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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| RPM InternationalRPM · chemicals | |
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| Grade |  B/Con the B/C boundary of 331 graded peers; percentile 38.5, sampling error 2.7 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 122 of 331 |
| Profitability | B/Cpercentile 39.3 |
| Solvency | Dpercentile 64.9 |
| Growth and financing | Bpercentile 35.0 |
| Reliability | 0.94 AUCfailure model, filers with over $2.67B assets; 95% interval 0.88 to 0.97; 61 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 0.52% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | over $2.67B assetstotal assets $8.3B[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | none activenot computable: distress |
| Inputs computable | 8 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Jul 22, 202679 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $99.392026-10-08; market equity $12.7B; 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 Jul 22, 2026; the document on sec.gov.
RPM International Inc., a Delaware corporation, succeeded to the reporting obligations of RPM, Inc., an Ohio corporation, following a 2002 reincorporation transaction. RPM, Inc. was originally incorporated in 1947 under the name Republic Powdered Metals, Inc. and changed its name to RPM, Inc. in 1971. As used herein, the terms “RPM,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to RPM International Inc. and all our consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise. Our principal executive offices are located at 2628 Pearl Road, Medina, Ohio 44256, and our telephone number is (330) 273-5090.
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 39.3 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | 39.0% | [1,3] | 21.3% | 12.0 | 359 | 2026-05-31 | |
| Return on invested capital | not computable | 9.5% | |||||
| one or more required annual facts are missing | |||||||
| Accruals ratio | (2.9%) | [1,4-6] | (4.2%) | 59.6 | 400 | 2026-05-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | 2.1 pts | [2-3,7-14] | 2.2 pts | 46.3 | 301 | 2026-05-31 | |
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 64.9 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.05% | |||||
| liabilities and a nearby cover-page share count are required at 2026-08-31 | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | not computable | 3.41 | |||||
| one or more required annual facts are missing | |||||||
| Net debt to EBITDA | not computable | 1.88x | |||||
| one or more required annual facts are missing | |||||||
| Interest coverage | not computable | 4.16x | |||||
| one or more required annual facts are missing | |||||||
| Current ratio | 1.68x | [15-16] | 2.20x | 64.9 | 423 | 2026-05-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 35.0 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | 2.7% | [2,8,10,12] | 1.2% | 42.7 | 350 | 2026-05-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | 27.9% | [5,17-23] | 12.6% | 27.0 | 179 | 2026-05-31 | |
| Reinvestment rate | not computable | 24.3% | |||||
| one or more required annual facts are missing | |||||||
| Asset growth, three years | 7.2% | [1,6,24-25] | 2.9% | 30.7 | 369 | 2026-05-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | (0.5%) | [26-27] | 0.0% | 39.7 | 321 | 2026-07-21 | |
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 -0.083; sampling error 2.7 percentile points on 331 peers.
Among 331 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117 | Karat Packaging Inc. (KRT) Karat Packaging Inc. (KRT) B/Con the B/C boundary; percentile 37.4 Nasdaq · Plastics Products, NEC market equity $1.1B; last close $54.16 No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 37.4 | B/C | |
| 118 | Hexcel Corp. (HXL) Hexcel Corp. (HXL) B/Con the B/C boundary; percentile 37.6 NYSE · Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers market equity $6.4B; last close $85.18 No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 37.6 | B/C | |
| 119 | AZZ Inc. (AZZ) AZZ Inc. (AZZ) B/Con the B/C boundary; percentile 37.8 NYSE · Coating, Engraving & Allied Services market equity $4.1B; last close $136.43 No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 37.8 | B/C | |
| 120 | Westlake Chemical Partners L.P. (WLKP) Westlake Chemical Partners L.P. (WLKP) B/Con the B/C boundary; percentile 37.9 NYSE · Industrial Organic Chemicals market equity $754.6M; last close $21.26 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 37.9 | B/C | |
| 121 | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (WMS) Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (WMS) B/Con the B/C boundary; percentile 38.2 NYSE · Plastics Foam Products market equity $9.5B; last close $126.22 No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs | 38.2 | B/C | |
| 122 | RPM International (RPM) RPM International (RPM) B/Con the B/C boundary; percentile 38.5 NYSE · Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels & Allied Prods market equity $12.7B; last close $99.39 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 38.5 | B/C | |
| 123 | United States Antimony Corp. (UAMY) United States Antimony Corp. (UAMY) B/Con the B/C boundary; percentile 38.6 NYSE · Primary Smelting & Refining of Nonferrous Metals market equity $556.8M; last close $3.71 Warnings: dilution, fortress balance sheet; 9 of 14 inputs | 38.6 | B/C | dilution, fortress balance sheet |
| 124 | Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (ROCK) Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (ROCK) B/Con the B/C boundary; percentile 39.0 Nasdaq · Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling & Finishing Mills market equity $1.1B; last close $37.45 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 11 of 14 inputs | 39.0 | B/C | fortress balance sheet |
| 125 | Lightwave Logic, Inc. (LWLG) Lightwave Logic, Inc. (LWLG) B/Con the B/C boundary; percentile 39.4 Nasdaq · Miscellaneous Plastics Products market equity $787.8M; last close $5.13 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 39.4 | B/C | |
| 126 | OIL States International, Inc. (OIS) OIL States International, Inc. (OIS) B/Con the B/C boundary; percentile 39.8 NYSE · Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment market equity $494.6M; last close $8.19 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 9 of 14 inputs | 39.8 | B/C | fortress balance sheet |
| 127 | Ingevity Corp. (NGVT) Ingevity Corp. (NGVT) B/Con the B/C boundary; percentile 40.0 NYSE · Chemicals & Allied Products market equity $2.5B; last close $71.11 No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 40.0 | B/C |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | C | 44.9 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | B/C | 38.5 | 331 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | B | 35.3 | 984 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | A/B | 18.8 | 331 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 331 graded peers, about 66 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 | (9.9%) | 13.8% | 26 | hotter than 26 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (17.3%) | (24.2%) | 67 | closer to its high than 67 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | not computable | 3.9% | required accounting or market input is missing | |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.3% | 3.2% | 72 | pricier than 28 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 0.27 | 0.39 | 37 | pricier than 63 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 0.62 | 0.57 | 54 | pricier than 46 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | (11.0%) | (9.9%) | 45 | more equity-funded than 45 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | (0.27) | (0.02) | 22 | ahead of 22 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $12.7B; free cash flow $675.2M; book equity $3.5B; sales $7.9B; debt $2.0B; cash $312.8M[28].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: 6 of 9, period end 2026-05-31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Return on assets above zero | 8.5% | ✓ pass[4,6] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | $898.7M | ✓ pass[5] |
| Return on assets improved | (2.0 pts) | ✗ fail[4,6,24,29] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | $237.3M | ✓ pass[4-5] |
| Long-term leverage fell | (10.4 pts) | ✓ pass[1,6,24,30-31] |
| Current ratio improved | (48.2 pts) | ✗ fail[15-16,32-33] |
| No new shares issued | (0.5%) | ✓ pass[26-27] |
| Gross margin improved | 0.1 pts | ✓ pass[2-3,7-8] |
| Asset turnover improved | (10.8 pts) | ✗ fail[2,6,8,24] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $312.8M[34] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | $925.1M[5,34-38] |
| Months of runway | not finite |
| trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite | |
| Late filings, two years | 0 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 3 |
| 10-Q received Oct 6, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $103.2M |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 79 |
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 | $8.3B | 2026-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $7.9B | 2026-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $3.3B | 2026-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $661.4M | 2026-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $898.7M | 2026-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $7.8B | 2025-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $3.1B | 2025-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $7.4B | 2025-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $3.0B | 2024-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $7.3B | 2024-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $2.7B | 2023-05-31 | 2025-07-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $7.3B | 2023-05-31 | 2025-07-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $2.4B | 2022-05-31 | 2024-07-25 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $6.7B | 2022-05-31 | 2024-07-25 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $3.5B | 2026-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $2.1B | 2026-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets | $223.5M | 2026-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $768.2M | 2025-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets | $229.9M | 2025-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $1.1B | 2024-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets | $214.0M | 2024-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $577.1M | 2023-05-31 | 2025-07-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets | $254.4M | 2023-05-31 | 2025-07-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $6.6B | 2024-05-31 | 2025-07-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $6.8B | 2023-05-31 | 2024-07-25 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 127,741,412 | 2026-07-21 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 128,376,265 | 2025-07-21 | 2025-07-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 127,533,690 | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-06 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $688.7M | 2025-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations | $2.1B | 2026-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations | $2.6B | 2025-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $3.2B | 2025-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $1.5B | 2025-05-31 | 2026-07-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 34 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $312.8M | 2026-08-31 | 2026-10-06 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 35 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $263.9M | 2026-08-31 | 2026-10-06 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 36 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $656.7M | 2026-02-28 | 2026-04-08 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 37 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $583.2M | 2025-11-30 | 2026-01-08 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 38 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $237.5M | 2025-08-31 | 2026-10-06 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 38.5 is 1.5 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.7 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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