Company Analysis

Johnson Outdoors Inc. (JOUT)

Nasdaq: JOUT · Sporting & Athletic Goods, NEC · Racine, WI · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.2
◀ Past 4.5● Present 5.8▶ Future 5.1

The grade of Johnson Outdoors Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.2/10
◀ Past4.530% of the headline
● Present5.840% of the headline
▶ Future5.130% 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?

4.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2021-11-30.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Johnson Outdoors Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2021-11-30) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
3.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-5.8% a year over 5 filed years; profitable in 3 of 5.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Johnson Outdoors Inc.'s 5 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $752 million in fiscal 2021 to $592 million in fiscal 2025, down 5.8% a year; it rose in 0 of 4 years; the deepest fall was 21% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 3 of 5 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-5.8%bottom 13% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 4% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 37% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak21.2%top 46% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.4% a year. 29% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 8 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 49th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-10-03, Johnson Outdoors Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 29% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 8 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 46% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 44% 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?

5.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -8%: lost 8¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 31%: owes 31¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-10-03, Johnson Outdoors Inc. lost about 8 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 34 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 31 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 29% of its family
  • return on equitytop 41% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 46% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 46% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 46% of 12 in its family; net margin -5.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Johnson Outdoors Inc.'s standing among 12 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $592 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 37% by size; a net margin of -5.8% ranks in the bottom 46%; revenue growth of -7.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 29% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$592Mtop 37% of its family
  • net margin-5.8%bottom 46% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-7.3%bottom 29% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
8.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 17% of 9 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006.

weight 22% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Johnson Outdoors Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Johnson, Leipold Helen P (Chairman of the Board & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2006-03-17, 20.7 years (top 6% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 12.2 years (top 17%); 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (top 28%; 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 charge2 in three years among 11 peopletop 28% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed12.2 yearstop 17% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record20.7 yearstop 6% 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
6.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 39% of 12 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 61st percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Johnson Outdoors Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $176 million against debt of $0 thousand leaves 29.2% of its assets as net cash, top 21% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 6.8% of revenue (top 37%); a gross margin of 35.1% (bottom 29%); research spending of 5.4% of revenue (top 25%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets29.2%top 21% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue6.8%top 37% of its family
  • gross margin35.1%bottom 29% of its family
  • research spending against revenue5.4%top 25% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
4.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 46% of 12 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Johnson Outdoors Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -7.3% a year over the last three filed years against -5.8% over all 5, slowing (bottom 46% of its family); the newest year grew -0.1% (top 46%); research spending grew 5.1% a year (top 45%); capital spending grew -20.4% a year (bottom 29%) (its annual reports). Johnson Outdoors Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Fishing at $458 million (77%), Diving at $75 million (13%), Camping Watercraft Recreation at $58 million (10%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.5 points a yearbottom 46% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-0.1%top 46% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending5.1%top 45% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-20.4%bottom 29% 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 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Johnson Outdoors Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $592 million in fiscal 2025 came in 11.9% above the $529 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 15% of its family); net income of $34 million against a prior three-year average of $12 million (bottom 5%); a net margin of -5.8% against 1.5% before (bottom 15%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace11.9%top 15% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-374%bottom 5% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-7.3 pointsbottom 15% 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 JOUT · research, not advice