Company Analysis

Inuvo, Inc. (INUV)

NYSE: INUV · Services-Advertising · Little Rock, AR · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade5.0
◀ Past 5.3● Present 4.5▶ Future 5.1
1 est.

The grade of Inuvo, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.0/10
◀ Past5.330% of the headline
● Present4.540% of the headline
▶ Future5.130% 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?

5.3/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
6.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2021-12-23.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Inuvo, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2021-12-23) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
3.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+1% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 1 of 6.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Inuvo, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $80 million in fiscal 2017 to $86 million in fiscal 2025, up 1% a year; it rose in 4 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 44% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 1 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span1.0%bottom 46% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 36% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 32% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak43.9%bottom 39% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
6.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 6.3/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 37% of 15 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.
What the record cannot read
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.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 15 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: Inuvo, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 6.3 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 top 37% of 15 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.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -51%: lost 51¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 60%: owes 60¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 15 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Inuvo, Inc. lost about 51 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 258 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 60 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 3.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 50% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 38% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 4% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 30% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 42% of 15 in its family; net margin -5.9%.

weight 45% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Inuvo, Inc.'s standing among 15 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $86 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 39% by size; a net margin of -5.9% ranks in the bottom 43%; revenue growth of 4.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 43% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$86.2Mbottom 39% of its family
  • net margin-5.9%bottom 43% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth4.5%bottom 43% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
2.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 26% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 26th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Inuvo, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Buchner, Robert C. (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-02-03, 9 months (bottom 19% of its family); the 10 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4 years (bottom 8%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (top 50%; 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 charge5 in three years among 10 peopletop 50% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.0 yearsbottom 8% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10 monthsbottom 19% 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?

5.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 49% of 15 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 15 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Inuvo, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $3 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 11.4% of its assets as net cash, top 37% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -3.9% of revenue (bottom 37%); a gross margin of 74.5% (top 46%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets11.4%top 37% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-3.9%bottom 37% of its family
  • gross margin74.5%top 46% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 41% of 14 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Inuvo, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 4.5% a year over the last three filed years against 1% over all 9, speeding up (top 25% of its family); the newest year grew 2.9% (top 39%); capital spending grew -1.8% a year (bottom 41%) (its annual reports). Inuvo, Inc. 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

  • three-year growth against the whole span+3.5 points a yeartop 25% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth2.9%top 39% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-1.8%bottom 41% 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
3.5/10

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

bottom 35% of 12 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Inuvo, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $86 million in fiscal 2025 came in 2.3% below the $88 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 46% of its family); net income of $5 million against a prior three-year average of $1 million (bottom 21%); a net margin of -5.9% against -1.2% before (bottom 38%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-2.3%bottom 46% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-402%bottom 21% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-4.7 pointsbottom 38% 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 INUV · research, not advice