All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2019-11-12.
From the record
Core Molding Technologies, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2019-11-12) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
-0.6% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 6 of 7.
From the record
Core Molding Technologies, Inc.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $284 million in fiscal 2019 to $274 million in fiscal 2025, down 0.6% a year; it rose in 2 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 27% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 6 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 1.3% a year. 7% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 10 sales, 4 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Core Molding Technologies, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 7% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 10 sales and 4 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $25 thousand (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 7%: 7¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 31%: owes 31¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Core Molding Technologies, Inc. earned about 7 cents of profit 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 31 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.0% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 17% of 9 in its family; net margin 4.1%.
From the record
Core Molding Technologies, Inc.'s standing among 9 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $274 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 17% by size; a net margin of 4.1% ranks in the bottom 28%; revenue growth of -10.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 6% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 44% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.
From the record
Core Molding Technologies, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Palomaki, Eric (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-07-10, 4 months (bottom 19% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.1 years (top 19%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (bottom 31%; 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
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 26% of 9 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Core Molding Technologies, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $38 million against debt of $18 million leaves 9% of its assets as net cash, top 28% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 0.7% of revenue (bottom 17%); a gross margin of 17.4% (bottom 6%); research spending of 0.5% of revenue (bottom 10%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 39% of 9 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Core Molding Technologies, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -10.1% a year over the last three filed years against -0.6% over all 7, slowing (bottom 39% of its family); the newest year grew -9.5% (bottom 6%); research spending grew -4.4% a year (bottom 30%); capital spending grew 1.3% a year (top 17%) (its annual reports). Core Molding Technologies, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at $232 million (85%), Service at $42 million (15%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 20% of 9 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Core Molding Technologies, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $274 million in fiscal 2025 came in 1.1% above the $271 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 28% of its family); net income of $11 million against a prior three-year average of $15 million (bottom 17%); a net margin of 4.1% against 4.4% before (bottom 17%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
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