Company Analysis

Barnwell Industries, Inc. (BRN)

NYSE: BRN · Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade2.1
◀ Past 2.3● Present 1.7▶ Future 2.3

The grade of Barnwell Industries, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
2.1/10
◀ Past2.340% of the headline
● Present1.735% of the headline
▶ Future2.325% 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?

2.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

5 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-05-15.

weight 45% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Barnwell Industries, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 5 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2020-04-08); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2020-07-13); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2026-05-15) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
1.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+0.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 3 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 16th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Barnwell Industries, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $14 million in fiscal 2016 to $14 million in fiscal 2025, up 0.1% a year; it rose in 3 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 52% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 3 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span0.1%bottom 19% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 8% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 11% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak52.0%bottom 26% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.1% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 8 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 61 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-09-30, Barnwell Industries, 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 8 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10, buying about $201 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 48% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 12% 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?

1.7/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
2.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -101%: lost 101¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 66%: owes 66¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 26th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, Barnwell Industries, Inc. lost about 101 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 66 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.4% 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
  • the share count against the year beforetop 43% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
1.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 10% of 76 in its family; net margin -51.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 10th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Barnwell Industries, Inc.'s standing among 76 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $14 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 13% by size; a net margin of -51.9% ranks in the bottom 10%; revenue growth of -21.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 7% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$13.7Mbottom 13% of its family
  • net margin-51.9%bottom 10% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-21.7%bottom 7% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
1.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 10% of 51 in its family for leadership.

weight 22% of this tense · 10th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Barnwell Industries, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: no one files under a chief executive's title, so that part is not read; the 5 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.8 years (bottom 18%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 5 people in charge now (bottom 2%; 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 charge10 in three years among 5 peoplebottom 2% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.8 yearsbottom 18% 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?

2.3/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 45% of 74 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Barnwell Industries, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $3 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 13.9% of its assets as net cash, top 5% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -14.8% of revenue (bottom 14%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets13.9%top 5% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-14.8%bottom 14% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
1.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 14% of 72 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 14th percentile among 72 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Barnwell Industries, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -21.7% a year over the last three filed years against 0.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 30% of its family); the newest year grew -24.2% (bottom 10%); capital spending grew -73.6% a year (bottom 1%) (its annual reports). Barnwell Industries, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Oil and Natural Gas at $14 million (99%), All Other at $134 thousand (1%); 0 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-21.8 points a yearbottom 30% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-24.2%bottom 10% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-73.6%bottom 1% 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
1.5/10

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

bottom 15% of 69 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 15th percentile among 69 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Barnwell Industries, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $14 million in fiscal 2025 came in 4.8% below the $14 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 33% of its family); net income of $7 million against a prior three-year average of $10 thousand (bottom 3%); a net margin of -51.9% against -3.7% before (bottom 9%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-4.8%bottom 33% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times below its prior average or morebottom 3% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-48.2 pointsbottom 9% 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 BRN · research, not advice