Company Analysis

Energy Services of America Corporation (ESOA)

Nasdaq: ESOA · Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction · Huntington, WV · filing with the SEC since 2006
Grade3.3
◀ Past 2.4● Present 4.4▶ Future 3.1
1 est.

The grade of Energy Services of America Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.3/10
◀ Past2.440% of the headline
● Present4.435% of the headline
▶ Future3.125% 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?

2.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

8 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-12-16.

weight 33% of this tense · 6th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Energy Services of America Corporation's filings since 2017 show 8 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2023-05-24); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2023-05-15); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2024-02-20); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 4 times, the latest 2024-12-16) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
2.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+14.4% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 4 of 6.

weight 45% of this tense · 25th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Energy Services of America Corporation's 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $140 million in fiscal 2017 to $411 million in fiscal 2025, up 14.4% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 32% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 4 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span14.4%top 21% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 7% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 7% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak31.7%bottom 7% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.7% a year. 10% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 6 sales, 6 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-09-30, Energy Services of America Corporation's diluted share count grew about 0.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 10% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 6 sales and 6 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $257 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 36% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 36% 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?

4.4/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
2.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 72%: owes 72¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 24th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

gross profitability: Energy Services of America Corporation's products earned about 18 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 72 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 21% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 30% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 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 7 in its family.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Energy Services of America Corporation's standing among 7 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $411 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 21% by size; revenue growth of 27.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 7% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$411Mbottom 21% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth27.6%top 7% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 47% of 6 in its family for leadership.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Energy Services of America Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: no one files under a chief executive's title, so that part is not read; the 5 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 13 years (top 42%); 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 5 people in charge now (bottom 36%; 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

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge2 in three years among 5 peoplebottom 36% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed13.0 yearstop 42% of its family

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

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.1/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Room to expand

as filed
2.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 22% of 7 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 22nd percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Energy Services of America Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $12 million against debt of $50 million leaves -17.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 36% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -0.5% of revenue (bottom 21%); a gross margin of 9.4% (bottom 10%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-17.7%bottom 36% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-0.5%bottom 21% of its family
  • gross margin9.4%bottom 10% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 36% of 7 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Energy Services of America Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 27.6% a year over the last three filed years against 14.4% over all 9, speeding up (top 7% of its family); the newest year grew 16.8% (top 36%); capital spending grew 6.2% a year (bottom 36%) (its annual reports). Energy Services of America Corporation reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Underground Infrastructure Construction at $223 million, Industrial Construction at $139 million, Building Construction at $49 million. 2 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 54% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+13.3 points a yeartop 7% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth16.8%top 36% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending6.2%bottom 36% of its family

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

Expectations vs reality

SI estimate
0.7/10

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

SI estimate 0.7/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 7th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, revenue against the prior three years' pace, which ranks in the bottom 7% of 7 in its family; the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
How it was reasoned
one part: revenue against the prior three years' pace, the one part on file, ranked among 7 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Energy Services of America Corporation's expectations vs reality is put at 0.7 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, revenue against the prior three years' pace, which ranks in the bottom 7% of 7 in its family; the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

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 ESOA · research, not advice