Company Analysis

GCM Grosvenor Inc. (GCMG)

Nasdaq: GCMG · Investment Advice · Chicago, IL · filing with the SEC since 2020
Grade4.6
◀ Past 3.4● Present 4.4▶ Future 6.0

The grade of GCM Grosvenor Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.6/10
◀ Past3.430% of the headline
● Present4.440% of the headline
▶ Future6.030% 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?

3.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2020; the latest 2021-05-03.

weight 22% of this tense · 24th percentile among 48 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

GCM Grosvenor Inc.'s filings since 2020 show 1 warning event: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2021-05-03) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.7% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 6 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

GCM Grosvenor Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $378 million in fiscal 2018 to $558 million in fiscal 2025, up 5.7% a year; it rose in 5 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 16% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 6 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.7%bottom 42% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 49% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 26% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak16.3%top 46% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.5% a year. 8% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 8 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 30th percentile among 36 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, GCM Grosvenor Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 8% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 8 sales (4 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-02 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 45% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 15% 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?

4.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 168%: 168¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 97%: owes 97¢ per asset dollar.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 44 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, GCM Grosvenor Inc. earned about 168 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 97 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 3.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 8% of its family
  • return on equitytop 1% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 33% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
3.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 38% of 43 in its family; net margin 8.1%.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

GCM Grosvenor Inc.'s standing among 43 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $558 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 35% by size; a net margin of 8.1% ranks in the bottom 29%; revenue growth of 7.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 49% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$558Mbottom 35% of its family
  • net margin8.1%bottom 29% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth7.7%bottom 49% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
5.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 49% of 34 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

GCM Grosvenor Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Sacks, Michael Jay (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-11-17, 6 years (bottom 44% of its family); the 10 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6 years (bottom 35%); 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (top 27%; 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 10 peopletop 27% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.0 yearsbottom 35% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.0 yearsbottom 44% 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?

6.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 39% of 42 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 39th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

GCM Grosvenor Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $242 million against debt of $428 million leaves -22.9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 10% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 31.4% of revenue (top 31%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-22.9%bottom 10% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue31.4%top 31% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
7.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 28% of 41 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

GCM Grosvenor Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 7.7% a year over the last three filed years against 5.7% over all 8, speeding up (top 28% of its family); the newest year grew 8.5% (top 48%); capital spending grew 121.4% a year (top 7%) (its annual reports). GCM Grosvenor Inc. reported 5 product lines in fiscal 2025: Management Fees Before Reimbursement Revenue at $408 million (73%), Management Service Incentive Performance Fees at $68 million (12%), Management Service Incentive Carried Interest at $55 million (10%), and 2 more; 5 of 5 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+2.0 points a yeartop 28% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth8.5%top 48% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending121.4%top 7% 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
6.9/10

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

top 31% of 41 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

GCM Grosvenor Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $558 million in fiscal 2025 came in 1.1% above the $551 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 45% of its family); net income of $45 million against a prior three-year average of $17 million (top 13%); a net margin of 8.1% against 3.6% before (top 35%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace1.1%top 45% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+165%top 13% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+4.5 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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