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?
5 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-07-09.
From the record
Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 5 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 4 times, the latest 2026-07-09); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2026-04-20) (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?
-8.9% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 1 of 7.
From the record
Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $235 million in fiscal 2019 to $134 million in fiscal 2025, down 8.9% a year; it rose in 2 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 72% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 1 of 7 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?
SI estimate 3.4/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 3.4 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 34% of 34 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
Leverage 151%: owes 151¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned about 12 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 151 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.1% 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 10% of 35 in its family; net margin -215.9%.
From the record
Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc.'s standing among 35 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $134 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 22% by size; a net margin of -215.9% ranks in the bottom 1%; revenue growth of -27% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 7% (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?
bottom 28% of 22 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.
From the record
Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Toler, William Douglas (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-01-08, 10 months (bottom 11% of its family); the 9 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.9 years (bottom 39%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 9 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
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 18% of 35 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $6 million against debt of $112 million leaves -85.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 4% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -11.2% of revenue (bottom 16%); a gross margin of 11.3% (bottom 35%) (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 8% of 35 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -27% a year over the last three filed years against -8.9% over all 7, slowing (bottom 7% of its family); the newest year grew -29.5% (bottom 7%); capital spending grew -50.1% a year (bottom 11%) (its annual reports). Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: United States at $108 million, Canada at $29 million. 0 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 79% of revenue (its annual report).
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 23% of 32 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $134 million in fiscal 2025 came in 5.1% below the $141 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 30% of its family); net income of $290 million against a prior three-year average of $139 million (bottom 39%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against -48.8% before (bottom 2%) (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