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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers

Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026


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CVD Equipment Corp.CVV · manufacturing
GradeTortoiseCmiddle fifth of 255 graded peers; percentile 50.4, sampling error 3.0 points; lower is stronger
Rank129 of 255
ProfitabilityDpercentile 65.9
SolvencyApercentile 7.2
Growth and financingDpercentile 74.7
Reliability0.83 AUCfailure model, filers with $12.5M to $120M assets; 95% interval 0.79 to 0.86; 201 events, 2020 to 2025
Peer failure rate1.07% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025
Size band$12.5M to $120M assetstotal assets $27.5M[1]
Standard universeinsiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2]
Warningsnone active · fortress balance sheetnot computable: distress
Inputs computable8 of 14
Graded fromfilings received through Mar 30, 2026193 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date
Last close$4.222026-10-08; market equity $29.3M; 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
$5NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctC$4.19
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/a
Apr 21, 2012nonen/aQ2
Apr 21, 2015E87.0Q2
Apr 21, 2016A10.4Q2
Apr 21, 2017B27.1Q2
Apr 21, 2018A7.2Q2
Apr 21, 2019D76.5Q2
May 21, 2019D/E78.1Q2
Apr 21, 2020E88.7Q2
Apr 21, 2023C54.0Q2
Sep 21, 2023C/D57.1Q2
Feb 21, 2024D64.3Q2
Mar 21, 2025C51.8Q2

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

Warnings [top]

Fortress balance sheet. cash minus debt is 12,330,000 USD; Altman Z is not used[3-4]

7 checks ran; none of them enters the letter. The checks are listed on the warnings screen.

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 65.9
Gross profitability26.5%[1,5]21.9%28.82752025-12-31
Return on invested capitalnot computable9.7%
pretax income must exceed the validity floor and imply a 0%-100% tax rate
Accruals ratio7.1%[1,6-8](3.6%)95.83082025-12-31
Gross margin stability, five years3.4 pts[2,5,9-16]2.1 pts73.22292025-12-31
Solvency, sleeve percentile 7.2
Twelve-month failure probabilitynot computable0.04%
latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required
Altman Z double-prime11.50[1,17-22]3.665.32442025-12-31
Net debt to EBITDAnot computable1.78x
EBITDA must exceed $100,000
Interest coveragenot computable5.09x
interest expense must exceed $100,000
Current ratio6.06x[17-18]2.25x9.03252025-12-31
Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 74.7
Revenue growth, three-year compound(0.03%)[2,10,12,14]2.1%61.62692025-12-31
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 years(10.1%)[1,8,23-24]4.4%88.82792025-12-31
Net share issuance, one year0.8%[25-26]0.01%73.62432026-03-27

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 -0.017; 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 $248.4BRTXCVV 50.4strongerweaker

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
124TransDigm Group Inc. (TDG)

TransDigm Group Inc. (TDG)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 48.4

NYSE · Aircraft Parts & Auxiliary Equipment, NEC

market equity $60.2B; last close $1,089.14

No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs

48.4C
125Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. (MEC)

Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. (MEC)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 48.8

NYSE · Metal Forgings & Stampings

market equity $389.4M; last close $15.29

No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs

48.8C
126Hyliion Holdings Corp. (HYLN)

Hyliion Holdings Corp. (HYLN)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 49.2

NYSE · Truck & Bus Bodies

market equity $673.3M; last close $3.75

Warnings: short runway, fortress balance sheet; 8 of 14 inputs

49.2Cshort runway, fortress balance sheet
127Gates Industrial Corp. Ltd. (GTES)

Gates Industrial Corp. Ltd. (GTES)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 49.6

NYSE · General Industrial Machinery & Equipment

market equity $6.8B; last close $26.73

No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs

49.6C
128Arcosa, Inc. (ACA)

Arcosa, Inc. (ACA)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 50.0

NYSE · Fabricated Structural Metal Products

market equity $7.2B; last close $146.52

No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs

50.0C
129CVD Equipment Corp. (CVV)

CVD Equipment Corp. (CVV)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 50.4

Nasdaq · Special Industry Machinery, NEC

market equity $29.1M; last close $4.22

Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 8 of 14 inputs

50.4Cfortress balance sheet
130Woodward, Inc. (WWD)

Woodward, Inc. (WWD)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 50.8

Nasdaq · Electrical Industrial Apparatus

market equity $19.1B; last close $323.46

No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs

50.8C
131Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)

Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 51.2

NYSE · Construction Machinery & Equip

market equity $366.0B; last close $796.09

No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs

51.2C
132Agco Corp. (AGCO)

Agco Corp. (AGCO)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 51.6

NYSE · Farm Machinery & Equipment

market equity $7.6B; last close $108.14

No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs

51.6C
133HNI Corp. (HNI)

HNI Corp. (HNI)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 52.0

NYSE · Office Furniture (No Wood)

market equity $3.4B; last close $47.02

Warnings: dilution; 13 of 14 inputs

52.0Cdilution
134Gorman Rupp Co. (GRC)

Gorman Rupp Co. (GRC)

Cmiddle fifth; percentile 52.4

NYSE · Pumps & Pumping Equipment

market equity $1.9B; last close $73.15

No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs

52.4C
Peer policyLetterPercentilePeers
all graded filers, equal sleevesC48.32204
sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade)C50.4255
same exchange, equal sleevesC45.41219
sector peers, equal inputsD66.9255

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 month102.4%13.7%94hotter than 94 of 100 peers
Distance from 52-week high(49.8%)(24.3%)17closer to its high than 17 of 100 peers
EBIT to enterprise value(32.3%)4.1%3pricier than 97 of 100 peers
Free cash flow yield(12.8%)3.4%9pricier than 91 of 100 peers
Book value to price1.240.3493pricier than 7 of 100 peers
Sales to price0.890.5466pricier than 34 of 100 peers
Composite equity issuance, five years4.0%(9.5%)72more equity-funded than 72 of 100 peers
Relative strength against the sector, log excess return0.57(0.00)94ahead of 94 of 100 peers

Inputs: market equity $29.1M; EBIT -$1.9M; free cash flow -$3.7M; book equity $36.0M; sales $25.8M; debt $268,000; cash $23.5M[27].

Diagnostics [top]

Diagnostics do not feed the grade.

Piotroski F-score: None of 9, period end 2025-12-31
Return on assets above zero(5.0%)✗ fail[6,8]
Operating cash flow above zero-$3.7M✗ fail[7]
Return on assets improved0.4 pts✓ pass[6,8,23,28]
Operating cash flow exceeds net income-$2.1M✗ fail[6-7]
Long-term leverage felln/a[1,8,23,29]
Current ratio improved280.8 pts✓ pass[17-18,30-31]
No new shares issued0.8%✗ fail[25-26]
Gross margin improved5.7 pts✓ pass[2,5,9-10]
Asset turnover improved4.6 pts✓ pass[2,8,10,23]
Cash, filings, liquidity
Cash and equivalents$23.5M[32]
Operating cash flow, four quarters$477,000[7,32-36]
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 filing58
10-Q received Aug 12, 2026
Median daily dollar volume$452,681
63 sessions
Days since newest grade input193

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$27.5M2025-12-312026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
2revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax$25.8M2025-12-312026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
3cashus-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue$12.6M2024-12-312026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
4total debtus-gaap:LongTermDebt$268,0002024-12-312025-03-1910-Kfiling · viewer · series
5gross profitus-gaap:GrossProfit$7.3M2025-12-312026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
6net incomeus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss-$1.6M2025-12-312026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
7operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities-$3.7M2025-12-312026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
8assetsus-gaap:Assets$31.7M2024-12-312026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
9gross profitus-gaap:GrossProfit$6.1M2024-12-312026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
10revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax$26.9M2024-12-312026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
11gross profitus-gaap:GrossProfit$5.1M2023-12-312025-03-1910-Kfiling · viewer · series
12revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax$24.1M2023-12-312025-03-1910-Kfiling · viewer · series
13gross profitus-gaap:GrossProfit$6.6M2022-12-312024-03-2810-Kfiling · viewer · series
14revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax$25.8M2022-12-312024-03-2810-Kfiling · viewer · series
15gross profitus-gaap:GrossProfit$3.1M2021-12-312023-03-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
16revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax$16.4M2021-12-312023-03-2710-Kfiling · viewer · series
17current assetsus-gaap:AssetsCurrent$16.9M2025-12-312026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
18current liabilitiesus-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent$2.8M2025-12-312026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
19retained earningsus-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit-$6.0M2025-12-312026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
20operating incomeus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss-$1.9M2025-12-312026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
21book equityus-gaap:StockholdersEquity$24.7M2025-12-312026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
22liabilitiesus-gaap:Liabilities$2.8M2025-12-312026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
23assetsus-gaap:Assets$35.0M2023-12-312025-03-1910-Kfiling · viewer · series
24assetsus-gaap:Assets$37.9M2022-12-312024-03-2810-Kfiling · viewer · series
25shares outstandingdei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding6,937,3382026-03-272026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
26shares outstandingdei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding6,881,8382025-03-192025-03-1910-Kfiling · viewer · series
27shares outstandingdei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding6,951,2032026-08-112026-08-1210-Qfiling · viewer · series
28net incomeus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss-$1.9M2024-12-312026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
29long term debtus-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent$181,0002024-12-312026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
30current assetsus-gaap:AssetsCurrent$20.0M2024-12-312026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
31current liabilitiesus-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent$6.1M2024-12-312026-03-3010-Kfiling · viewer · series
32cashus-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue$23.5M2026-06-302026-08-1210-Qfiling · viewer · series
33operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities-$1.3M2026-06-302026-08-1210-Qfiling · viewer · series
34operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities-$852,0002026-03-312026-05-1410-Qfiling · viewer · series
35operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities-$4.1M2025-09-302025-11-1010-Qfiling · viewer · series
36operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities-$5.4M2025-06-302026-08-1210-Qfiling · viewer · series

Limitations [top]

Grade boundary. Percentile 50.4 is 9.6 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.