Company Analysis

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (APOG)

Nasdaq: APOG · Glass Products, Made of Purchased Glass · Minneapolis, MN · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade4.6
◀ Past 5.6● Present 4.5▶ Future 3.7

The grade of Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.6/10
◀ Past5.630% of the headline
● Present4.540% of the headline
▶ Future3.730% 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?

5.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 15 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Apogee Enterprises, 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
3.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 37th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.1 billion in fiscal 2017 to $1.4 billion in fiscal 2026, up 2.6% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 12% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2.6%bottom 25% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 14% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 32% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak12.3%bottom 39% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.4% a year. 30% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 70th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-02-28, Apogee Enterprises, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 30% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-06, buying about $2 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 25% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 35% 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?

4.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 11%: 11¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 54%: owes 54¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-02-28, Apogee Enterprises, Inc. earned about 11 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 28 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 54 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 46% of its family
  • return on equitytop 46% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 18% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 25% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
3.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 32% of 14 in its family; net margin 3.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.'s standing among 14 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 38% by size; a net margin of 3.9% ranks in the bottom 39%; revenue growth of -0.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 18% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.40Bbottom 38% of its family
  • net margin3.9%bottom 39% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-0.8%bottom 18% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
2.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 24% of 6 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 24th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Nolan, Donald A (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-01-16, 10 months (bottom 25% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.8 years (bottom 42%); 14 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (bottom 5%; 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 charge14 in three years among 17 peoplebottom 5% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.8 yearsbottom 42% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10 monthsbottom 25% 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?

3.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 36% of 14 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 36th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $40 million against debt of $232 million leaves -17.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 39% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 6.8% of revenue (top 46%); a gross margin of 22.7% (bottom 25%); research spending of 0.8% of revenue (bottom 25%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-17.2%bottom 39% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue6.8%top 46% of its family
  • gross margin22.7%bottom 25% of its family
  • research spending against revenue0.8%bottom 25% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 30% of 14 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 30th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -0.8% a year over the last three filed years against 2.6% over all 10, slowing (bottom 39% of its family); the newest year grew 3.2% (top 39%); research spending grew -23.9% a year (bottom 10%); capital spending grew -15.4% a year (bottom 11%) (its annual reports). Apogee Enterprises, Inc. reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2026: Architectural Metals at $504 million (36%), Architectural Services at $439 million (31%), Architectural Glass at $264 million (19%), and 1 more; 2 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-3.4 points a yearbottom 39% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth3.2%top 39% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-23.9%bottom 10% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-15.4%bottom 11% 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
5.0/10

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

top 50% of 13 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 6.2% above the $1.3 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 27% of its family); net income of $54 million against a prior three-year average of $96 million (bottom 35%); a net margin of 3.9% against 6.8% before (bottom 42%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace6.2%top 27% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-44%bottom 35% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-3.0 pointsbottom 42% 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 APOG · research, not advice