Company Analysis

Circle8 Group, Inc. (CIRC)

Nasdaq: CIRC · Services-Help Supply Services · Englewood Cliffs, NJ · filing with the SEC since 2014
Grade2.8
◀ Past 1.7● Present 2.5▶ Future 4.2
2 est.

The grade of Circle8 Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
2.8/10
◀ Past1.725% of the headline
● Present2.545% of the headline
▶ Future4.230% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

1.7/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
0.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

20 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-10-23.

weight 45% of this tense · 3rd percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Circle8 Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 20 warning events of 4 kinds: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, 2 times, the latest 2026-10-23); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 10 times, the latest 2026-08-19); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2024-06-25); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 7 times, the latest 2026-08-17) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.2% a year over 3 filed years; profitable in 0 of 3.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Circle8 Group, Inc.'s 3 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $401 million in fiscal 2023 to $436 million in fiscal 2025, up 4.2% a year; it rose in 1 of 2 years; the deepest fall was 2% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 0 of 3 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span4.2%top 42% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 36% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 3% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak1.5%top 14% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
0.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 0.3/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 3rd 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 3% 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: Circle8 Group, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 0.3 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 3% 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?

2.5/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
1.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 128%: owes 128¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 19th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Circle8 Group, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned about 41 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 128 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 49.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 3% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 50% 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
4.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 40% of 18 in its family; net margin -13.6%.

weight 45% of this tense · 40th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Circle8 Group, Inc.'s standing among 18 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $436 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 36% by size; a net margin of -13.6% ranks in the bottom 3%; revenue growth of 4.2% a year over the last 2 filed years ranks in the top 19% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$436Mbottom 36% of its family
  • net margin-13.6%bottom 3% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth4.2%top 19% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
0.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 7% of 16 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 7th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Circle8 Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Franke, Guus Paul Wilhelm (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-07-07, 4 months (bottom 4% of its family); most of the 7 officers and directors filing now have filed since the record of its people begins (2024-06-18), a floor of 2.4 years the record cannot see past, so that part is not read; 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 7 people in charge now (bottom 9%; 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 charge8 in three years among 7 peoplebottom 9% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5 monthsbottom 4% 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?

4.2/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Room to expand

as filed
1.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 10% of 17 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 10th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Circle8 Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $81 thousand against debt of $85 million leaves -74.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 3% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -1% of revenue (bottom 25%); a gross margin of 10.6% (bottom 3%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-74.7%bottom 3% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-1.0%bottom 25% of its family
  • gross margin10.6%bottom 3% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 34% of 18 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 66th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Circle8 Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 4.2% a year over the last three filed years against 4.2% over all 3, speeding up (top 22% of its family); the newest year grew -1.5% (top 42%); research spending grew 89.6% a year (top 50%); capital spending grew 18.6% a year (top 21%) (its annual reports). Circle8 Group, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Temporary Placement Services at $431 million (99%), Permanent Placement and Other Services at $4 million (1%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.0 points a yeartop 22% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-1.5%top 42% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending89.6%top 50% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending18.6%top 21% of its family

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

Expectations vs reality

SI estimate
4.8/10

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

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

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 17 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 17 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, 17 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: Circle8 Group, Inc.'s expectations vs reality is put at 4.8 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 17 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

SI Assistanton CIRC · research, not advice