All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2019-10-31.
From the record
Lindsay Corporation's filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2019-10-31) (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?
+2.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.
From the record
Lindsay Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $518 million in fiscal 2017 to $636 million in fiscal 2026, up 2.3% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 21% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 10 of 10 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?
Share count shrank 1.9% a year. 53% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-08-31, Lindsay Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 1.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 53% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 11%: 11¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 38%: owes 38¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-08-31, Lindsay Corporation earned about 11 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 23 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 38 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 4.4% 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?
bottom 35% of 63 in its family; net margin 8.8%.
From the record
Lindsay Corporation's standing among 63 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $636 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 22% by size; a net margin of 8.8% ranks in the top 42%; revenue growth of -1.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 26% (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?
bottom 47% of 55 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.
From the record
Lindsay Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Wood, Randy A (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-01-06, 5.9 years (top 45% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.9 years (top 23%); 12 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (bottom 10%; 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
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 48% of 63 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Lindsay Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $190 million against debt of $115 million leaves 9.2% of its assets as net cash, top 15% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 5.5% of revenue (bottom 36%); a gross margin of 28.9% (bottom 28%); research spending of 2.7% of revenue (bottom 45%) (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?
bottom 36% of 64 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Lindsay Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -1.9% a year over the last three filed years against 2.3% over all 10, slowing (bottom 28% of its family); the newest year grew -6% (bottom 13%); research spending grew -2.3% a year (bottom 15%); capital spending grew 28.9% a year (top 12%) (its annual reports). Lindsay Corporation reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Irrigation at $568 million (84%), Infrastructure at $108 million (16%); 2 of 2 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?
bottom 29% of 62 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Lindsay Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $636 million in fiscal 2026 came in 6.1% below the $678 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 17% of its family); net income of $56 million against a prior three-year average of $71 million (bottom 34%); a net margin of 8.8% against 10.9% before (bottom 35%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
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