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 2017; the latest 2025-04-01.
From the record
Dawson Geophysical Company's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2022-03-25); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2025-04-01) (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?
-10.4% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 0 of 7.
From the record
Dawson Geophysical Company's 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $146 million in fiscal 2019 to $76 million in fiscal 2025, down 10.4% a year; it rose in 3 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 83% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 0 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 7.5% a year. 76% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Dawson Geophysical Company's diluted share count grew about 7.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 76% 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 2026-10-29 (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 -12%: lost 12¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 72%: owes 72¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Dawson Geophysical Company lost about 12 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 23 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 72 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.4% 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?
top 50% of 2 in its family; net margin -2.6%.
From the record
Dawson Geophysical Company's standing among 2 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $76 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 50% by size; a net margin of -2.6% ranks in the bottom 25%; revenue growth of 13.6% 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?
top 50% of 1 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.
From the record
Dawson Geophysical Company's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Clark, William Anthony (CEO & President, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-01-21, 1.8 years (top 50% of its family); the 4 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 2.8 years (top 50%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 4 people in charge now (top 50%; 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 42% of 2 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Dawson Geophysical Company's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $5 million against debt of $11 million leaves -11.5% of its assets as net cash, top 25% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 9.4% of revenue (bottom 25%); a gross margin of 17.2% (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 50% of 2 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Dawson Geophysical Company's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 13.6% a year over the last three filed years against -10.4% over all 7, speeding up (top 25% of its family); the newest year grew 2% (bottom 25%); capital spending grew 68.4% a year (top 50%) (its annual reports). Dawson Geophysical Company reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: United States Operations at $60 million (79%), Canada Operations at $16 million (21%); 1 of 2 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?
top 42% of 2 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Dawson Geophysical Company's newest year against its own record: revenue of $76 million in fiscal 2025 came in 14.9% below the $89 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 25% of its family); net income of $2 million against a prior three-year average of $12 million (top 25%); a net margin of -2.6% against -18.1% before (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.
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