Company Analysis

PowerFleet, Inc. (AIOT)

Nasdaq: AIOT · Communications Equipment, NEC · Woodcliff Lake, NJ · filing with the SEC since 2019
Grade5.2
◀ Past 4.2● Present 5.7▶ Future 5.4

The grade of PowerFleet, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.2/10
◀ Past4.230% of the headline
● Present5.740% of the headline
▶ Future5.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

14 warning events since 2019; the latest 2025-06-17.

weight 33% of this tense · 4th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PowerFleet, Inc.'s filings since 2019 show 14 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 3 times, the latest 2024-08-16); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2024-04-05); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2024-08-16); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 7 times, the latest 2025-06-17) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+33.5% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 0 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 76th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PowerFleet, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $41 million in fiscal 2017 to $444 million in fiscal 2026, up 33.5% a year; it rose in 7 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 2% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 0 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span33.5%top 4% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 4% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 17% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak1.6%top 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 50.3% a year. 9% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 31st percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-03-31, PowerFleet, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 50.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 9% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 13% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -4%: lost 4¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 50%: owes 50¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 46th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-03-31, PowerFleet, Inc. lost about 4 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 26 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 50 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 11.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 29% of its family
  • return on equitytop 41% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 41% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 24% of 12 in its family; net margin -4.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PowerFleet, Inc.'s standing among 12 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $444 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 21% by size; a net margin of -4.6% ranks in the top 46%; revenue growth of 44% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 4% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$444Mtop 21% of its family
  • net margin-4.6%top 46% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth44.0%top 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 48% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

PowerFleet, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Towe, Steven Mark (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-01-10, 4.8 years (top 19% of its family); most of the 8 officers and directors filing now have filed since the record of its people begins (2024-04-02), a floor of 2.6 years the record cannot see past, so that part is not read; 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 8 people in charge now (bottom 22%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge10 in three years among 8 peoplebottom 22% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record4.8 yearstop 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 35% of 12 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 35th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PowerFleet, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $36 million against debt of $230 million leaves -20.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 4% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 2% of revenue (bottom 46%); a gross margin of 55.5% (top 23%); research spending of 4.1% of revenue (bottom 13%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-20.2%bottom 4% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue2.0%bottom 46% of its family
  • gross margin55.5%top 23% of its family
  • research spending against revenue4.1%bottom 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
8.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 15% of 12 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 85th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PowerFleet, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 44% a year over the last three filed years against 33.5% over all 9, speeding up (top 12% of its family); the newest year grew 22.4% (top 21%); research spending grew 26.9% a year (top 12%); capital spending grew 68% a year (top 12%) (its annual reports). PowerFleet, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2026: Service at $360 million (81%), Product at $84 million (19%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+10.5 points a yeartop 12% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth22.4%top 21% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending26.9%top 12% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending68.0%top 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 46% of 12 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 46th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

PowerFleet, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $444 million in fiscal 2026 came in 20.9% below the $561 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 38% of its family); net income of $21 million against a prior three-year average of $29 million (top 46%); a net margin of -4.6% against -13.2% before (bottom 46%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-20.9%bottom 38% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+28%top 46% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+8.6 pointsbottom 46% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton AIOT · research, not advice