Company Analysis

Coinbase Global, Inc. (COIN)

Nasdaq: COIN · Finance Services · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2016
Grade6.4
◀ Past 6.1● Present 7.3▶ Future 5.8

The grade of Coinbase Global, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.4/10
◀ Past6.140% of the headline
● Present7.335% of the headline
▶ Future5.825% 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?

6.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2025-05-15.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 130 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Coinbase Global, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a material cybersecurity incident (8-K item 1.05, the latest 2025-05-15) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
6.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+54.2% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 5 of 7.

weight 22% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 104 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Coinbase Global, Inc.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $534 million in fiscal 2019 to $7.2 billion in fiscal 2025, up 54.2% a year; it rose in 4 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 60% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 5 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span54.2%top 23% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 45% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 20% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak60.3%bottom 35% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 8.9% a year. 13% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 265 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 53 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Coinbase Global, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 8.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 13% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 265 sales (236 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-05 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 39% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 27% 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?

7.3/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 9%: 9¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 50%: owes 50¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 117 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Coinbase Global, Inc. earned about 9 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 50 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 5.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 49% of its family
  • return on equitytop 19% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 31% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
8.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 18% of 114 in its family; net margin 17.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 114 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Coinbase Global, Inc.'s standing among 114 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $7.2 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 4% by size; a net margin of 17.6% ranks in the top 17%; revenue growth of 31% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 34% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$7.18Btop 4% of its family
  • net margin17.6%top 17% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth31.0%top 34% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
7.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 29% of 50 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 71st percentile among 50 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Coinbase Global, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Armstrong, Brian (Chairman and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-04-01, 5.6 years (top 15% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.6 years (top 28%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (top 44%; 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 16 peopletop 44% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.6 yearstop 28% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.6 yearstop 15% 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?

5.8/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
8.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 20% of 108 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 80th percentile among 108 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Coinbase Global, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $17 billion against debt of $5.9 billion leaves 36.9% of its assets as net cash, top 10% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 33.8% of revenue (top 11%); research spending of 23.3% of revenue (top 38%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets36.9%top 10% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue33.8%top 11% of its family
  • research spending against revenue23.3%top 38% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 30% of 100 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 30th percentile among 100 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Coinbase Global, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 31% a year over the last three filed years against 54.2% over all 7, slowing (bottom 22% of its family); the newest year grew 9.4% (bottom 49%); research spending grew -10.4% a year (bottom 35%); capital spending grew -55.6% a year (bottom 14%) (its annual reports). Coinbase Global, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Bank Servicing and Subscription and Circulation at $6.9 billion (96%), Other Revenue at $298 million (4%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-23.2 points a yearbottom 22% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth9.4%bottom 49% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-10.4%bottom 35% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-55.6%bottom 14% 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
6.5/10

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

top 35% of 78 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 78 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Coinbase Global, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $7.2 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 23.7% below the $9.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 27% of its family); net income of $1.3 billion against a prior three-year average of $16 million (top 3%); a net margin of 17.6% against -13.3% before (top 29%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-23.7%bottom 27% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times its prior average or moretop 3% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+30.8 pointstop 29% 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 COIN · research, not advice