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Geospace Technologies Corporation (GEOS)

Nasdaq: GEOS · Measuring & Controlling Devices, NEC · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 1997
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Grade5.0
◀ Past 4.9● Present 5.8▶ Future 4.2
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The grade of Geospace Technologies Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.0/10
◀ Past4.930% of the headline
● Present5.840% of the headline
▶ Future4.230% 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?

4.9/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
4.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-02-09.

weight 33% of this tense · 41st percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Geospace Technologies Corporation's filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 3 kinds: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2017-11-22); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2018-03-01); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2026-02-09) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+6.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 1 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Geospace Technologies Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $62 million in fiscal 2016 to $111 million in fiscal 2025, up 6.7% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 18% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 1 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span6.7%bottom 45% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 45% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 41% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak18.3%top 50% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
6.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 6.8/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 68th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 32% of 11 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: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 11 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: Geospace Technologies Corporation's shareholder treatment is put at 6.8 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 32% of 11 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?

5.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -8%: lost 8¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 18%: owes 18¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, Geospace Technologies Corporation lost about 8 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 21 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 18 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 23% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 35% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 50% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 5% 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 11 in its family; net margin -8.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Geospace Technologies Corporation's standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $111 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 50% by size; a net margin of -8.8% ranks in the bottom 41%; revenue growth of 7.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 25% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$111Mtop 50% of its family
  • net margin-8.8%bottom 41% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth7.5%top 25% 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 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Geospace Technologies Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Kelley, Richard James (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-10-02, 2.1 years (bottom 15% of its family); the 9 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.9 years (top 15%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 9 people in charge now (bottom 41%; 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 charge5 in three years among 9 peoplebottom 41% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.9 yearstop 15% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.1 yearsbottom 15% 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?

4.2/1030% 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 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 39th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Geospace Technologies Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $26 million against debt of $0 thousand leaves 17.2% of its assets as net cash, top 41% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -27.3% of revenue (bottom 25%); a gross margin of 29.7% (bottom 6%); research spending of 17.1% of revenue (top 35%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets17.2%top 41% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-27.3%bottom 25% of its family
  • gross margin29.7%bottom 6% of its family
  • research spending against revenue17.1%top 35% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 34% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 66th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Geospace Technologies Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 7.5% a year over the last three filed years against 6.7% over all 10, speeding up (top 15% of its family); the newest year grew -18.3% (bottom 23%); research spending grew 1.5% a year (top 41%); capital spending grew 91.8% a year (top 5%) (its annual reports). Geospace Technologies Corporation reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at $104 million (94%), Rental at $7 million (6%); 0 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.8 points a yeartop 15% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-18.3%bottom 23% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending1.5%top 41% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending91.8%top 5% 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
1.5/10

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

bottom 15% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 15th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Geospace Technologies Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $111 million in fiscal 2025 came in 33.7% below the $167 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 6% of its family); net income of $10 million against a prior three-year average of $6 million (bottom 5%); a net margin of -8.8% against -6.9% before (bottom 35%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-33.7%bottom 6% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-69%bottom 5% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-1.9 pointsbottom 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

SI Assistanton GEOS · research, not advice