
6assetsus-gaap:Assets$310.5M2025-03-312026-05-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
7current assetsus-gaap:AssetsCurrent$331.7M2026-03-312026-05-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
8current liabilitiesus-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent$138.5M2026-03-312026-05-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
9retained earningsus-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit-$926.8M2026-03-312026-05-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
10operating incomeus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss$11.4M2026-03-312026-05-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
11book equityus-gaap:StockholdersEquity$555.4M2026-03-312026-05-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
12liabilitiesus-gaap:Liabilities$184.0M2026-03-312026-05-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
13revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax$222.8M2025-03-312026-05-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
14revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax$145.6M2024-03-312026-05-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
15revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax$106.0M2023-03-312024-05-2910-Kfiling · viewer · series
16assetsus-gaap:Assets$232.8M2024-03-312025-05-2110-Kfiling · viewer · series
17assetsus-gaap:Assets$175.6M2023-03-312024-05-2910-Kfiling · viewer · series
18shares outstandingdei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding47,694,4452026-05-222026-05-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
19shares outstandingdei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding39,502,6662025-05-162025-05-2110-Kfiling · viewer · series
20shares outstandingdei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding48,442,1432026-07-312026-08-0510-Qfiling · viewer · series
21net incomeus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss$6.0M2025-03-312026-05-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
22current assetsus-gaap:AssetsCurrent$206.5M2025-03-312026-05-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
23current liabilitiesus-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent$99.8M2025-03-312026-05-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
24gross profitus-gaap:GrossProfit$61.9M2025-03-312026-05-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
25cashus-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue$143.7M2026-06-302026-08-0510-Qfiling · viewer · series
26operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$16.0M2026-06-302026-08-0510-Qfiling · viewer · series
27operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$13.9M2025-12-312026-02-0410-Qfiling · viewer · series
28operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$10.6M2025-09-302025-11-0510-Qfiling · viewer · series
29operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$4.1M2025-06-302026-08-0510-Qfiling · viewer · series

Limitations [top]

Grade boundary. Percentile 80.7 is 0.7 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 3.0 points.

Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.

Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.

Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.

Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.

Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.