Company Analysis

AstroNova, Inc. (ALOT)

ALOT · Computer Peripheral Equipment, NEC · West Warwick, RI · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade4.3
◀ Past 4.7● Present 4.4▶ Future 3.8

The grade of AstroNova, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.3/10
◀ Past4.730% of the headline
● Present4.440% of the headline
▶ Future3.830% 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?

4.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-08-26.

weight 33% of this tense · 34th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

AstroNova, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2026-08-26); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2024-09-12) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

AstroNova, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $98 million in fiscal 2017 to $151 million in fiscal 2026, up 4.8% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 15% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span4.8%bottom 44% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 50% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 25% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak15.1%top 36% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.1% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-31, AstroNova, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% 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 yearstop 39% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 23% 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?

4.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -3%: lost 3¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 44%: owes 44¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-31, AstroNova, Inc. lost about 3 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 35 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 44 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 45% of its family
  • return on equitytop 47% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 34% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 45% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 46% of 19 in its family; net margin -1.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

AstroNova, Inc.'s standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $151 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 45% by size; a net margin of -1.6% ranks in the top 45%; revenue growth of 1.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 39% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$151Mbottom 45% of its family
  • net margin-1.6%top 45% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth1.8%bottom 39% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
1.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 12% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 12th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

AstroNova, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Ittmann, Jorik (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-08-19, 1.2 years (bottom 13% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.4 years (bottom 21%); 16 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (bottom 4%; 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 charge16 in three years among 11 peoplebottom 4% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.4 yearsbottom 21% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.2 yearsbottom 13% 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?

3.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 26% of 19 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 26th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

AstroNova, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $4 million against debt of $18 million leaves -10.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 13% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 7.6% of revenue (top 45%); a gross margin of 31.6% (bottom 34%); research spending of 4.5% of revenue (bottom 3%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-10.3%bottom 13% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue7.6%top 45% of its family
  • gross margin31.6%bottom 34% of its family
  • research spending against revenue4.5%bottom 3% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
4.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 49% of 18 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 49th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

AstroNova, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 1.8% a year over the last three filed years against 4.8% over all 10, slowing (top 38% of its family); the newest year grew -0.5% (bottom 25%); research spending grew -0.2% a year (bottom 38%); capital spending grew 13.2% a year (top 31%) (its annual reports). AstroNova, Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2026: Public Utilities Inventory Supplies at $81 million (53%), Hardware Products at $47 million (31%), Service and Other at $23 million (15%), and 1 more; 1 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-3.0 points a yeartop 38% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-0.5%bottom 25% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-0.2%bottom 38% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending13.2%top 31% 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
4.3/10

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

bottom 44% of 18 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 44th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

AstroNova, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $151 million in fiscal 2026 came in 3.4% below the $156 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 25% of its family); net income of $2 million against a prior three-year average of $2 million (top 42%); a net margin of -1.6% against -1.5% before (bottom 47%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-3.4%bottom 25% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+0%top 42% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.1 pointsbottom 47% 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

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