Grindr Inc. (GRND)

NYSE: GRND · Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. · West Hollywood, CA · filing with the SEC since 2020

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Grade6.1

◀ Past 6.0● Present 5.4▶ Future 6.7

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The grade of Grindr Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

6.1/10

◀ Past6.025% of the headline

● Present5.435% of the headline

▶ Future6.740% 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?

6.0/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

2.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

4 warning events since 2020; the latest 2022-11-23.

weight 22% of this tense · 21st percentile among 79 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Grindr Inc.'s filings since 2020 show 4 warning events of 3 kinds: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, 2 times, the latest 2021-12-23); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2022-11-23); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2021-05-18) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed

7.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+31.8% a year over 5 filed years; profitable in 3 of 5.

weight 45% of this tense · 76th percentile among 70 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Grindr Inc.'s 5 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $146 million in fiscal 2021 to $440 million in fiscal 2025, up 31.8% a year; it rose in 4 of 4 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 3 of 5 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span31.8%top 21% of its family
the share of years revenue rosetop 21% of its family
the share of filed years with a profittop 31% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 21% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed

6.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 7.0% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 59 sales, 7 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Grindr Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 7.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 59 sales (35 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 7 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-04, buying about $9 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearsbottom 33% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowtop 3% 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?

5.4/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

4.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 202%: 202¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 91%: owes 91¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Grindr Inc. earned about 202 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 91 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 11.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 16% 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

7.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 25% of 73 in its family; net margin 21.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 75th percentile among 73 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Grindr Inc.'s standing among 73 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $440 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 47% by size; a net margin of 21.5% ranks in the top 16%; revenue growth of 31.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 14% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$440Mtop 47% of its family
net margin21.5%top 16% of its family
three-year revenue growth31.1%top 14% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate

3.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 3.1/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 31st percentile among 47 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the bottom 31% of 47 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2022-11-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 4 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read: The record of its people begins on 2022-11-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 4 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned: one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 47 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: Grindr Inc.'s leadership is put at 3.1 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the bottom 31% of 47 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2022-11-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 4 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

4.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 42% of 71 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 71 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Grindr Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $88 million against debt of $396 million leaves -58% of its assets as net cash, bottom 5% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 32% of revenue (top 9%); research spending of 11.1% of revenue (bottom 29%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets-58.0%bottom 5% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue32.0%top 9% of its family
research spending against revenue11.1%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

7.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 22% of 70 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 78th percentile among 70 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Grindr Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 31.1% a year over the last three filed years against 31.8% over all 5, slowing (top 32% of its family); the newest year grew 27.7% (top 19%); research spending grew 39.8% a year (top 8%); capital spending grew 20.2% a year (top 28%) (its annual reports). Grindr Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: License and Service at $366 million (83%), Advertising at $74 million (17%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-0.6 points a yeartop 32% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth27.7%top 19% of its family
three-year growth of research spending39.8%top 8% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending20.2%top 28% 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

7.0/10

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

top 30% of 65 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 70th percentile among 65 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Grindr Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $440 million in fiscal 2025 came in 4% below the $458 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 35% of its family); net income of $95 million against a prior three-year average of $62 million (top 13%); a net margin of 21.5% against -19.7% before (top 12%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace-4.0%bottom 35% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+253%top 13% of its family
net margin against its prior average+41.2 pointstop 12% 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 GRND · research, not advice