Company Analysis

Capstone Holding Corp. (CAPS)

Nasdaq: CAPS · Wholesale-Lumber & Other Construction Materials · Alsip, IL · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade3.4
◀ Past 2.1● Present 3.4▶ Future 4.3
3 est.

The grade of Capstone Holding Corp.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.4/10
◀ Past2.125% of the headline
● Present3.445% of the headline
▶ Future4.330% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 6 read as filed from the record and 3 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

2.1/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
0.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

7 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-08-12.

weight 45% of this tense · 6th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Capstone Holding Corp.'s filings since 2017 show 7 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2026-01-09); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2026-08-12); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2017-08-14); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 4 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

SI estimate
5.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

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

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 50 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Fewer than three filed years of revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 50 members with one.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than three filed years of revenue on file.
How it was reasoned
family median, 50 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: Capstone Holding Corp.'s track record is put at 5.1 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because fewer than three filed years of revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 50 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
0.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 480.4% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 7th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 2 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Capstone Holding Corp.'s diluted share count grew about 480.4% 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 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 3% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 10% 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?

3.4/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
1.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -170%: lost 170¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 76%: owes 76¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 15th percentile among 50 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Capstone Holding Corp. lost about 170 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 21 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 76 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 3276.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 21% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 3% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 34% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 3% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
3.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 33% of 51 in its family; net margin -45.3%.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Capstone Holding Corp.'s standing among 51 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $47 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 19% by size; a net margin of -45.3% ranks in the bottom 15%; revenue growth of 4.5% a year over the last 1 filed years ranks in the top 34% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$46.9Mbottom 19% of its family
  • net margin-45.3%bottom 15% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth4.5%top 34% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
6.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 34% of 35 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 66th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Capstone Holding Corp.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Lipman, Matthew E. (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-04-22, 1.6 years (bottom 28% of its family); the 8 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 9.3 years (top 19%); 1 officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 8 people in charge now (top 12%; 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 charge1 in three years among 8 peopletop 12% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed9.3 yearstop 19% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.6 yearsbottom 28% 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?

4.3/1030% of the headline grade · 1 of 3 filed, 2 estimated

Room to expand

as filed
3.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 30% of 49 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 30th percentile among 49 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Capstone Holding Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $727 thousand against debt of $9 million leaves -16.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 29% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -9.7% of revenue (bottom 21%); a gross margin of 23% (bottom 39%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-16.8%bottom 29% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-9.7%bottom 21% of its family
  • gross margin23.0%bottom 39% of its family

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

Growth drivers

SI estimate
4.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

SI estimate 4.8/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 50 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 50 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending.
How it was reasoned
family median, 50 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: Capstone Holding Corp.'s growth drivers is put at 4.8 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 50 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Expectations vs reality

SI estimate
5.2/10

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

SI estimate 5.2/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 46 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 46 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
How it was reasoned
family median, 46 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: Capstone Holding Corp.'s expectations vs reality is put at 5.2 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 46 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

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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