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.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2025-03-14.
From the record
Laird Superfood, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2025-03-14) (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?
+25% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 0 of 7.
From the record
Laird Superfood, Inc.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $13 million in fiscal 2019 to $50 million in fiscal 2025, up 25% a year; it rose in 4 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 7% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 0 of 7 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 4.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Laird Superfood, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 4.2 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 42% of 19 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 -28%: lost 28¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 40%: owes 40¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Laird Superfood, Inc. lost about 28 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 98 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 40 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 6.1% 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 49% of 19 in its family; net margin -6.5%.
From the record
Laird Superfood, Inc.'s standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $50 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 32% by size; a net margin of -6.5% ranks in the top 50%; revenue growth of 11.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 31% (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 42% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.
From the record
Laird Superfood, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Vieth, Jason D. (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-02-02, 4.8 years (top 41% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.5 years (bottom 35%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (bottom 33%; 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?
top 37% of 18 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Laird Superfood, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $5 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 27.7% of its assets as net cash, top 13% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -5.7% of revenue (bottom 36%); a gross margin of 37.9% (top 9%); research spending of 0.7% of revenue (bottom 39%) (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 34% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Laird Superfood, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 11.7% a year over the last three filed years against 25% over all 7, slowing (bottom 15% of its family); the newest year grew 15.2% (top 21%); research spending grew -8.3% a year (bottom 27%); capital spending grew -59.5% a year (bottom 15%) (its annual reports). Laird Superfood, Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: Coffee Creamer at $29 million (58%), Coffee Tea and Hot Chocolate Products at $15 million (30%), Harvest Snacks and Other Food Items at $6 million (11%), and 1 more; 3 of 4 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?
top 13% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Laird Superfood, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $50 million in fiscal 2025 came in 4.8% above the $48 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 3% of its family); net income of $3 million against a prior three-year average of $17 million (top 21%); a net margin of -6.5% against -48.8% before (top 16%) (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