Company Analysis

IP Strategy Holdings, Inc. (IPST)

Nasdaq: IPST · Beverages · Gig Harbor, WA · filing with the SEC since 2019
Grade4.2
◀ Past 3.8● Present 3.2▶ Future 6.0
3 est.

The grade of IP Strategy Holdings, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.2/10
◀ Past3.830% of the headline
● Present3.240% of the headline
▶ Future6.030% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 6 read as filed from the record and 3 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.8/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
1.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

12 warning events since 2019; the latest 2026-09-01.

weight 33% of this tense · 19th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

IP Strategy Holdings, Inc.'s filings since 2019 show 12 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 5 times, the latest 2026-09-01); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2025-05-05); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 6 times, the latest 2026-08-17) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
6.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+12.7% a year over 3 filed years; profitable in 1 of 3.

weight 45% of this tense · 68th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

IP Strategy Holdings, Inc.'s 3 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $8 million in fiscal 2023 to $10 million in fiscal 2025, up 12.7% a year; it rose in 2 of 2 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 1 of 3 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span12.7%top 36% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 14% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 36% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 14% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
0.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 0.3/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 3rd percentile among 18 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 3% of 18 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 18 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: IP Strategy Holdings, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 0.3 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 bottom 3% of 18 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?

3.2/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
3.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -140%: lost 140¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 10%: owes 10¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 31st percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, IP Strategy Holdings, Inc. lost about 140 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 5 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 10 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 2335.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 8% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 9% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 13% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 9% 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 19 in its family; net margin -1360.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

IP Strategy Holdings, Inc.'s standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $10 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 25% by size; a net margin of -1360.9% ranks in the bottom 13%; revenue growth of 12.7% a year over the last 2 filed years ranks in the top 13% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$10.1Mbottom 25% of its family
  • net margin-1360.9%bottom 13% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth12.7%top 13% of its family

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

Leadership

SI estimate
1.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 1.9/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 19th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the bottom 19% of 18 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2024-11-18 (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 2 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read
The record of its people begins on 2024-11-18 (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 2 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 18 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: IP Strategy Holdings, Inc.'s leadership is put at 1.9 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the bottom 19% of 18 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2024-11-18 (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 2 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.0/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Room to expand

as filed
5.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 50% of 19 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

IP Strategy Holdings, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $245 thousand against debt of $3 million leaves -2.1% of its assets as net cash, top 39% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -152.2% of revenue (bottom 13%); a gross margin of 54.9% (top 24%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-2.1%top 39% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-152.2%bottom 13% of its family
  • gross margin54.9%top 24% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
8.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 19% of 18 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 81st percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

IP Strategy Holdings, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 12.7% a year over the last three filed years against 12.7% over all 3, speeding up (top 19% of its family); the newest year grew 20.4% (top 15%); capital spending grew 67.9% a year (top 22%) (its annual reports). IP Strategy Holdings, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Heritage Distilling at $5 million (51%), IP Strategy at $5 million (49%); 0 of 1 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.0 points a yeartop 19% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth20.4%top 15% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending67.9%top 22% of its family

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

Expectations vs reality

SI estimate
5.0/10

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

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

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 15 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
How it was reasoned
family median, 15 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: IP Strategy Holdings, Inc.'s expectations vs reality is put at 5.0 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 15 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

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 IPST · research, not advice