Company Analysis

Local Bounti Corporation (LOCL)

NYSE: LOCL · Agricultural Production-Crops · Hamilton, MT · filing with the SEC since 2021
Grade3.6
◀ Past 3.0● Present 2.8▶ Future 5.6
1 est.

The grade of Local Bounti Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.6/10
◀ Past3.040% of the headline
● Present2.835% of the headline
▶ Future5.625% 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?

3.0/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
1.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

7 warning events since 2021; the latest 2026-02-11.

weight 45% of this tense · 12th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Local Bounti Corporation's filings since 2021 show 7 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 5 times, the latest 2026-02-11); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2021-12-07); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2021-05-18) (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?

+258.3% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 0 of 6.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Local Bounti Corporation's 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $82 thousand in fiscal 2020 to $48 million in fiscal 2025, up 258.3% a year; it rose in 5 of 5 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 0 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span258.3%top 12% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 12% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 8% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 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
1.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 1.1/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 12th percentile among 13 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 12% of 13 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 13 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: Local Bounti Corporation's shareholder treatment is put at 1.1 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 12% of 13 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?

2.8/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
1.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 140%: owes 140¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 14th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Local Bounti Corporation's shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned about 1 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 140 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 99.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 12% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 19% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 13% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 45% of 13 in its family; net margin -195.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Local Bounti Corporation's standing among 13 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $48 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 35% by size; a net margin of -195.1% ranks in the bottom 12%; revenue growth of 35.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 12% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$48.4Mbottom 35% of its family
  • net margin-195.1%bottom 12% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth35.4%top 12% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
3.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 32% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Local Bounti Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Valiasek, Kathleen (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-04-03, 1.6 years (bottom 36% of its family); most of the 10 officers and directors filing now have filed since the record of its people begins (2021-11-19), a floor of 4.8 years the record cannot see past, so that part is not read; 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (bottom 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 charge8 in three years among 10 peoplebottom 28% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.6 yearsbottom 36% 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?

5.6/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 38% of 13 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 38th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Local Bounti Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $11 million against debt of $483 million leaves -115.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 4% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -86.7% of revenue (bottom 12%); a gross margin of 12.1% (top 50%); research spending of 52.9% of revenue (top 12%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-115.1%bottom 4% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-86.7%bottom 12% of its family
  • gross margin12.1%top 50% of its family
  • research spending against revenue52.9%top 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
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

Local Bounti Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 35.4% a year over the last three filed years against 258.3% over all 6, slowing (bottom 4% of its family); the newest year grew 26.8% (top 12%); research spending grew 22.1% a year (top 12%); capital spending grew -40.9% a year (bottom 5%) (its annual reports). Local Bounti Corporation tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-222.9 points a yearbottom 4% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth26.8%top 12% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending22.1%top 12% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-40.9%bottom 5% 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
7.1/10

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

top 29% of 11 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 71st percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Local Bounti Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $48 million in fiscal 2025 came in 9.4% below the $53 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 32% of its family); net income of $94 million against a prior three-year average of $118 million (top 14%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (top 5%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-9.4%bottom 32% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+20%top 14% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 5% 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 LOCL · research, not advice