Company Analysis

Inspired Entertainment, Inc. (INSE)

Nasdaq: INSE · Services-Prepackaged Software · New York,, NY · filing with the SEC since 2014
Grade3.8
◀ Past 3.7● Present 4.5▶ Future 3.1

The grade of Inspired Entertainment, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.8/10
◀ Past3.725% of the headline
● Present4.535% of the headline
▶ Future3.140% 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?

3.7/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

15 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-04-17.

weight 22% of this tense · 2nd percentile among 230 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Inspired Entertainment, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 15 warning events of 5 kinds: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, the latest 2020-04-07); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 4 times, the latest 2024-04-09); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, 2 times, the latest 2023-11-08); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2025-04-17); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 5 times, the latest 2025-03-17) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+11.1% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 4 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Inspired Entertainment, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $141 million in fiscal 2018 to $304 million in fiscal 2025, up 11.1% a year; it rose in 6 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 8% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 4 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span11.1%bottom 29% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 40% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 34% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak8.0%bottom 35% 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 steady. 1% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 11 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Inspired Entertainment, Inc.'s diluted share count held steady, and dividends and buybacks returned about 1% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 11 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $1 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 25% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 32% 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?

4.5/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 104%: owes 104¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 217 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Inspired Entertainment, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read. Leverage: it owed about 104 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 8% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 21% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
3.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 37% of 218 in its family; net margin -5.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 37th percentile among 218 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Inspired Entertainment, Inc.'s standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $304 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 42% by size; a net margin of -5.6% ranks in the bottom 45%; revenue growth of 2.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 24% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$304Mbottom 42% of its family
  • net margin-5.6%bottom 45% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth2.2%bottom 24% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
6.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 38% of 139 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 139 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Inspired Entertainment, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Pierce, Brooks H (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-02-16, 3.7 years (bottom 47% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8 years (top 15%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 46%; 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 charge6 in three years among 12 peopletop 46% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.0 yearstop 15% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.7 yearsbottom 47% 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?

3.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
1.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 15% of 216 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 15th percentile among 216 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Inspired Entertainment, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $43 million against debt of $345 million leaves -68.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 1% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 5.4% of revenue (bottom 35%); research spending of 6.4% of revenue (bottom 10%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-68.6%bottom 1% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue5.4%bottom 35% of its family
  • research spending against revenue6.4%bottom 10% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
4.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 43% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Inspired Entertainment, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.2% a year over the last three filed years against 11.1% over all 8, slowing (bottom 38% of its family); the newest year grew 2.4% (bottom 23%); research spending grew 2% a year (bottom 36%); capital spending grew 20.1% a year (top 27%) (its annual reports). Inspired Entertainment, Inc. reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Gaming at $112 million (37%), Leisure at $97 million (32%), Interactive at $59 million (19%), and 1 more; 2 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-8.9 points a yearbottom 38% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth2.4%bottom 23% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending2.0%bottom 36% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending20.1%top 27% 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
2.5/10

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

bottom 26% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 26th percentile among 194 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Inspired Entertainment, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $304 million in fiscal 2025 came in 0.2% above the $304 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 44% of its family); net income of $17 million against a prior three-year average of $31 million (bottom 10%); a net margin of -5.6% against 10.5% before (bottom 11%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.2%top 44% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-155%bottom 10% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-16.1 pointsbottom 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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