Company Analysis

CuriosityStream Inc. (CURI)

Nasdaq: CURI · Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production · Silver Spring, MD · filing with the SEC since 2019
Grade6.5
◀ Past 5.3● Present 6.6▶ Future 7.7

The grade of CuriosityStream Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.5/10
◀ Past5.330% of the headline
● Present6.640% of the headline
▶ Future7.730% 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?

5.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

5 warning events since 2019; the latest 2024-04-02.

weight 22% of this tense · 31st percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

CuriosityStream Inc.'s filings since 2019 show 5 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2024-03-21); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2021-05-03); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2024-04-02) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
3.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-2.8% a year over 4 filed years; profitable in 0 of 4.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

CuriosityStream Inc.'s 4 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $78 million in fiscal 2022 to $72 million in fiscal 2025, down 2.8% a year; it rose in 1 of 3 years; the deepest fall was 34% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 0 of 4 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-2.8%top 50% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 7% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 29% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak34.5%top 36% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 3.0% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 16 sales, 5 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 88th percentile among 3 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, CuriosityStream Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 3.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 16 sales (9 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 5 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $538 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 7% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 17% 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?

6.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -15%: lost 15¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 45%: owes 45¢ per asset dollar.

weight 22% of this tense · 77th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, CuriosityStream Inc. lost about 15 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 45 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 5.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 31% of its family
  • return on equitytop 30% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 7% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 44% of 8 in its family; net margin -9%.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

CuriosityStream Inc.'s standing among 8 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $72 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 44% by size; a net margin of -9% ranks in the top 19%; revenue growth of -2.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 44% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$71.7Mbottom 44% of its family
  • net margin-9.0%top 19% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-2.8%bottom 44% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
7.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 27% of 4 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 4 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

CuriosityStream Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Stinchcomb, Clinton Larry (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-10-15, 6.1 years (top 37% 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 37%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (top 7%; 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 charge3 in three years among 13 peopletop 7% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.1 yearstop 37% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.1 yearstop 37% 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?

7.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
8.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 13% of 7 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 87th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

CuriosityStream Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $18 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 24.3% of its assets as net cash, top 19% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 18.1% of revenue (top 7%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets24.3%top 19% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue18.1%top 7% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 42% of 7 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 22% of this tense · 58th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

CuriosityStream Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -2.8% a year over the last three filed years against -2.8% over all 4, speeding up (top 50% of its family); the newest year grew 40.2% (top 36%); capital spending grew -7.8% a year (top 42%) (its annual reports). CuriosityStream Inc. reported 5 product lines in fiscal 2025: Content Licensing Total at $33 million (46%), Direct to Consumer Total at $24 million (33%), Partner Direct Business at $10 million (14%), and 2 more; 3 of 5 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.0 points a yeartop 50% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth40.2%top 36% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-7.8%top 42% 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
7.5/10

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

top 25% of 6 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 75th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

CuriosityStream Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $72 million in fiscal 2025 came in 73.1% above the $41 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 8% of its family); net income of $6 million against a prior three-year average of $38 million (top 8%); a net margin of -9% against -58.8% before (bottom 42%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace73.1%top 8% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+83%top 8% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+49.9 pointsbottom 42% 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 CURI · research, not advice