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 2021-08-03.
From the record
Macy's Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, the latest 2021-08-03) (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?
-1.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.
From the record
Macy's Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $26 billion in fiscal 2017 to $22 billion in fiscal 2026, down 1.9% a year; it rose in 2 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 33% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 9 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 0.5% a year. 21% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 24 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-31, Macy's Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 21% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 24 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-02 (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 13%: 13¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 70%: owes 70¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-31, Macy's Inc. earned about 13 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 51 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 70 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.8% 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 46% of 4 in its family; net margin 2.9%.
From the record
Macy's Inc.'s standing among 4 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $22 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 12% by size; a net margin of 2.9% ranks in the bottom 38%; revenue growth of -3.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 38% (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 38% of 4 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.
From the record
Macy's Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Spring, Antony (Chairman & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-07-11, 2.3 years (bottom 38% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.2 years (bottom 38%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (bottom 38%; 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 29% of 4 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Macy's Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $1.2 billion against debt of $2.4 billion leaves -7.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 38% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 4.9% of revenue (bottom 38%); a gross margin of 38% (bottom 13%) (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 38% of 4 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Macy's Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -3.8% a year over the last three filed years against -1.9% over all 10, slowing (top 37% of its family); the newest year grew -2.4% (bottom 38%); capital spending grew -25% a year (bottom 13%) (its annual reports). Macy's Inc. 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
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 46% of 4 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Macy's Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $22 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 2.2% above the $21 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 37% of its family); net income of $642 million against a prior three-year average of $591 million (bottom 38%); a net margin of 2.9% against 2.5% before (bottom 38%) (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