Kustom Entertainment, Inc. (KUST)

Nasdaq: KUST · Radio & Tv Broadcasting & Communications Equipment · Overland Park, KS · filing with the SEC since 2005

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Grade2.4

◀ Past 1.2● Present 2.8▶ Future 2.9

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The grade of Kustom Entertainment, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

2.4/10

◀ Past1.230% of the headline

● Present2.840% of the headline

▶ Future2.930% 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?

1.2/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed

0.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

32 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-03-31.

weight 33% of this tense · 2nd percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Kustom Entertainment, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 32 warning events of 4 kinds: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, 2 times, the latest 2024-11-04); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 13 times, the latest 2025-04-25); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-05-09); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 15 times, the latest 2026-03-31) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed

2.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-0.7% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 1 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 24th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Kustom Entertainment, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $15 million in fiscal 2017 to $14 million in fiscal 2025, down 0.7% a year; it rose in 4 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 63% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 1 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span-0.7%bottom 24% of its family
the share of years revenue rosebottom 26% of its family
the share of filed years with a profitbottom 36% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak63.5%bottom 12% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate

0.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 0.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 2nd percentile among 21 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 2% of 21 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 21 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: Kustom Entertainment, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 0.2 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 2% of 21 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?

2.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed

0.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -282%: lost 282¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 88%: owes 88¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 9th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Kustom Entertainment, Inc. lost about 282 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 7 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 88 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 65185.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 12% of its family
return on equitybottom 3% of its family
gross profit against assetsbottom 18% of its family
the share count against the year beforebottom 2% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed

1.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 19% of 21 in its family; net margin -48.5%.

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

From the record

Kustom Entertainment, Inc.'s standing among 21 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $14 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 18% by size; a net margin of -48.5% ranks in the bottom 31%; revenue growth of -28.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 8% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$13.8Mbottom 18% of its family
net margin-48.5%bottom 31% of its family
three-year revenue growth-28.1%bottom 8% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed

8.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 18% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2007.

weight 22% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Kustom Entertainment, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Ross, Stanton E (Chairman, CEO & President, as filed), filing under that title since 2007-10-11, 19.1 years (top 4% of its family); the 6 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 11.9 years (top 4%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 6 people in charge now (top 47%; 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 charge4 in three years among 6 peopletop 47% of its family
the median years the people in charge have filed11.9 yearstop 4% of its family
the chief executive's years on the record19.1 yearstop 4% 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?

2.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

1.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 18% of 21 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 18th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Kustom Entertainment, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $757 thousand against debt of $845 thousand leaves -0.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 26% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -63% of revenue (bottom 26%); a gross margin of 9.8% (bottom 8%); research spending of 4% of revenue (bottom 12%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets-0.5%bottom 26% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-63.0%bottom 26% of its family
gross margin9.8%bottom 8% of its family
research spending against revenue4.0%bottom 12% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed

1.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 13% of 21 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 13th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Kustom Entertainment, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -28.1% a year over the last three filed years against -0.7% over all 9, slowing (bottom 8% of its family); the newest year grew 1.7% (bottom 36%); research spending grew -37.8% a year (bottom 7%); capital spending grew -55.2% a year (bottom 3%) (its annual reports). Kustom Entertainment, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Service Other at $9 million (69%), Product at $4 million (32%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-27.4 points a yearbottom 8% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth1.7%bottom 36% of its family
three-year growth of research spending-37.8%bottom 7% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending-55.2%bottom 3% 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

7.5/10

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

top 25% of 19 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 75th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Kustom Entertainment, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $14 million in fiscal 2025 came in 68.3% above the $8 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 18% of its family); net income of $7 million against a prior three-year average of $19 million (top 27%); a net margin of -48.5% against -98.9% before (top 29%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace68.3%top 18% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+66%top 27% of its family
net margin against its prior average+50.4 pointstop 29% 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 KUST · research, not advice