Company Analysis

StealthGas, Inc. (GASS)

Nasdaq: GASS · Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight · Athens, GR · filing with the SEC since 2005
Grade5.5
◀ Past 5.3● Present 5.1▶ Future 6.3

The grade of StealthGas, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.5/10
◀ Past5.330% of the headline
● Present5.140% of the headline
▶ Future6.330% of the headline

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

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
6.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 44 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

StealthGas, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 6 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

StealthGas, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $144 million in fiscal 2016 to $173 million in fiscal 2025, up 2.1% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 13% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 6 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2.1%bottom 18% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 19% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 36% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak12.7%top 25% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.2% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 2 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 38 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, StealthGas, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 2 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 23% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 9% 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?

5.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 9%: 9¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 3%: owes 3¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, StealthGas, Inc. earned about 9 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 3 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 1% of its family
  • return on equitytop 45% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 40% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 45% of 43 in its family; net margin 35%.

weight 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

StealthGas, Inc.'s standing among 43 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $173 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 39% by size; a net margin of 35% ranks in the top 29%; revenue growth of 4.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 44% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$173Mbottom 39% of its family
  • net margin35.0%top 29% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth4.3%top 44% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
2.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 22% of 5 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 22nd percentile among 5 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

StealthGas, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Vafias, Harry (CEO, President & CFO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-03-18, 8 months (bottom 33% of its family); the 4 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8 months (bottom 10%); it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes are not read (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

  • the median years the people in charge have filed8 monthsbottom 10% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8 monthsbottom 33% 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?

6.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
8.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 16% of 42 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 84th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

StealthGas, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $99 million against debt of $0 thousand leaves 13.9% of its assets as net cash, top 12% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 49% of revenue (top 20%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets13.9%top 12% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue49.0%top 20% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 47% of 41 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

StealthGas, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 4.3% a year over the last three filed years against 2.1% over all 10, speeding up (top 11% of its family); the newest year grew 3.5% (top 37%); capital spending grew -74.3% a year (bottom 6%) (its annual reports). StealthGas, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Time Charter at $135 million (78%), Voyage Charter at $31 million (18%), Other Income Revenues at $7 million (4%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+2.2 points a yeartop 11% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth3.5%top 37% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-74.3%bottom 6% 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
6.3/10

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

top 37% of 39 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

StealthGas, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $173 million in fiscal 2025 came in 1.1% below the $175 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 46% of its family); net income of $61 million against a prior three-year average of $52 million (top 29%); a net margin of 35% against 33.5% before (top 35%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-1.1%top 46% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+17%top 29% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+1.6 pointstop 35% 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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