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.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-06-10.
From the record
Chicago Rivet & Machine Co.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-06-10) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
-3.1% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 6 of 9.
From the record
Chicago Rivet & Machine Co.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $36 million in fiscal 2017 to $28 million in fiscal 2025, down 3.1% a year; it rose in 3 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 27% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 6 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
SI estimate 5.4/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Chicago Rivet & Machine Co.'s shareholder treatment is put at 5.4 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 top 46% of 65 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.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE -6%: lost 6¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 19%: owes 19¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. lost about 6 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 18 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 19 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count was unchanged over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 14% of 63 in its family; net margin -3.9%.
From the record
Chicago Rivet & Machine Co.'s standing among 63 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $28 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 9% by size; a net margin of -3.9% ranks in the bottom 18%; revenue growth of -6.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 13% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
SI estimate 5.2/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Chicago Rivet & Machine Co.'s leadership is put at 5.2 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 60 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 32% of 63 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Chicago Rivet & Machine Co.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $2 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 7.4% of its assets as net cash, top 19% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -5.6% of revenue (bottom 12%); a gross margin of 14.8% (bottom 5%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 29% of 64 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Chicago Rivet & Machine Co.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -6.1% a year over the last three filed years against -3.1% over all 9, slowing (bottom 34% of its family); the newest year grew 3.4% (bottom 44%); capital spending grew -30.1% a year (bottom 9%) (its annual reports). Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Fastener at $24 million, Assembly Equipment at $4 million. 1 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 86% of revenue (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 24% of 62 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Chicago Rivet & Machine Co.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $28 million in fiscal 2025 came in 15.4% above the $24 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 23% of its family); net income of $1 million against a prior three-year average of $2 million (top 31%); a net margin of -3.9% against -8.8% before (top 17%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
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