Company Analysis

Smartbird, Inc. (BIRD)

Nasdaq: BIRD · Apparel & Other Finishd Prods of Fabrics & Similar Matl · San Francisco, CA · filing with the SEC since 2016
Grade1.9
◀ Past 1.0● Present 1.8▶ Future 2.8
1 est.

The grade of Smartbird, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
1.9/10
◀ Past1.030% of the headline
● Present1.840% of the headline
▶ Future2.830% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

1.0/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
0.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

4 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-08-17.

weight 33% of this tense · 3rd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Smartbird, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 4 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-09-08); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2026-07-29); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2026-08-17) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
1.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-3.9% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 0 of 7.

weight 45% of this tense · 11th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Smartbird, Inc.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $194 million in fiscal 2019 to $152 million in fiscal 2025, down 3.9% a year; it rose in 3 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 49% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 0 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-3.9%bottom 13% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 8% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 8% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak48.8%bottom 13% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
1.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 1.8/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 18th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 18% of 19 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 19 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Smartbird, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 1.8 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 18% of 19 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

1.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
2.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -215%: lost 215¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 67%: owes 67¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 28th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Smartbird, Inc. lost about 215 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 57 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 67 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 3.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 18% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 3% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 24% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 13% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
1.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 11% of 19 in its family; net margin -50.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 11th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Smartbird, Inc.'s standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $152 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 11% by size; a net margin of -50.7% ranks in the bottom 8%; revenue growth of -20% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 13% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$152Mbottom 11% of its family
  • net margin-50.7%bottom 8% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-20.0%bottom 13% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
1.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 11% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 11th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Smartbird, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Carlsten, Nadia Catherine (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-06-23, 5 months (bottom 23% of its family); the 8 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 2.3 years (bottom 5%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 8 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 charge8 in three years among 8 peoplebottom 5% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed2.3 yearsbottom 5% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5 monthsbottom 23% 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?

2.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 34% of 19 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 34th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Smartbird, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $28 million against debt of $17 million leaves 9.3% of its assets as net cash, top 39% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -38.2% of revenue (bottom 3%); a gross margin of 41% (bottom 39%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets9.3%top 39% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-38.2%bottom 3% of its family
  • gross margin41.0%bottom 39% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
1.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 10% of 19 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 10th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Smartbird, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -20% a year over the last three filed years against -3.9% over all 7, slowing (bottom 8% of its family); the newest year grew -19.7% (bottom 18%); capital spending grew -53.5% a year (bottom 3%) (its annual reports). Smartbird, Inc. 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

  • three-year growth against the whole span-16.1 points a yearbottom 8% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-19.7%bottom 18% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-53.5%bottom 3% 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
4.4/10

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

bottom 44% of 17 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 44th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Smartbird, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $152 million in fiscal 2025 came in 0.6% above the $152 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 38% of its family); net income of $77 million against a prior three-year average of $116 million (top 38%); a net margin of -50.7% against -47.7% before (bottom 32%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.6%bottom 38% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+33%top 38% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-2.9 pointsbottom 32% 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 BIRD · research, not advice