Company Analysis

Cadre Holdings, Inc. (CDRE)

NYSE: CDRE · Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies · Jacksonville, FL · filing with the SEC since 2021
Grade5.9
◀ Past 7.1● Present 5.8▶ Future 4.9

The grade of Cadre Holdings, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.9/10
◀ Past7.130% of the headline
● Present5.840% of the headline
▶ Future4.930% 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?

7.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2021.

weight 33% of this tense · 78th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cadre Holdings, Inc.'s filings since 2021 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
8.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+8.6% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 6 of 6.

weight 45% of this tense · 81st percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cadre Holdings, Inc.'s 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $405 million in fiscal 2020 to $610 million in fiscal 2025, up 8.6% a year; it rose in 5 of 5 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 6 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span8.6%top 42% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 8% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 18% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 8% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 6.3% a year. 25% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 18 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 41st percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Cadre Holdings, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 6.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 25% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 18 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 44% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 38% 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?

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

Financial health

as filed
5.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 14%: 14¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 59%: owes 59¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Cadre Holdings, Inc. earned about 14 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 34 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 59 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 7.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 34% of its family
  • return on equitytop 10% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 46% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 40% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 34% of 26 in its family; net margin 7.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 66th percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cadre Holdings, Inc.'s standing among 26 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $610 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 37% by size; a net margin of 7.2% ranks in the top 29%; revenue growth of 10.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 35% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$610Mtop 37% of its family
  • net margin7.2%top 29% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth10.1%top 35% 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 17 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cadre Holdings, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Kanders, Warren B (CEO AND CHAIRMAN, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-11-03, 5 years (top 26% of its family); the 7 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5 years (bottom 34%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 7 people in charge now (bottom 48%; 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 charge4 in three years among 7 peoplebottom 48% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.0 yearsbottom 34% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.0 yearstop 26% 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?

4.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 33% of 25 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 25 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cadre Holdings, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $125 million against debt of $291 million leaves -21.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 20% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 9.3% of revenue (top 30%); a gross margin of 42.5% (bottom 38%); research spending of 1.9% of revenue (bottom 2%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-21.5%bottom 20% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue9.3%top 30% of its family
  • gross margin42.5%bottom 38% of its family
  • research spending against revenue1.9%bottom 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
6.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 37% of 25 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cadre Holdings, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 10.1% a year over the last three filed years against 8.6% over all 6, speeding up (top 50% of its family); the newest year grew 7.5% (top 34%); research spending grew 17.2% a year (top 23%); capital spending grew 15.1% a year (top 40%) (its annual reports). Cadre Holdings, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Products at $544 million, Distribution Services at $105 million. 1 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 84% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+1.5 points a yeartop 50% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth7.5%top 34% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending17.2%top 23% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending15.1%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
6.0/10

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

top 40% of 23 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 60th percentile among 23 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cadre Holdings, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $610 million in fiscal 2025 came in 3.4% below the $632 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 40% of its family); net income of $44 million against a prior three-year average of $27 million (top 15%); a net margin of 7.2% against 5.2% before (top 46%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-3.4%bottom 40% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+64%top 15% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.0 pointstop 46% 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 CDRE · research, not advice