Diageo plc (DEO)

NYSE: DEO · Beverages · London, GB · filing with the SEC since 2001

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Grade5.4

◀ Past 5.5● Present 5.6▶ Future 5.0

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The grade of Diageo plc

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

5.4/10

◀ Past5.530% of the headline

● Present5.640% of the headline

▶ Future5.030% of the headline

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.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

8.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 81st percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Diageo plc's filings since 2017 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

4.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-2% a year over 4 filed years; profitable in 4 of 4.

weight 45% of this tense · 40th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Diageo plc's 4 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $30 billion in fiscal 2022 to $28 billion in fiscal 2025, down 2% a year; it rose in 1 of 3 years; the deepest fall was 6% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 4 of 4 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span-2.0%bottom 19% of its family
the share of years revenue rosebottom 8% of its family
the share of filed years with a profittop 22% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak6.3%top 47% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed

4.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.4% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-06-30, Diageo plc's diluted share count shrank about 1.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearstop 15% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 9% 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?

5.6/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

5.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 19%: 19¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 73%: owes 73¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-06-30, Diageo plc earned about 19 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 25 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 73 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 34% of its family
return on equitytop 34% of its family
gross profit against assetstop 50% of its family
the share count against the year beforetop 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

5.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 43% of 19 in its family; net margin 9.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Diageo plc's standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $28 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 14% by size; a net margin of 9.1% ranks in the top 45%; revenue growth of -2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 29% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$27.96Btop 14% of its family
net margin9.1%top 45% of its family
three-year revenue growth-2.0%bottom 29% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate

5.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.2/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; 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 15 members with one.
What the record cannot read: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; 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.
How it was reasoned: family median, 15 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Diageo plc's leadership is put at 5.2 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; 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 15 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

4.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 40% of 19 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 40th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Diageo plc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $2.2 billion against debt of $22 billion leaves -39.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 13% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 15.4% of revenue (top 29%); a gross margin of 43.5% (bottom 39%); research spending of 0.3% of revenue (bottom 38%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets-39.8%bottom 13% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue15.4%top 29% of its family
gross margin43.5%bottom 39% of its family
research spending against revenue0.3%bottom 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

7.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 26% of 18 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 74th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Diageo plc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -2% a year over the last three filed years against -2% over all 4, speeding up (top 19% of its family); the newest year grew 0.3% (top 50%); research spending grew 8.5% a year (top 10%) (its annual reports). Diageo plc 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+0.0 points a yeartop 19% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth0.3%top 50% of its family
three-year growth of research spending8.5%top 10% 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

3.7/10

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

bottom 37% of 15 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 37th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Diageo plc's newest year against its own record: revenue of $28 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 3.5% above the $27 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 23% of its family); net income of $2.5 billion against a prior three-year average of $4.4 billion (bottom 17%); a net margin of 9.1% against 15.2% before (bottom 17%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace3.5%top 23% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average-42%bottom 17% of its family
net margin against its prior average-6.1 pointsbottom 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 DEO · research, not advice