Company Analysis

Pathward Financial, Inc. (CASH)

Nasdaq: CASH · National Commercial Banks · Sioux Falls, SD · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade4.9
◀ Past 3.0● Present 7.1▶ Future 4.7

The grade of Pathward Financial, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.9/10
◀ Past3.040% of the headline
● Present7.135% of the headline
▶ Future4.725% 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?

3.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

7 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-12-30.

weight 45% of this tense · 1st percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Pathward Financial, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 7 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-09-02); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2025-07-02); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-12-30); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2025-08-11) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+23% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Pathward Financial, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $81 million in fiscal 2016 to $523 million in fiscal 2025, up 23% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 12% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span23.0%top 8% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 41% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 42% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak12.2%bottom 28% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 7.0% a year. 1% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 5 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 81 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-09-30, Pathward Financial, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 7.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 1% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 5 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-09 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 1% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 8% 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?

7.1/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
8.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 22%: 22¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 88%: owes 88¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 89th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, Pathward Financial, Inc. earned about 22 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 88 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 6.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 30% of its family
  • return on equitytop 2% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 2% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 41% of 79 in its family; net margin 35.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 59th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Pathward Financial, Inc.'s standing among 79 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $523 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 42% by size; a net margin of 35.5% ranks in the top 7%; revenue growth of 16.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 42% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$523Mbottom 42% of its family
  • net margin35.5%top 7% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth16.7%bottom 42% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
5.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 48% of 74 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Pathward Financial, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Pharr, Brett L. (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-10-19, 5.1 years (bottom 39% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.7 years (bottom 29%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (top 13%; 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 charge3 in three years among 16 peopletop 13% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.7 yearsbottom 29% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.1 yearsbottom 39% 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?

4.7/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 34% of 71 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 66th percentile among 71 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Pathward Financial, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $121 million against debt of $33 million leaves 1.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 34% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 83.9% of revenue (top 2%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets1.2%bottom 34% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue83.9%top 2% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 32% of 79 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Pathward Financial, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 16.7% a year over the last three filed years against 23% over all 10, slowing (bottom 3% of its family); the newest year grew 0.8% (bottom 34%); capital spending grew 12.6% a year (top 40%) (its annual reports). Pathward Financial, 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-6.3 points a yearbottom 3% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth0.8%bottom 34% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending12.6%top 40% 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
4.2/10

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

bottom 42% of 76 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Pathward Financial, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $523 million in fiscal 2025 came in 19.7% below the $651 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 41% of its family); net income of $186 million against a prior three-year average of $159 million (bottom 40%); a net margin of 35.5% against 38.4% before (bottom 44%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-19.7%bottom 41% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+17%bottom 40% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-2.9 pointsbottom 44% 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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