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.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2024-04-30.
From the record
Ferroglobe PLC's filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2024-04-30) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
-1.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 4 of 10.
From the record
Ferroglobe PLC's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.6 billion in fiscal 2016 to $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025, down 1.8% a year; it rose in 4 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 49% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 4 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 0.2% a year. 6% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 7 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Ferroglobe PLC's diluted share count shrank about 0.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 6% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 7 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12, buying about $463 thousand (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE -26%: lost 26¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 51%: owes 51¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Ferroglobe PLC lost about 26 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 51 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.2% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 48% of 24 in its family; net margin -13.3%.
From the record
Ferroglobe PLC's standing among 24 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 37% by size; a net margin of -13.3% ranks in the top 48%; revenue growth of -19.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 28% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
SI estimate 5.0/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Ferroglobe PLC's leadership is put at 5.0 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (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 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 19 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 39% of 20 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Ferroglobe PLC's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $123 million against debt of $140 million leaves -1.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 29% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -0.8% of revenue (top 50%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 33% of 21 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Ferroglobe PLC's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -19.9% a year over the last three filed years against -1.8% over all 10, slowing (bottom 28% of its family); the newest year grew -18.8% (bottom 18%); capital spending grew 5.8% a year (top 47%) (its annual reports). Ferroglobe PLC tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 24% of 18 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Ferroglobe PLC's newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 2.1% above the $1.3 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 34% of its family); net income of $177 million against a prior three-year average of $188 million (bottom 14%); a net margin of -13.3% against 8.1% before (bottom 25%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
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