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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| Fluent, Inc.FLNT · other | |
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| Grade |  Eweakest fifth of 336 graded peers; percentile 96.4, sampling error 2.6 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 324 of 336 |
| Profitability | Cpercentile 53.0 |
| Solvency | D/Epercentile 82.3 |
| Growth and financing | Epercentile 94.4 |
| Reliability | 0.83 AUCfailure model, filers with $12.5M to $120M assets; 95% interval 0.79 to 0.86; 201 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 1.07% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | $12.5M to $120M assetstotal assets $89.1M[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | dilution, late filernot computable: distress |
| Inputs computable | 8 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Apr 30, 2026162 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $2.792026-10-08; market equity $88.2M; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
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Percentile at every rescan on file, Jan 21, 2012 to Oct 9, 2026; stronger toward the top. Hover for the date. Open this report as it stood on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Mar 31, 2026; the document on sec.gov.
This business description should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 (the "2025 Form 10-K"), which are incorporated herein by this reference. Fluent, Inc. ("we," "us," "our," "Fluent," or the "Company") is a commerce media solutions provider connecting top-tier brands with highly engaged consumers. Leveraging diverse ad inventory, robust first-party data, and proprietary machine learning, we unlock additional revenue streams for partners and empower advertisers to acquire their most valuable customers at scale.
Warnings [top]
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.
| Input | Percentile, 0 to 100 | Value | Source | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Period end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability, sleeve percentile 53.0 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | not computable | 27.1% | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2016-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Return on invested capital | (44.7%) | [5-13] | 10.0% | 98.7 | 151 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Accruals ratio | (28.1%) | [1,14-16] | (5.9%) | 7.3 | 506 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | not computable | 2.2 pts | |||||
| five annual gross margins are required; found 3 | |||||||
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 82.3 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.04% | |||||
| latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | (17.10) | [1,5,9,17-20] | 2.05 | 93.2 | 386 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net debt to EBITDA | not computable | 2.52x | |||||
| EBITDA must exceed $100,000 | |||||||
| Interest coverage | (6.61x) | [5,21] | 2.18x | 90.8 | 88 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Current ratio | 1.04x | [17-18] | 1.32x | 62.8 | 506 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 94.4 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | (16.7%) | [2,22-24] | 5.1% | 93.8 | 403 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | not computable | 8.7% | |||||
| current FCF must be positive and base FCF must exceed $100,000 | |||||||
| Reinvestment rate | not computable | 11.9% | |||||
| NOPAT must exceed $100,000 | |||||||
| Asset growth, three years | (21.5%) | [1,16,25-26] | 4.1% | 96.6 | 438 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | 44.4% | [3-4] | (0.4%) | 93.0 | 356 | 2026-03-26 | |
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 0.552; sampling error 2.6 percentile points on 336 peers.
Among 336 Peers [top]
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.
| Rank | Company | Percentile | Letter | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 319 | Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCO) Eweakest fifth; percentile 94.9 NYSE · Services-Advertising market equity $1.2B; last close $2.43 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 94.9 | E | |
| 320 | Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (ASPS) Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (ASPS) Eweakest fifth; percentile 95.5 Nasdaq · Services-Miscellaneous Business Services last close $6.49 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 95.5 | E | |
| 321 | Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (ASPSW) Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (ASPSW) Eweakest fifth; percentile 95.5 Nasdaq · Services-Miscellaneous Business Services last close $0.32 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 95.5 | E | |
| 322 | Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (ASPSZ) Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (ASPSZ) Eweakest fifth; percentile 95.5 Nasdaq · Services-Miscellaneous Business Services last close $0.16 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 95.5 | E | |
| 323 | SolarMax Technology, Inc. (SMXT) SolarMax Technology, Inc. (SMXT) Eweakest fifth; percentile 96.1 Nasdaq · Construction - Special Trade Contractors market equity $22.1M; last close $4.66 Warnings: late filer, distress; 7 of 14 inputs | 96.1 | E | late filer, distress |
| 324 | Fluent, Inc. (FLNT) Fluent, Inc. (FLNT) Eweakest fifth; percentile 96.4 Nasdaq · Services-Advertising market equity $89.1M; last close $2.79 Warnings: dilution, late filer; 8 of 14 inputs | 96.4 | E | dilution, late filer |
| 325 | Jetblue Airways Corp. (JBLU) Jetblue Airways Corp. (JBLU) Eweakest fifth; percentile 96.7 Nasdaq · Air Transportation, Scheduled market equity $1.5B; last close $3.92 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 96.7 | E | |
| 326 | Realloys Inc. (ALOY) Realloys Inc. (ALOY) Eweakest fifth; percentile 97.0 Nasdaq · Metal Mining market equity $522.9M; last close $7.57 Warnings: late filer; 7 of 14 inputs | 97.0 | E | late filer |
| 327 | Reading International Inc. (RDI) Reading International Inc. (RDI) Eweakest fifth; percentile 97.5 Nasdaq · Services-Motion Picture Theaters last close $1.93 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 97.5 | E | |
| 328 | Reading International Inc. (RDIB) Reading International Inc. (RDIB) Eweakest fifth; percentile 97.5 Nasdaq · Services-Motion Picture Theaters last close $16.24 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 97.5 | E | |
| 329 | Boyd Gaming Corp. (BYD) Boyd Gaming Corp. (BYD) Eweakest fifth; percentile 97.9 NYSE · Hotels & Motels market equity $5.1B; last close $70.00 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 97.9 | E |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | E | 96.6 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | E | 96.4 | 336 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | E | 94.5 | 1219 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | E | 97.9 | 336 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 336 graded peers, about 67 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.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | 55.0% | 2.0% | 86 | hotter than 86 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (34.0%) | (26.8%) | 37 | closer to its high than 37 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | (17.8%) | 4.4% | 6 | pricier than 94 of 100 peers |
| Free cash flow yield | (1.7%) | 4.1% | 20 | pricier than 80 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 0.09 | 0.34 | 16 | pricier than 84 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 2.34 | 0.70 | 84 | pricier than 16 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | 84.4% | (8.8%) | 93 | more equity-funded than 93 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | 0.29 | (0.13) | 86 | ahead of 86 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $89.1M; EBIT -$20.3M; free cash flow -$1.5M; book equity $8.1M; sales $208.8M; debt $31.9M; cash $6.9M[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 | (29.0%) | ✗ fail[14,16] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | -$1.5M | ✗ fail[15] |
| Return on assets improved | (2.8 pts) | ✗ fail[14,16,25,28] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | $25.7M | ✓ pass[14-15] |
| Long-term leverage fell | 0.2 pts | ✗ fail[1,16,25,29-30] |
| Current ratio improved | 1.8 pts | ✓ pass[17-18,31-32] |
| No new shares issued | 44.4% | ✗ fail[3-4] |
| Gross margin improved | n/a | |
| Asset turnover improved | (4.6 pts) | ✗ fail[2,16,22,25] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $6.9M[33] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | -$4.2M[15,33-37] |
| Months of runway | 19.7 |
| Late filings, two years | 3 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 57 |
| 10-Q received Aug 13, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $84,847 |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 162 |
Downloads [top]
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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.
| # | Concept | XBRL tag | Value | Period end | Received | Form | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $89.1M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $208.8M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 29,810,156 | 2026-03-26 | 2026-04-30 | 10-K/A | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 20,643,660 | 2025-03-27 | 2025-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | -$20.3M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | pretax income | us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | -$27.2M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | income tax | us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | -$2,000 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebt | $34.6M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $18.2M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $12.9M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebt | $35.6M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $25.0M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $9.4M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | -$27.2M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$1.5M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $93.6M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $67.5M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $65.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | retained earnings | us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit | -$438.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | liabilities | us-gaap:Liabilities | $70.9M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | interest expense | us-gaap:InterestExpense | $3.1M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $254.6M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $298.4M | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $361.1M | 2022-12-31 | 2024-04-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $111.9M | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $184.0M | 2022-12-31 | 2024-04-02 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 31,607,086 | 2026-08-10 | 2026-08-13 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | -$29.3M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $3.7M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $4.0M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $66.0M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $64.7M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $6.9M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-13 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 34 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $320,000 | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-13 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 35 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $5.1M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-05-13 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 36 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$4.3M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-14 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 37 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $3.0M | 2025-06-30 | 2026-08-13 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 96.4 is 16.4 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.6 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.
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