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Castellum, Inc. (CTM)

NYSE: CTM · Services-Management Consulting Services · Vienna, VA · filing with the SEC since 2021
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Grade5.3
◀ Past 5.4● Present 4.7▶ Future 6.1
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The grade of Castellum, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.3/10
◀ Past5.440% of the headline
● Present4.735% of the headline
▶ Future6.125% 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?

5.4/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
7.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2021.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Castellum, Inc.'s filings since 2021 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+31.7% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 0 of 6.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 31 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Castellum, Inc.'s 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $13 million in fiscal 2020 to $53 million in fiscal 2025, up 31.7% a year; it rose in 4 of 5 years; the deepest fall was 1% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 0 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span31.7%top 11% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 40% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 6% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak1.1%top 27% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
1.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 1.7/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 17th percentile among 33 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 17% of 33 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 33 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: Castellum, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 1.7 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 17% of 33 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?

4.7/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
5.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -7%: lost 7¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 15%: owes 15¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 31 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Castellum, Inc. lost about 7 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 46 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 15 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 68.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 24% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 33% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 19% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 21% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 47% of 33 in its family; net margin -4.5%.

weight 45% of this tense · 47th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Castellum, Inc.'s standing among 33 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $53 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 45% by size; a net margin of -4.5% ranks in the bottom 35%; revenue growth of 7.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 38% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$52.9Mbottom 45% of its family
  • net margin-4.5%bottom 35% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth7.8%top 38% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate
3.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 3.6/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 36th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the bottom 36% of 22 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2022-10-12 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 4.1 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read
The record of its people begins on 2022-10-12 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 4.1 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 22 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: Castellum, Inc.'s leadership is put at 3.6 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the bottom 36% of 22 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2022-10-12 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 4.1 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.1/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 50% of 32 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 32 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Castellum, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $15 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 35.5% of its assets as net cash, top 29% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -4% of revenue (bottom 36%); a gross margin of 36.6% (bottom 44%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets35.5%top 29% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-4.0%bottom 36% of its family
  • gross margin36.6%bottom 44% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 48% of 30 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 30 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Castellum, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 7.8% a year over the last three filed years against 31.7% over all 6, slowing (bottom 11% of its family); the newest year grew 18.1% (top 22%); capital spending grew 19.3% a year (top 34%) (its annual reports). Castellum, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-23.9 points a yearbottom 11% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth18.1%top 22% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending19.3%top 34% 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
8.2/10

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

top 18% of 26 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Castellum, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $53 million in fiscal 2025 came in 14.7% above the $46 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 17% of its family); net income of $2 million against a prior three-year average of $14 million (top 20%); a net margin of -4.5% against -32.3% before (top 17%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace14.7%top 17% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+83%top 20% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+27.8 pointstop 17% 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 CTM · research, not advice