Company Analysis

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (GO)

Nasdaq: GO · Retail-Grocery Stores · Emeryville, CA · filing with the SEC since 2019
Grade4.2
◀ Past 5.7● Present 3.8▶ Future 3.7

The grade of Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.2/10
◀ Past5.725% of the headline
● Present3.845% of the headline
▶ Future3.730% 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?

5.7/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2019.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.'s filings since 2019 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
3.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+10.7% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 8 of 9.

weight 33% of this tense · 39th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.1 billion in fiscal 2017 to $4.7 billion in fiscal 2026, up 10.7% a year; it rose in 7 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 2% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2022; net income was positive in 8 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span10.7%top 32% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 23% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 32% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak1.8%bottom 32% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.7% a year. 14% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 12 sales, 19 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 48th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-03, Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 14% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 12 sales (2 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 19 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $8 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 39% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 35% 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?

3.8/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -23%: lost 23¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 68%: owes 68¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 39th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-03, Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. lost about 23 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 46 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 68 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 41% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 23% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 25% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 50% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
3.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 39% of 11 in its family; net margin -4.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 39th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.'s standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $4.7 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 45% by size; a net margin of -4.8% ranks in the bottom 14%; revenue growth of 9.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 41% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$4.69Bbottom 45% of its family
  • net margin-4.8%bottom 14% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth9.4%top 41% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
3.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 33% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Potter, Jason J. N. (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-02-11, 1.8 years (bottom 42% of its family); the 20 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 1.8 years (bottom 21%); 12 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 20 people in charge now (bottom 35%; 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 charge12 in three years among 20 peoplebottom 35% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed1.8 yearsbottom 21% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.8 yearsbottom 42% 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?

3.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 37% of 11 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 37th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $70 million against debt of $493 million leaves -13.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 23% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 0.5% of revenue (bottom 14%); a gross margin of 30.3% (top 25%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-13.7%bottom 23% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue0.5%bottom 14% of its family
  • gross margin30.3%top 25% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 44% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 9.4% a year over the last three filed years against 10.7% over all 9, slowing (top 41% of its family); the newest year grew 7.1% (top 50%); capital spending grew 14.9% a year (top 41%) (its annual reports). Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Non Perishable at $2.9 billion (62%), Perishable at $1.8 billion (38%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.3 points a yeartop 41% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth7.1%top 50% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending14.9%top 41% 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
1.2/10

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

bottom 12% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 12th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $4.7 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 3% below the $4.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 15% of its family); net income of $225 million against a prior three-year average of $61 million (bottom 15%); a net margin of -4.8% against 1.6% before (bottom 5%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-3.0%bottom 15% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-467%bottom 15% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-6.4 pointsbottom 5% 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 GO · research, not advice