Company Analysis

Coda Octopus Group, Inc. (CODA)

Nasdaq: CODA · Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys · Orlando, FL · filing with the SEC since 2007
Grade5.1
◀ Past 3.8● Present 4.2▶ Future 7.4

The grade of Coda Octopus Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.1/10
◀ Past3.830% of the headline
● Present4.240% of the headline
▶ Future7.430% 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?

3.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
4.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2022-01-31.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Coda Octopus Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 3 times, the latest 2022-01-31) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
3.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.7% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 8 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 34th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Coda Octopus Group, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $18 million in fiscal 2018 to $27 million in fiscal 2025, up 5.7% a year; it rose in 5 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 23% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 8 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.7%bottom 19% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 33% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 33% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak22.8%bottom 17% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.1% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 38th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-10-31, Coda Octopus Group, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 39% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 14% 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?

4.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 7%: 7¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 10%: owes 10¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-10-31, Coda Octopus Group, Inc. earned about 7 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 27 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 10 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 6% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 21% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 50% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 39% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 46% of 9 in its family; net margin 15.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Coda Octopus Group, Inc.'s standing among 9 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $27 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 17% by size; a net margin of 15.5% ranks in the top 19%; revenue growth of 6.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 39% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$26.6Mbottom 17% of its family
  • net margin15.5%top 19% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth6.1%bottom 39% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
0.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 6% of 8 in its family for leadership.

weight 22% of this tense · 6th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Coda Octopus Group, 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 5 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3 months (bottom 7%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 5 people in charge now (bottom 6%; 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 charge7 in three years among 5 peoplebottom 6% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4 monthsbottom 7% 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?

7.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
8.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 14% of 8 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 86th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Coda Octopus Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $29 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 44.5% of its assets as net cash, top 6% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 22.7% of revenue (top 6%); a gross margin of 66.5% (top 10%); research spending of 9.2% of revenue (top 36%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets44.5%top 6% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue22.7%top 6% of its family
  • gross margin66.5%top 10% of its family
  • research spending against revenue9.2%top 36% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
7.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 29% of 9 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 71st percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Coda Octopus Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 6.1% a year over the last three filed years against 5.7% over all 8, speeding up (top 31% of its family); the newest year grew 30.8% (top 6%); research spending grew 3% a year (bottom 36%); capital spending grew 35.9% a year (top 17%) (its annual reports). Coda Octopus Group, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Marine Technology Business Products at $13 million (50%), Defense Engineering Services Business Services at $8 million (30%), Acoustic Sensors and Materials Business PAL at $5 million (20%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.4 points a yeartop 31% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth30.8%top 6% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending3.0%bottom 36% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending35.9%top 17% 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
5.7/10

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

top 44% of 8 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 56th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Coda Octopus Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $27 million in fiscal 2025 came in 36.8% above the $19 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 6% of its family); net income of $4 million against a prior three-year average of $4 million (top 44%); a net margin of 15.5% against 17.8% before (bottom 19%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace36.8%top 6% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+12%top 44% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-2.3 pointsbottom 19% 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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