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.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2024; the latest 2025-04-30.
From the record
FST Corp.'s filings since 2024 show 1 warning event: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2025-04-30) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+29.2% a year over 3 filed years; profitable in 0 of 3.
From the record
FST Corp.'s 3 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $29 million in fiscal 2023 to $48 million in fiscal 2025, up 29.2% a year; it rose in 2 of 2 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 0 of 3 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
SI estimate 6.3/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: FST Corp.'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 12 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.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE -10%: lost 10¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 74%: owes 74¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, FST Corp. lost about 10 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 74 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 17.8% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 40% of 12 in its family; net margin -3.1%.
From the record
FST Corp.'s standing among 12 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $48 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 29% by size; a net margin of -3.1% ranks in the top 37%; revenue growth of 29.2% a year over the last 2 filed years ranks in the top 12% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
SI estimate 5.2/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: FST Corp.'s leadership is put at 5.2 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 9 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 33% of 12 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
FST Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $7 million against debt of $29 million leaves -36.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 13% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -3.3% of revenue (bottom 38%); a gross margin of 43% (bottom 46%); research spending of 3.1% of revenue (bottom 35%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 46% of 12 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
FST Corp.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 29.2% a year over the last three filed years against 29.2% over all 3, speeding up (top 21% of its family); the newest year grew 31.4% (top 12%); research spending grew -1.2% a year (bottom 45%); capital spending grew -77.2% a year (bottom 4%) (its annual reports). FST Corp. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Sales of Golf Shafts at $47 million (97%), Sales of Sports Accessories Food and Beverage at $1 million (2%), Software Service at $283 thousand (1%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
SI estimate 4.7/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: FST Corp.'s expectations vs reality is put at 4.7 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 10 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