All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2021; the latest 2024-03-14.
From the record
a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp.'s filings since 2021 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2023-04-18); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2024-03-14) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+34.3% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 2 of 7.
From the record
a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $102 million in fiscal 2019 to $600 million in fiscal 2025, up 34.3% a year; it rose in 5 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 11% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 2 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count steady. 11% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 2 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp.'s diluted share count held steady, and dividends and buybacks returned about 11% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 2 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE -32%: lost 32¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 75%: owes 75¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. lost about 32 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 87 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 75 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.5% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 41% of 29 in its family; net margin -5.2%.
From the record
a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp.'s standing among 29 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $600 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 50% by size; a net margin of -5.2% ranks in the bottom 29%; revenue growth of -0.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 43% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 38% of 16 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.
From the record
a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Long, Ciaran Joseph (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-04-18, 2.6 years (bottom 28% of its family); the 9 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.9 years (bottom 47%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 9 people in charge now (bottom 39%; 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
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 38% of 29 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $23 million against debt of $111 million leaves -22.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 13% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -0.1% of revenue (bottom 29%); a gross margin of 57.3% (top 28%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 36% of 29 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -0.6% a year over the last three filed years against 34.3% over all 7, slowing (bottom 9% of its family); the newest year grew 4.4% (bottom 40%); capital spending grew -4.7% a year (top 40%) (its annual reports). a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 30% of 25 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $600 million in fiscal 2025 came in 7.7% above the $557 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 34% of its family); net income of $31 million against a prior three-year average of $101 million (top 34%); a net margin of -5.2% against -17.2% before (top 22%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
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