Company Analysis

Gevo, Inc. (GEVO)

Nasdaq: GEVO · Industrial Organic Chemicals · Englewood, CO · filing with the SEC since 2007
Grade4.9
◀ Past 3.6● Present 5.5▶ Future 5.5
1 est.

The grade of Gevo, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.9/10
◀ Past3.630% of the headline
● Present5.540% of the headline
▶ Future5.530% 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?

3.6/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
2.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

6 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-08-29.

weight 33% of this tense · 24th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Gevo, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 6 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 5 times, the latest 2024-08-29); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2024-06-07) (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?

+22.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 0 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Gevo, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $27 million in fiscal 2016 to $161 million in fiscal 2025, up 22.1% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 98% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 0 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span22.1%top 3% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 45% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 11% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak98.4%bottom 8% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
3.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 3.8/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 38th percentile among 20 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 bottom 38% of 20 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 20 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: Gevo, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 3.8 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 bottom 38% of 20 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?

5.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -7%: lost 7¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 35%: owes 35¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 20 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Gevo, Inc. lost about 7 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 35 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 27% of its family
  • return on equitytop 42% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 44% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 39% of 20 in its family; net margin -21.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Gevo, Inc.'s standing among 20 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $161 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 43% by size; a net margin of -21.1% ranks in the bottom 43%; revenue growth of 414.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 3% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$161Mbottom 43% of its family
  • net margin-21.1%bottom 43% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth414.9%top 3% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
3.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 30% of 17 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 30th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Gevo, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Bloom, Paul D (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-05-22, 6 months (bottom 16% of its family); the 20 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.1 years (bottom 23%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 20 people in charge now (top 50%; 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 charge11 in three years among 20 peopletop 50% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.1 yearsbottom 23% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6 monthsbottom 16% 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?

5.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 34% of 20 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 34th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Gevo, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $81 million against debt of $165 million leaves -11.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 45% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -27.1% of revenue (bottom 28%); research spending of 2.8% of revenue (bottom 29%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-11.6%bottom 45% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-27.1%bottom 28% of its family
  • research spending against revenue2.8%bottom 29% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 42% of 19 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Gevo, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 414.9% a year over the last three filed years against 22.1% over all 10, speeding up (top 3% of its family); the newest year grew 850.8% (top 3%); research spending grew -15.1% a year (bottom 12%); capital spending grew -29% a year (bottom 26%) (its annual reports). Gevo, Inc. reported 6 product lines in fiscal 2025: Ethanol at $105 million (66%), Ethanol Related Products at $31 million (19%), Environmental Attributes at $18 million (11%), and 3 more; 3 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+392.8 points a yeartop 3% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth850.8%top 3% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-15.1%bottom 12% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-29.0%bottom 26% 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
9.4/10

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

top 6% of 19 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 94th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Gevo, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $161 million in fiscal 2025 came in 150.4% above the $64 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 3% of its family); net income of $34 million against a prior three-year average of $81 million (top 13%); a net margin of -21.1% against losses larger than its revenue before (top 3%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace150.4%top 3% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+58%top 13% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 3% 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 GEVO · research, not advice