Company Analysis

Formula Systems (1985) Ltd. (FORTY)

Nasdaq: FORTY · Services-Computer Programming Services · Or Yehuda, IL · filing with the SEC since 1998
Grade5.6
◀ Past 5.1● Present 6.0▶ Future 5.7
2 est.

The grade of Formula Systems (1985) Ltd.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.6/10
◀ Past5.125% of the headline
● Present6.035% of the headline
▶ Future5.740% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.1/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
4.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

10 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-04-30.

weight 22% of this tense · 40th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Formula Systems (1985) Ltd.'s filings since 2017 show 10 warning events: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 10 times, the latest 2026-04-30) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
7.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+12.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 76th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Formula Systems (1985) Ltd.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $973 million in fiscal 2015 to $2.8 billion in fiscal 2024, up 12.3% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span12.3%top 44% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 17% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 20% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 17% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
2.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 2.4/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 24th percentile among 32 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the bottom 24% of 32 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash returned against operating cash flow, the one part on file, ranked among 32 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: Formula Systems (1985) Ltd.'s shareholder treatment is put at 2.4 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the bottom 24% of 32 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.0/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
5.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 14%: 14¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 54%: owes 54¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 31 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31, Formula Systems (1985) Ltd. earned about 14 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 23 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 54 cents per dollar of assets (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 27% of its family
  • return on equitytop 22% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 39% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 37% of 33 in its family; net margin 7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 33 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Formula Systems (1985) Ltd.'s standing among 33 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.8 billion in fiscal 2024 ranks in the top 23% by size; a net margin of 7% ranks in the top 38%; revenue growth of 4.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 50% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.76Btop 23% of its family
  • net margin7.0%top 38% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth4.7%top 50% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate
6.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 6.4/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 13 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; the record of its people begins on 2026-04-16 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 7 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 13 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; the record of its people begins on 2026-04-16 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 7 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
family median, 13 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: Formula Systems (1985) Ltd.'s leadership is put at 6.4 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; the record of its people begins on 2026-04-16 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 7 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 13 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?

5.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 44% of 32 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 44th percentile among 32 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Formula Systems (1985) Ltd.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2024): cash of $508 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 16.8% of its assets as net cash, top 35% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 11.2% of revenue (top 33%); a gross margin of 24.8% (bottom 22%); research spending of 3.1% of revenue (bottom 23%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets16.8%top 35% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue11.2%top 33% of its family
  • gross margin24.8%bottom 22% of its family
  • research spending against revenue3.1%bottom 23% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 46% of 33 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Formula Systems (1985) Ltd.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2024: revenue grew 4.7% a year over the last three filed years against 12.3% over all 10, slowing (bottom 35% of its family); the newest year grew 5.2% (top 41%); research spending grew 8.6% a year (top 32%); capital spending grew -1.8% a year (top 46%) (its annual reports). Formula Systems (1985) Ltd. 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-7.6 points a yearbottom 35% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth5.2%top 41% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending8.6%top 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-1.8%top 46% 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
7.0/10

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

top 30% of 29 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 70th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Formula Systems (1985) Ltd.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.8 billion in fiscal 2024 came in 0.8% above the $2.7 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 33% of its family); net income of $194 million against a prior three-year average of $169 million (top 26%); a net margin of 7% against 6.7% before (top 33%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.8%top 33% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+15%top 26% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.4 pointstop 33% 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

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