Bridgford Foods Corporation (BRID)

Nasdaq: BRID · Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products · filing with the SEC since 1995

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Grade3.9

◀ Past 3.3● Present 4.3▶ Future 3.9

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The grade of Bridgford Foods Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

3.9/10

◀ Past3.330% of the headline

● Present4.340% of the headline

▶ Future3.930% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.3/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed

2.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

5 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-04-14.

weight 33% of this tense · 21st percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Bridgford Foods Corporation's filings since 2017 show 5 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2017-02-14); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2026-04-14); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2022-08-22) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed

3.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.1% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 6 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 36th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bridgford Foods Corporation's 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $174 million in fiscal 2018 to $231 million in fiscal 2025, up 4.1% a year; it rose in 5 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 16% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 6 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span4.1%bottom 42% of its family
the share of years revenue rosetop 44% of its family
the share of filed years with a profitbottom 21% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak15.9%bottom 25% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate

4.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 4.5/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 45th percentile among 42 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 45% of 42 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 42 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: Bridgford Foods Corporation's shareholder treatment is put at 4.5 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 45% of 42 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?

4.3/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

5.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -12%: lost 12¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 22%: owes 22¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-10-31, Bridgford Foods Corporation lost about 12 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 30 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 22 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count was unchanged over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 13% of its family
return on equitybottom 16% of its family
gross profit against assetstop 25% 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

1.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 18% of 42 in its family; net margin -5.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 18th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bridgford Foods Corporation's standing among 42 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $231 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 24% by size; a net margin of -5.8% ranks in the bottom 15%; revenue growth of -4.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 13% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$231Mbottom 24% of its family
net margin-5.8%bottom 15% of its family
three-year revenue growth-4.6%bottom 13% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate

5.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.1/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: No officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 29 members with one.
What the record cannot read: No officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read.
How it was reasoned: family median, 29 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Bridgford Foods Corporation's leadership is put at 5.1 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 29 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

3.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 37% of 42 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 37th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Bridgford Foods Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $876 thousand against debt of $4 million leaves -2% of its assets as net cash, top 42% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -4% of revenue (bottom 15%); a gross margin of 19.3% (bottom 37%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets-2.0%top 42% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-4.0%bottom 15% of its family
gross margin19.3%bottom 37% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed

4.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 45% of 42 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bridgford Foods Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -4.6% a year over the last three filed years against 4.1% over all 8, slowing (bottom 18% of its family); the newest year grew 3.3% (top 42%); capital spending grew -1.5% a year (top 42%) (its annual reports). Bridgford Foods Corporation reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Snack Food Products at $173 million, Frozen Food Products at $58 million. 1 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 75% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-8.7 points a yearbottom 18% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth3.3%top 42% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending-1.5%top 42% 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

3.5/10

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

bottom 35% of 39 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Bridgford Foods Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $231 million in fiscal 2025 came in 12.6% above the $205 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 17% of its family); net income of $13 million against a prior three-year average of $15 million (bottom 9%); a net margin of -5.8% against 5.6% before (bottom 14%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace12.6%top 17% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average-189%bottom 9% of its family
net margin against its prior average-11.4 pointsbottom 14% 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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