Company Analysis

Cardio Diagnostics Holdings Inc. (CDIO)

Nasdaq: CDIO · In Vitro & In Vivo Diagnostic Substances · Chicago, IL · filing with the SEC since 2021
Grade4.8
◀ Past 3.4● Present 4.6▶ Future 5.8
1 est.

The grade of Cardio Diagnostics Holdings Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.8/10
◀ Past3.425% of the headline
● Present4.635% of the headline
▶ Future5.840% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.4/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
2.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

7 warning events since 2021; the latest 2024-12-04.

weight 22% of this tense · 25th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cardio Diagnostics Holdings Inc.'s filings since 2021 show 7 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 5 times, the latest 2024-12-04); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2022-11-10) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+101.4% a year over 5 filed years; profitable in 0 of 5.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cardio Diagnostics Holdings Inc.'s 5 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1 thousand in fiscal 2021 to $15 thousand in fiscal 2025, up 101.4% a year; it rose in 3 of 4 years; the deepest fall was 58% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 0 of 5 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span101.4%top 3% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 41% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 26% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak57.5%bottom 32% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
1.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 1.4/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 14th percentile among 18 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 14% of 18 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 18 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: Cardio Diagnostics Holdings Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 1.4 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 14% of 18 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?

4.6/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -93%: lost 93¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 10%: owes 10¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Cardio Diagnostics Holdings Inc. lost about 93 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 10 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 95.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 14% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 30% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 19% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
3.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 38% of 17 in its family; net margin -43832.5%.

weight 22% of this tense · 38th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cardio Diagnostics Holdings Inc.'s standing among 17 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $15 thousand in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 9% by size; a net margin of -43832.5% ranks in the bottom 9%; revenue growth of 149.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 3% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$14,825bottom 9% of its family
  • net margin-43832.5%bottom 9% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth149.8%top 3% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
5.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 46% of 15 in its family for leadership.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cardio Diagnostics Holdings 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 4 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 2.3 years (bottom 11%); no officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 4 people in charge now (top 3%; 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 charge0 in three years among 4 peopletop 3% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed2.3 yearsbottom 11% 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?

5.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 36% of 16 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cardio Diagnostics Holdings Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $5 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 65.8% of its assets as net cash, top 3% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -39893.1% of revenue (bottom 9%); research spending of 4325.2% of revenue (top 16%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets65.8%top 3% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-39893.1%bottom 9% of its family
  • research spending against revenue4325.2%top 16% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 42% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cardio Diagnostics Holdings Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 149.8% a year over the last three filed years against 101.4% over all 5, speeding up (top 3% of its family); the newest year grew -57.5% (bottom 15%); research spending grew 151.2% a year (top 3%); capital spending grew -42.9% a year (bottom 23%) (its annual reports). Cardio Diagnostics Holdings 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+48.4 points a yeartop 3% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-57.5%bottom 15% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending151.2%top 3% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-42.9%bottom 23% 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
4.9/10

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

bottom 49% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 49th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cardio Diagnostics Holdings Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $15 thousand in fiscal 2025 came in 93% below the $211 thousand its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 3% of its family); net income of $6 million against a prior three-year average of $7 million (bottom 47%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (top 3%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-93.0%bottom 3% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+9%bottom 47% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 3% 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 CDIO · research, not advice