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?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2020-10-19.
From the record
J. W. Mays, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2020-10-19); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2020-01-14) (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?
+2.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 5 of 10.
From the record
J. W. Mays, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $19 million in fiscal 2016 to $22 million in fiscal 2025, up 2.1% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 8% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 5 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 steady. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-07-31, J. W. Mays, Inc.'s diluted share count held steady, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (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 0%: lost 0¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 40%: owes 40¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-07-31, J. W. Mays, Inc. lost about 0 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 40 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count was unchanged 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 27% of 15 in its family; net margin -0.6%.
From the record
J. W. Mays, Inc.'s standing among 15 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $22 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 12% by size; a net margin of -0.6% ranks in the bottom 37%; revenue growth of 1.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 32% (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?
SI estimate 3.8/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: J. W. Mays, Inc.'s leadership is put at 3.8 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 8 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 45% of 14 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
J. W. Mays, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $749 thousand against debt of $3 million leaves -2.8% of its assets as net cash, top 37% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 0.6% of revenue (bottom 46%) (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?
top 49% of 14 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
J. W. Mays, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 1.6% a year over the last three filed years against 2.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 46% of its family); the newest year grew 4.1% (bottom 46%); capital spending grew 11.3% a year (top 39%) (its annual reports). J. W. Mays, 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?
top 23% of 14 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
J. W. Mays, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $22 million in fiscal 2025 came in 3.6% above the $22 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 25% of its family); net income of $136 thousand against a prior three-year average of $401 thousand (top 11%); a net margin of -0.6% against -1.9% before (top 32%) (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