Compass Diversified (CODI)

NYSE: CODI · Household Furniture · Westport, CT · filing with the SEC since 2005

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Grade4.4

◀ Past 4.4● Present 4.2▶ Future 4.5

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The grade of Compass Diversified

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

4.4/10

◀ Past4.430% of the headline

● Present4.240% of the headline

▶ Future4.530% 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?

4.4/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed

0.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

8 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-07-16.

weight 33% of this tense · 6th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Compass Diversified's filings since 2017 show 8 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2026-01-06); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, 2 times, the latest 2025-06-25); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2026-07-16); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 4 times, the latest 2025-11-10) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed

7.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+7.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 6 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Compass Diversified's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $978 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.9 billion in fiscal 2025, up 7.5% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 7% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2019; net income was positive in 6 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span7.5%top 28% of its family
the share of years revenue rosetop 11% of its family
the share of filed years with a profitbottom 44% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak6.9%top 6% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate

3.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 3.9/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 39th percentile among 9 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 39% of 9 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 9 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: Compass Diversified's shareholder treatment is put at 3.9 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 39% of 9 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?

4.2/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

3.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -39%: lost 39¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 81%: owes 81¢ per asset dollar.

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

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Compass Diversified lost about 39 cents 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 81 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 assetsbottom 28% of its family
return on equitybottom 6% of its family
gross profit against assetsbottom 28% of its family
the share count against the year beforetop 28% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed

4.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 45% of 9 in its family; net margin -12.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Compass Diversified's standing among 9 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.9 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 44% by size; a net margin of -12.1% ranks in the bottom 17%; revenue growth of 2.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 39% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$1.87Btop 44% of its family
net margin-12.1%bottom 17% of its family
three-year revenue growth2.2%top 39% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate

5.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.7/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: No officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 6 members with one.
What the record cannot read: No officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read.
How it was reasoned: family median, 6 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: Compass Diversified's leadership is put at 5.7 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 6 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

4.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 44% of 9 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 44th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Compass Diversified's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $68 million against debt of $1.8 billion leaves -58.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 6% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -2.7% of revenue (bottom 17%); a gross margin of 43.5% (top 17%); research spending of 0.9% of revenue (top 30%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets-58.3%bottom 6% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-2.7%bottom 17% of its family
gross margin43.5%top 17% of its family
research spending against revenue0.9%top 30% 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 9 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Compass Diversified's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.2% a year over the last three filed years against 7.5% over all 10, slowing (top 50% of its family); the newest year grew 4.8% (top 28%); research spending grew 12.4% a year (top 21%); capital spending grew -9.7% a year (top 50%) (its annual reports). Compass Diversified reported 9 lines of business in fiscal 2025: A5.11 Tactical at $552 million (30%), Sterno Products at $306 million (16%), Altor at $303 million (16%), and 6 more; 5 of 9 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-5.3 points a yeartop 50% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth4.8%top 28% of its family
three-year growth of research spending12.4%top 21% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending-9.7%top 50% 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

2.0/10

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

bottom 20% of 9 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 20th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Compass Diversified's newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.9 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 3.9% above the $1.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 28% of its family); net income of $226 million against a prior three-year average of $53 million (bottom 28%); a net margin of -12.1% against -2.9% before (bottom 6%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace3.9%bottom 28% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average-326%bottom 28% of its family
net margin against its prior average-9.2 pointsbottom 6% 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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