Assay
Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| Polar Power, Inc.POLA · business equipment | |
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| Grade |  Eweakest fifth of 497 graded peers; percentile 99.4, sampling error 2.2 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 494 of 497 |
| Profitability | Dpercentile 66.9 |
| Solvency | Epercentile 84.3 |
| Growth and financing | Epercentile 93.6 |
| Reliability | 0.76 AUCfailure model, filers with under $12.5M assets; 95% interval 0.65 to 0.86; 63 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 0.60% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | under $12.5M assetstotal assets $10.4M[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | dilution, short runway, late filer · fortress balance sheetnot computable: distress |
| Inputs computable | 8 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Apr 15, 2026177 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $1.082026-10-08; market equity $4.2M; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Apr 15, 2026; the document on sec.gov.
design, manufacture, and sell DC power generators, renewable energy and cooling systems for applications primarily in the telecommunications market and, to a lesser extent, in other markets, including military, electric vehicle, marine and industrial. We are continuously diversifying our customer base and are selling our products into non-telecommunication markets and applications at an increasing rate. The changes in customer diversity are reported in the financial section.
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 |
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| Profitability, sleeve percentile 66.9 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | (30.2%) | [1,8] | 28.5% | 99.5 | 558 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Return on invested capital | not computable | 10.9% | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2020-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Accruals ratio | (57.7%) | [1,9-11] | (7.4%) | 5.3 | 621 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | 25.3 pts | [2,8,12-19] | 2.4 pts | 95.8 | 429 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 84.3 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.05% | |||||
| latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | (17.90) | [1,20-25] | 2.18 | 86.2 | 566 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net debt to EBITDA | not computable | 1.11x | |||||
| EBITDA must exceed $100,000 | |||||||
| Interest coverage | not computable | 3.77x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2023-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Current ratio | 0.97x | [20-21] | 2.02x | 82.4 | 666 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 93.6 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | (26.8%) | [2,13,15,17] | 6.4% | 95.3 | 538 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | not computable | 17.2% | |||||
| current FCF must be positive and base FCF must exceed $100,000 | |||||||
| Reinvestment rate | not computable | 14.3% | |||||
| NOPAT must exceed $100,000 | |||||||
| Asset growth, three years | (24.4%) | [1,11,26-27] | 5.0% | 94.0 | 563 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | 44.9% | [3-4] | 0.5% | 91.6 | 407 | 2026-04-15 | |
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 0.704; sampling error 2.2 percentile points on 497 peers.
Among 497 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 489 | Rackspace Technology, Inc. (RXT) Rackspace Technology, Inc. (RXT) Eweakest fifth; percentile 98.4 Nasdaq · Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. market equity $922.6M; last close $3.63 Warnings: late filer; 10 of 14 inputs | 98.4 | E | late filer |
| 490 | Focus Universal Inc. (FCUV) Focus Universal Inc. (FCUV) Eweakest fifth; percentile 98.6 Nasdaq · Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, and Control market equity $3.1M; last close $4.60 Warnings: dilution, distress; 8 of 14 inputs | 98.6 | E | dilution, distress |
| 491 | ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. (CNET) ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. (CNET) Eweakest fifth; percentile 98.8 Nasdaq · Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. market equity $5.4M; last close $1.62 Warnings: dilution, late filer; 8 of 14 inputs | 98.8 | E | dilution, late filer |
| 492 | Sports Entertainment Gaming Global Corp. (LTRYW) Sports Entertainment Gaming Global Corp. (LTRYW) Eweakest fifth; percentile 99.1 Nasdaq · Services-Prepackaged Software last close $0.00 Warnings: short runway, late filer; 7 of 14 inputs | 99.1 | E | short runway, late filer |
| 493 | Sports Entertainment Gaming Global Corp. (SEGG) Sports Entertainment Gaming Global Corp. (SEGG) Eweakest fifth; percentile 99.1 Nasdaq · Services-Prepackaged Software last close $1.88 Warnings: short runway, late filer; 7 of 14 inputs | 99.1 | E | short runway, late filer |
| 494 | Polar Power, Inc. (POLA) Polar Power, Inc. (POLA) Eweakest fifth; percentile 99.4 Nasdaq · Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Supplies market equity $4.2M; last close $1.08 Warnings: dilution, short runway, late filer, fortress balance sheet; 8 of 14 inputs | 99.4 | E | dilution, short runway, late filer, fortress balance sheet |
| 495 | Pixelworks, Inc. (PXLW) Pixelworks, Inc. (PXLW) Eweakest fifth; percentile 99.6 Nasdaq · Services-Prepackaged Software market equity $36.5M; last close $6.09 Warnings: dilution, fortress balance sheet; 8 of 14 inputs | 99.6 | E | dilution, fortress balance sheet |
| 496 | Stem, Inc. (STEM) Stem, Inc. (STEM) Eweakest fifth; percentile 99.8 NYSE · Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design market equity $40.4M; last close $4.21 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 99.8 | E | |
| 497 | Kustom Entertainment, Inc. (KUST) Kustom Entertainment, Inc. (KUST) Eweakest fifth; percentile 100.0 Nasdaq · Radio & Tv Broadcasting & Communications Equipment market equity $26.9M; last close $4.14 Warnings: dilution, short runway, late filer; 8 of 14 inputs | 100.0 | E | dilution, short runway, late filer |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | E | 98.8 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | E | 99.4 | 497 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | E | 98.4 | 1219 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | E | 99.4 | 497 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 497 graded peers, about 99 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 | (58.1%) | 2.2% | 8 | hotter than 8 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (79.5%) | (30.0%) | 7 | closer to its high than 7 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | (208.4%) | 1.5% | 2 | pricier than 98 of 100 peers |
| Free cash flow yield | (13.3%) | 2.7% | 14 | pricier than 86 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 0.21 | 0.23 | 46 | pricier than 54 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 1.52 | 0.30 | 84 | pricier than 16 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | 74.6% | 3.9% | 90 | more equity-funded than 90 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | (1.15) | (0.26) | 8 | ahead of 8 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $4.2M; EBIT -$8.4M; free cash flow -$555,000; book equity $857,000; sales $6.3M; debt $64,000; cash $183,000[28].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: None of 9, period end 2025-12-31 | ||
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| Return on assets above zero | (52.1%) | ✗ fail[9,11] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | -$1.1M | ✗ fail[10] |
| Return on assets improved | (33.5 pts) | ✗ fail[9,11,26,29] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | $8.1M | ✓ pass[9-10] |
| Long-term leverage fell | n/a[1,11,26] | |
| Current ratio improved | (84.8 pts) | ✗ fail[20-21,30-31] |
| No new shares issued | 44.9% | ✗ fail[3-4] |
| Gross margin improved | (59.5 pts) | ✗ fail[2,8,12-13] |
| Asset turnover improved | (19.4 pts) | ✗ fail[2,11,13,26] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $183,000[5] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | -$2.2M[5,10,32-35] |
| Months of runway | 1.0 |
| Late filings, two years | 4 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 52 |
| 10-Q received Aug 18, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $118,904 |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 177 |
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 |
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| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $10.4M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-04-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $6.3M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-04-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 3,640,159 | 2026-04-15 | 2026-04-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 2,511,532 | 2025-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $183,000 | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-18 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $549,000 | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebt | $64,000 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-04-01 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | -$3.2M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-04-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | -$9.1M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-04-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$1.1M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-04-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $17.5M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-04-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $1.3M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-04-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $14.0M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-04-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $695,000 | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $15.3M | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $2.1M | 2022-12-31 | 2024-04-01 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $16.1M | 2022-12-31 | 2024-04-01 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $3.4M | 2021-12-31 | 2023-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $16.9M | 2021-12-31 | 2023-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $10.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-04-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $10.3M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-04-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | retained earnings | us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit | -$39.5M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-04-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | -$8.4M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-04-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $144,000 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-04-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | liabilities | us-gaap:Liabilities | $10.3M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-04-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $25.3M | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $24.2M | 2022-12-31 | 2024-04-01 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 3,851,684 | 2026-08-17 | 2026-08-18 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | -$4.7M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-04-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $15.6M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-04-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $8.6M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-04-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$2.2M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-18 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$2.2M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-05-20 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 34 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$589,000 | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-19 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 35 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$988,000 | 2025-06-30 | 2026-08-18 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 99.4 is 19.4 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.2 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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