U.S. Global Investors, Inc. (GROW)

Nasdaq: GROW · Investment Advice · San Antonio, TX · filing with the SEC since 1995

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Grade5.5

◀ Past 3.8● Present 6.0▶ Future 6.7

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The grade of U.S. Global Investors, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

5.5/10

◀ Past3.830% of the headline

● Present6.040% of the headline

▶ Future6.730% 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?

3.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

0.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

15 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-06-02.

weight 22% of this tense · 5th percentile among 48 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

U.S. Global Investors, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 15 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 4 times, the latest 2023-11-22); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, 3 times, the latest 2026-06-02); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2022-12-21); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 6 times, the latest 2026-02-18) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed

1.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 6 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 17th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

U.S. Global Investors, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $7 million in fiscal 2017 to $10 million in fiscal 2026, up 4.7% a year; it rose in 4 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 66% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 6 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span4.7%bottom 27% of its family
the share of years revenue rosebottom 10% of its family
the share of filed years with a profitbottom 18% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak65.8%bottom 13% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed

8.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 4.7% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 89th percentile among 36 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-06-30, U.S. Global Investors, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 4.7% 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 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-09 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearstop 9% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowtop 14% 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?

6.0/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

6.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 7%: 7¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 6%: owes 6¢ per asset dollar.

weight 22% of this tense · 64th percentile among 44 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-06-30, U.S. Global Investors, Inc. earned about 7 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 7 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 6 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 4.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 3% of its family
return on equitybottom 28% of its family
gross profit against assetsbottom 42% of its family
the share count against the year beforetop 9% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed

3.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 30% of 43 in its family; net margin 29.8%.

weight 45% of this tense · 30th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

U.S. Global Investors, Inc.'s standing among 43 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $10 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 4% by size; a net margin of 29.8% ranks in the top 20%; revenue growth of -12.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 6% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$10.3Mbottom 4% of its family
net margin29.8%top 20% of its family
three-year revenue growth-12.1%bottom 6% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate

9.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 9.9/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 99th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: Read from one part only, the chief executive's years under the title, which ranks in the top 1% of 42 in its family; fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title.
What the record cannot read: Fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title.
How it was reasoned: one part: the chief executive's years on the record, the one part on file, ranked among 42 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: U.S. Global Investors, Inc.'s leadership is put at 9.9 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the chief executive's years under the title, which ranks in the top 1% of 42 in its family; fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

5.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 48% of 42 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

U.S. Global Investors, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $24 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 50.7% of its assets as net cash, top 1% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 6.7% of revenue (bottom 31%); a gross margin of 35.1% (bottom 25%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets50.7%top 1% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue6.7%bottom 31% of its family
gross margin35.1%bottom 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

5.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 42% of 41 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

U.S. Global Investors, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -12.1% a year over the last three filed years against 4.7% over all 10, slowing (bottom 16% of its family); the newest year grew 21.3% (top 26%); capital spending grew 62.4% a year (top 16%) (its annual reports). U.S. Global Investors, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2026: Investment Advisory Services at $10 million (98%), Administrative Service at $219 thousand (2%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-16.8 points a yearbottom 16% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth21.3%top 26% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending62.4%top 16% 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

9.0/10

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

top 10% of 41 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 90th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

U.S. Global Investors, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $10 million in fiscal 2026 came in 61.9% above the $6 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 1% of its family); net income of $3 million against a prior three-year average of $1 million (top 18%); a net margin of 29.8% against 9.7% before (top 11%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace61.9%top 1% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+121%top 18% of its family
net margin against its prior average+20.1 pointstop 11% 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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