All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2021-06-17.
From the record
BlueLinx Holdings Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2020-04-28); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2021-06-17) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+5.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.
From the record
BlueLinx Holdings Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.9 billion in fiscal 2016 to $3.0 billion in fiscal 2026, up 5.1% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 34% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 5.1% a year. 28% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-03, BlueLinx Holdings Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 5.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 28% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-20 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 0%: 0¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 60%: owes 60¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-03, BlueLinx Holdings Inc. earned about 0 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 29 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 60 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 6.2% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 33% of 51 in its family; net margin 0%.
From the record
BlueLinx Holdings Inc.'s standing among 51 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.0 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 46% by size; a net margin of 0% ranks in the bottom 32%; revenue growth of -12.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 13% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 37% of 35 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.
From the record
BlueLinx Holdings Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Reddy, Shyam K. (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-04-04, 3.6 years (bottom 40% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.2 years (bottom 19%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (top 47%; 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
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 48% of 49 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
BlueLinx Holdings Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $386 million against debt of $297 million leaves 5.8% of its assets as net cash, top 21% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 1.1% of revenue (bottom 46%); a gross margin of 15.3% (bottom 19%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 26% of 50 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
BlueLinx Holdings Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -12.7% a year over the last three filed years against 5.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 13% of its family); the newest year grew 0% (bottom 35%); capital spending grew -9.1% a year (bottom 29%) (its annual reports). BlueLinx Holdings Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Specialty Products at $2.1 billion (70%), Structural Products at $901 million (31%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 45% of 44 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
BlueLinx Holdings Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.0 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 22.9% above the $2.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 19% of its family); net income of $219 thousand against a prior three-year average of $133 million (bottom 22%); a net margin of 0% against 3.3% before (bottom 33%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
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