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 2020-03-12.
From the record
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2020-03-12); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2019-03-26) (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?
+3.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 1 of 10.
From the record
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $588 million in fiscal 2016 to $791 million in fiscal 2025, up 3.4% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 52% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 1 of 10 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 25.9% a year. 24% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 15 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 25.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 24% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 15 sales (5 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-27 (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 -3%: lost 3¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 61%: owes 61¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. lost about 3 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 29 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 61 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.4% 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?
bottom 34% of 16 in its family; net margin -1.2%.
From the record
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.'s standing among 16 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $791 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 47% by size; a net margin of -1.2% ranks in the bottom 28%; revenue growth of 4.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 22% (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 35% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.
From the record
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Lux, Neal (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-02-22, 4.7 years (bottom 35% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.5 years (bottom 45%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 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 36% of 16 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $35 million against debt of $136 million leaves -13.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 9% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 8.1% of revenue (bottom 41%); a gross margin of 27.7% (top 41%) (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?
bottom 42% of 15 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 4.2% a year over the last three filed years against 3.4% over all 10, speeding up (top 37% of its family); the newest year grew -3.1% (bottom 37%); capital spending grew -7.1% a year (bottom 25%) (its annual reports). Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Drilling and Completions at $477 million, Artificial Lift and Downhole at $315 million. 1 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 60% 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 32% of 14 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $791 million in fiscal 2025 came in 10.2% below the $882 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 39% of its family); net income of $10 million against a prior three-year average of $50 million (top 18%); a net margin of -1.2% against -6.2% before (top 18%) (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