All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, 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 2025-04-25.
From the record
CVD Equipment Corporation's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-04-25) (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?
-5.7% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 2 of 9.
From the record
CVD Equipment Corporation's 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $41 million in fiscal 2017 to $26 million in fiscal 2025, down 5.7% a year; it rose in 2 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 60% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 2 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 2.7/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: CVD Equipment Corporation's shareholder treatment is put at 2.7 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 27% of 13 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 10%: owes 10¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, CVD Equipment Corporation lost about 6 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 26 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 10 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.8% 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 25% of 13 in its family; net margin -6.1%.
From the record
CVD Equipment Corporation's standing among 13 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $26 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 13% by size; a net margin of -6.1% ranks in the bottom 27%; revenue growth of -0% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 35% (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?
bottom 32% of 12 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.
From the record
CVD Equipment Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Cheesman, Warren David (Acting Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-11-12, under a month (bottom 4% of its family); the 7 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.1 years (bottom 46%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 7 people in charge now (bottom 46%; 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
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 39% of 13 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
CVD Equipment Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $9 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 31.7% of its assets as net cash, top 19% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -14.4% of revenue (bottom 12%); a gross margin of 28.3% (bottom 19%); research spending of 10.8% of revenue (bottom 46%) (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?
top 46% of 13 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
CVD Equipment Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -0% a year over the last three filed years against -5.7% over all 9, speeding up (top 4% of its family); the newest year grew -4.1% (bottom 35%); research spending grew 13.5% a year (top 19%); capital spending grew -58.4% a year (bottom 4%) (its annual reports). CVD Equipment Corporation reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: CVD at $18 million, SDC at $8 million, Meso Scribe Technologies Inc at $112 thousand. 0 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 69% 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 40% of 13 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
CVD Equipment Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $26 million in fiscal 2025 came in 6% below the $27 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 50% of its family); net income of $2 million against a prior three-year average of $2 million (top 42%); a net margin of -6.1% against -8.4% before (top 27%) (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