Company Analysis

Globalstar, Inc. (GSAT)

Nasdaq: GSAT · Communications Services, NEC · Covington,, LA · filing with the SEC since 2006
Grade6.0
◀ Past 5.1● Present 6.3▶ Future 6.2

The grade of Globalstar, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.0/10
◀ Past5.125% of the headline
● Present6.335% of the headline
▶ Future6.240% 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?

5.1/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-01-21.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Globalstar, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2025-01-21); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2020-03-06) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+12.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 1 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Globalstar, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $97 million in fiscal 2016 to $273 million in fiscal 2025, up 12.2% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 6% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 1 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span12.2%top 44% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 38% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 26% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak5.6%top 15% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.8% a year. 3% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 39 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Globalstar, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 3% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 39 sales (4 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12, buying about $30 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 36% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 45% 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?

6.3/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -2%: lost 2¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 85%: owes 85¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Globalstar, Inc. lost about 2 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 85 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 29% of its family
  • return on equitytop 41% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 25% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 37% of 19 in its family; net margin -3.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Globalstar, Inc.'s standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $273 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 38% by size; a net margin of -3.2% ranks in the top 39%; revenue growth of 22.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 34% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$273Mtop 38% of its family
  • net margin-3.2%top 39% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth22.5%top 34% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
7.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 21% of 12 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 79th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Globalstar, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Jacobs, Paul E (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-08-31, 3.2 years (bottom 46% of its family); the 9 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 13.7 years (top 4%); no officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 9 people in charge now (top 3%; 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 charge0 in three years among 9 peopletop 3% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed13.7 yearstop 4% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.2 yearsbottom 46% 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?

6.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 43% of 18 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 57th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Globalstar, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $447 million against debt of $452 million leaves -0.2% of its assets as net cash, top 50% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 227.7% of revenue (top 3%); research spending of 2.2% of revenue (bottom 23%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-0.2%top 50% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue227.7%top 3% of its family
  • research spending against revenue2.2%bottom 23% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 33% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Globalstar, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 22.5% a year over the last three filed years against 12.2% over all 10, speeding up (top 15% of its family); the newest year grew 9% (top 38%); research spending grew 130.2% a year (top 4%); capital spending grew -21.2% a year (bottom 26%) (its annual reports). Globalstar, Inc. reported 6 product lines in fiscal 2025: Services Wholesale Capacity at $173 million (63%), Services SPOT at $37 million (14%), Commercial Lo T at $27 million (10%), and 3 more; 3 of 6 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+10.3 points a yeartop 15% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth9.0%top 38% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending130.2%top 4% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-21.2%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
5.8/10

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

top 42% of 17 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Globalstar, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $273 million in fiscal 2025 came in 16% below the $325 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 32% of its family); net income of $9 million against a prior three-year average of $115 million (top 32%); a net margin of -3.2% against -69.8% before (top 26%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-16.0%bottom 32% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+93%top 32% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+66.6 pointstop 26% 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 GSAT · research, not advice