Company Analysis

Artivion, Inc. (AORT)

NYSE: AORT · Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus · Kennesaw, GA · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade6.0
◀ Past 5.9● Present 6.5▶ Future 5.4

The grade of Artivion, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.0/10
◀ Past5.930% of the headline
● Present6.540% 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?

5.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 121 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Artivion, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+10.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 4 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 105 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Artivion, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $180 million in fiscal 2016 to $441 million in fiscal 2025, up 10.5% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 8% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 4 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span10.5%bottom 37% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 36% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 35% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak8.3%top 49% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 5.6% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 64 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 40 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Artivion, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 5.6% 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 64 sales (8 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) 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 47% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 13% 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?

6.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 2%: 2¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 49%: owes 49¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 120 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Artivion, Inc. earned about 2 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 32 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 49 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 13.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 48% of its family
  • return on equitytop 27% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 48% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 47% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 37% of 109 in its family; net margin 2.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 109 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Artivion, Inc.'s standing among 109 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $441 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 29% by size; a net margin of 2.2% ranks in the top 31%; revenue growth of 12% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 48% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$441Mtop 29% of its family
  • net margin2.2%top 31% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth12.0%bottom 48% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
9.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 9% of 91 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2014.

weight 22% of this tense · 91st percentile among 91 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Artivion, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Mackin, James P (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2014-09-04, 12.2 years (top 13% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 10 years (top 10%); 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (top 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 charge2 in three years among 15 peopletop 4% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed10.0 yearstop 10% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record12.2 yearstop 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?

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

Room to expand

as filed
4.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 43% of 104 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 104 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Artivion, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $65 million against debt of $215 million leaves -17% of its assets as net cash, bottom 19% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 0.2% of revenue (top 39%); a gross margin of 64.4% (top 40%); research spending of 7% of revenue (bottom 33%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-17.0%bottom 19% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue0.2%top 39% of its family
  • gross margin64.4%top 40% of its family
  • research spending against revenue7.0%bottom 33% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 41% of 105 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 59th percentile among 105 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Artivion, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 12% a year over the last three filed years against 10.5% over all 10, speeding up (top 28% of its family); the newest year grew 13.6% (bottom 49%); research spending grew -7.3% a year (bottom 22%); capital spending grew 53.9% a year (top 8%) (its annual reports). Artivion, Inc. reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2025: North America at $222 million (50%), Europe the Middle East and Africa at $151 million (34%), Asia Pacific at $44 million (10%), and 1 more; 4 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+1.6 points a yeartop 28% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth13.6%bottom 49% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-7.3%bottom 22% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending53.9%top 8% 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
6.9/10

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

top 31% of 88 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 69th percentile among 88 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Artivion, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $441 million in fiscal 2025 came in 2.1% above the $432 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 33% of its family); net income of $10 million against a prior three-year average of $21 million (top 9%); a net margin of 2.2% against -6.1% before (bottom 48%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace2.1%top 33% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+146%top 9% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+8.3 pointsbottom 48% 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 AORT · research, not advice