All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2021; the latest 2024-12-11.
From the record
Krispy Kreme, Inc.'s filings since 2021 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2022-07-06); a material cybersecurity incident (8-K item 1.05, the latest 2024-12-11) (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?
+8% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 1 of 7.
From the record
Krispy Kreme, Inc.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $959 million in fiscal 2019 to $1.5 billion in fiscal 2025, up 8% a year; it rose in 4 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 10% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 1 of 7 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?
Share count grew 0.7% a year. 54% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 8 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-28, Krispy Kreme, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 54% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 8 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $3 million (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE -79%: lost 79¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 75%: owes 75¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-28, Krispy Kreme, Inc. lost about 79 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 75 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.3% 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 42% of 2 in its family; net margin -33.9%.
From the record
Krispy Kreme, Inc.'s standing among 2 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.5 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 25% by size; a net margin of -33.9% ranks in the bottom 25%; revenue growth of -0.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 25% (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 25% of 2 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.
From the record
Krispy Kreme, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Charlesworth, Josh (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-04-12, 2.6 years (bottom 25% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 1.7 years (bottom 25%); 13 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (bottom 25%; 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 25% of 2 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Krispy Kreme, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $43 million against debt of $912 million leaves -33.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 25% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -4.2% of revenue (bottom 25%) (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 42% of 2 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Krispy Kreme, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -0.2% a year over the last three filed years against 8% over all 7, slowing (top 25% of its family); the newest year grew -8.6% (top 25%); capital spending grew -4.3% a year (bottom 25%) (its annual reports). Krispy Kreme, Inc. reported 5 product lines in fiscal 2025: Finished Product in Shops at $1.4 billion (94%), Mix and Equipment Revenue From Franchisees at $41 million (3%), Royalty at $36 million (2%), and 2 more; 0 of 5 grew against the year before (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?
bottom 25% of 2 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Krispy Kreme, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.5 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 12.4% below the $1.7 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 25% of its family); net income of $516 million against a prior three-year average of $17 million (bottom 25%); a net margin of -33.9% against -1% before (bottom 25%) (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