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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| SunCoke Energy, Inc.SXC · manufacturing | |
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| Grade |  Eweakest fifth of 255 graded peers; percentile 88.2, sampling error 3.0 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 225 of 255 |
| Profitability | Cpercentile 55.7 |
| Solvency | Dpercentile 71.4 |
| Growth and financing | Dpercentile 71.8 |
| Reliability | 0.91 AUCfailure model, filers with $591M to $2.67B assets; 95% interval 0.88 to 0.94; 160 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 1.01% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | $591M to $2.67B assetstotal assets $1.8B[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | none activenot computable: distress |
| Inputs computable | 9 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Feb 20, 2026231 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $9.722026-10-08; market equity $825.4M; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
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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 Feb 20, 2026; the document on sec.gov.
SunCoke Energy, Inc. (“SunCoke Energy,” “SunCoke,” “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us”) is the largest independent producer of high-quality coke in the Americas, as measured by tons of coke produced each year, and has more than 65 years of coke production experience. Coke is produced by heating metallurgical coal in a refractory oven, which releases certain volatile components from the coal, thus transforming the coal into coke. Our coke is primarily used as a principal raw material in the blast furnace steelmaking process as well as in the foundry production of casted iron, and the majority of our sales are derived from blast furnace coke sales made under long-term, take-or-pay agreements.
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 55.7 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | not computable | 21.9% | |||||
| one or more required annual facts are missing | |||||||
| Return on invested capital | (2.2%) | [3-11] | 9.7% | 88.9 | 100 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Accruals ratio | (8.9%) | [1,12-14] | (3.6%) | 22.5 | 308 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | not computable | 2.1 pts | |||||
| five annual gross margins are required; found 0 | |||||||
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 71.4 | |||||||
| 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 | 1.36 | [1,3,7,15-18] | 3.66 | 67.1 | 244 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 5.47x | [3,6,8,19] | 1.78x | 93.3 | 121 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Interest coverage | not computable | 5.09x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2023-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Current ratio | 2.11x | [15-16] | 2.25x | 53.7 | 325 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 71.8 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | (2.3%) | [2,20-22] | 2.1% | 69.8 | 269 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | (31.8%) | [13,23-29] | 13.9% | 96.4 | 139 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Reinvestment rate | not computable | 26.4% | |||||
| NOPAT must exceed $100,000 | |||||||
| Asset growth, three years | 2.7% | [1,14,30-31] | 4.4% | 57.6 | 279 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | 0.4% | [32-33] | 0.01% | 63.6 | 243 | 2026-02-13 | |
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 0.348; sampling error 3.0 percentile points on 255 peers.
Among 255 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 220 | Worthington Enterprises, Inc. (WOR) Worthington Enterprises, Inc. (WOR) Eweakest fifth; percentile 86.2 NYSE · Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling & Finishing Mills market equity $3.0B; last close $61.13 No active warnings; 13 of 14 inputs | 86.2 | E | |
| 221 | IT Tech Packaging, Inc. (ITP) IT Tech Packaging, Inc. (ITP) Eweakest fifth; percentile 86.6 NYSE · Converted Paper & Paperboard Prods (No Contaners/Boxes) market equity $2.5M; last close $0.15 Warnings: late filer, fortress balance sheet; 9 of 14 inputs | 86.6 | E | late filer, fortress balance sheet |
| 222 | Matthews International Corp. (MATW) Matthews International Corp. (MATW) Eweakest fifth; percentile 87.0 Nasdaq · Nonferrous Foundries (Castings) market equity $602.7M; last close $19.32 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 87.0 | E | |
| 223 | Liqtech International Inc. (LIQT) Liqtech International Inc. (LIQT) Eweakest fifth; percentile 87.4 Nasdaq · Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment market equity $14.8M; last close $0.47 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 87.4 | E | |
| 224 | Graphic Packaging Holding Co. (GPK) Graphic Packaging Holding Co. (GPK) Eweakest fifth; percentile 87.8 NYSE · Paperboard Containers & Boxes market equity $2.5B; last close $8.57 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 87.8 | E | |
| 225 | SunCoke Energy, Inc. (SXC) SunCoke Energy, Inc. (SXC) Eweakest fifth; percentile 88.2 NYSE · Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens) market equity $827.5M; last close $9.72 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 88.2 | E | |
| 226 | CPI Aerostructures Inc. (CVU) CPI Aerostructures Inc. (CVU) Eweakest fifth; percentile 88.6 NYSE · Aircraft Parts & Auxiliary Equipment, NEC market equity $67.6M; last close $5.08 Warnings: late filer; 7 of 14 inputs | 88.6 | E | late filer |
| 227 | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (GT) Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (GT) Eweakest fifth; percentile 89.0 Nasdaq · Tires & Inner Tubes market equity $1.4B; last close $4.75 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 89.0 | E | |
| 228 | Greenbrier Companies Inc. (GBX) Greenbrier Companies Inc. (GBX) Eweakest fifth; percentile 89.4 NYSE · Railroad Equipment market equity $1.2B; last close $38.63 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 89.4 | E | |
| 229 | Boeing Co. (BA) Boeing Co. (BA) Eweakest fifth; percentile 90.0 NYSE · Aircraft last close $187.74 No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 90.0 | E | |
| 230 | Boeing Co. (BA-PA) Boeing Co. (BA-PA) Eweakest fifth; percentile 90.0 NYSE · Aircraft No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 90.0 | E |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | E | 81.8 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | E | 88.2 | 255 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | E | 83.2 | 984 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | E | 89.8 | 255 |
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.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | 34.6% | 13.7% | 68 | hotter than 68 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (7.8%) | (24.3%) | 89 | closer to its high than 89 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | (3.1%) | 4.1% | 12 | pricier than 88 of 100 peers |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.1% | 3.4% | 69 | pricier than 31 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 0.71 | 0.34 | 77 | pricier than 23 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 2.22 | 0.54 | 86 | pricier than 14 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | (22.4%) | (9.5%) | 18 | more equity-funded than 18 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | 0.16 | (0.00) | 68 | ahead of 68 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $827.5M; EBIT -$44.4M; free cash flow $42.3M; book equity $585.6M; sales $1.8B; debt $653.9M; cash $42.7M[34].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: None of 9, period end 2025-12-31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Return on assets above zero | (2.6%) | ✗ fail[12,14] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | $109.1M | ✓ pass[13] |
| Return on assets improved | (8.4 pts) | ✗ fail[12,14,30,35] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | $153.3M | ✓ pass[12-13] |
| Long-term leverage fell | 10.1 pts | ✗ fail[1,14,30,36-37] |
| Current ratio improved | (19.7 pts) | ✗ fail[15-16,38-39] |
| No new shares issued | 0.4% | ✗ fail[32-33] |
| Gross margin improved | n/a | |
| Asset turnover improved | (6.4 pts) | ✗ fail[2,14,20,30] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $42.7M[40] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | $111.3M[13,40-44] |
| 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 | 71 |
| 10-Q received Jul 30, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $10.2M |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 231 |
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 | $1.8B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $1.8B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | -$44.4M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | pretax income | us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | -$72.8M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | income tax | us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | -$34.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebt | $685.5M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $597.3M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $88.7M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebt | $492.3M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $680.2M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $189.6M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | -$44.2M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $109.1M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $1.7B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $463.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $219.5M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | retained earnings | us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit | $52.3M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | liabilities | us-gaap:Liabilities | $1.2B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | depreciation amortization | us-gaap:DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization | $153.6M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $1.9B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $2.1B | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $2.0B | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-21 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $66.8M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $168.8M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $72.9M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $249.0M | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $109.2M | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $208.9M | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-21 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $75.5M | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-21 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $1.7B | 2023-12-31 | 2025-02-21 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $1.7B | 2022-12-31 | 2024-02-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 84,665,509 | 2026-02-13 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 84,351,938 | 2025-02-14 | 2025-02-21 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 34 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 84,874,850 | 2026-07-24 | 2026-07-30 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 35 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $95.9M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 36 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $685.5M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 37 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $492.3M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 38 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $474.6M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 39 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $205.8M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 40 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $42.7M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-07-30 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 41 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $45.5M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-07-30 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 42 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $72.7M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-04-30 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 43 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $52.5M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-04 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 44 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $43.3M | 2025-06-30 | 2026-07-30 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 88.2 is 8.2 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.
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