Professional Diversity Network, Inc. (IPDN)

Nasdaq: IPDN · Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. · Chicago, IL · filing with the SEC since 2012

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Grade2.6

◀ Past 0.7● Present 3.0▶ Future 3.4

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The grade of Professional Diversity Network, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

2.6/10

◀ Past0.725% of the headline

● Present3.035% of the headline

▶ Future3.440% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

0.7/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed

1.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

33 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-06-09.

weight 22% of this tense · 10th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Professional Diversity Network, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 33 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 24 times, the latest 2026-06-09); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2025-08-04); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 6 times, the latest 2021-03-31) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed

0.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-10.6% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 0 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 8th percentile among 70 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Professional Diversity Network, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $16 million in fiscal 2017 to $7 million in fiscal 2025, down 10.6% a year; it rose in 2 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 72% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 0 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span-10.6%bottom 8% of its family
the share of years revenue rosebottom 3% of its family
the share of filed years with a profitbottom 14% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak72.3%bottom 9% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate

0.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 0.4/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 4th percentile among 72 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 bottom 4% of 72 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 72 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: Professional Diversity Network, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 0.4 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 4% of 72 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?

3.0/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

3.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -55%: lost 55¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 34%: owes 34¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 30th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Professional Diversity Network, Inc. lost about 55 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 16 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 34 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 146.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 33% of its family
return on equitybottom 19% of its family
gross profit against assetsbottom 30% of its family
the share count against the year beforebottom 5% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed

1.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 16% of 73 in its family; net margin -98.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 16th percentile among 73 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Professional Diversity Network, Inc.'s standing among 73 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $7 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 16% by size; a net margin of -98.5% ranks in the bottom 13%; revenue growth of -7.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 21% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$6.5Mbottom 16% of its family
net margin-98.5%bottom 13% of its family
three-year revenue growth-7.7%bottom 21% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate

5.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.0/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: No officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 42 members with one.
What the record cannot read: No officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read.
How it was reasoned: family median, 42 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Professional Diversity Network, Inc.'s leadership is put at 5.0 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 42 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

2.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 29% of 71 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 29th percentile among 71 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Professional Diversity Network, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $217 thousand against no long-term debt tagged leaves 1.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 39% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -31.9% of revenue (bottom 16%); a gross margin of 43.1% (bottom 31%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets1.2%bottom 39% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-31.9%bottom 16% of its family
gross margin43.1%bottom 31% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed

4.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 40% of 70 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 40th percentile among 70 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Professional Diversity Network, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -7.7% a year over the last three filed years against -10.6% over all 9, speeding up (top 11% of its family); the newest year grew -2.7% (bottom 19%); capital spending grew -36.5% a year (bottom 10%) (its annual reports). Professional Diversity Network, Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: Recruitment Services at $3 million (53%), Contracted Software Development at $3 million (42%), Membership Fees and Related Services at $342 thousand (5%), and 1 more; 1 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span+3.0 points a yeartop 11% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth-2.7%bottom 19% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending-36.5%bottom 10% 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

3.0/10

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

bottom 30% of 65 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 30th percentile among 65 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Professional Diversity Network, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $7 million in fiscal 2025 came in 8.1% above the $6 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 28% of its family); net income of $6 million against a prior three-year average of $3 million (bottom 13%); a net margin of -98.5% against -41.5% before (bottom 5%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace8.1%top 28% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average-105%bottom 13% of its family
net margin against its prior average-57.0 pointsbottom 5% 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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