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 2023-06-26.
From the record
Mesabi Trust's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2023-06-26) (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?
+29.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.
From the record
Mesabi Trust's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $10 million in fiscal 2016 to $99 million in fiscal 2025, up 29.3% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 89% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; 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 steady. 57% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-01-31, Mesabi Trust's diluted share count held steady, and dividends and buybacks returned about 57% 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 400%: 400¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 77%: owes 77¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-01-31, Mesabi Trust earned about 400 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 92 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 77 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 42% of 6 in its family; net margin 94.6%.
From the record
Mesabi Trust's standing among 6 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $99 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 10% by size; a net margin of 94.6% ranks in the top 8%; revenue growth of 11.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 25% (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 5.0/10, confidence 15 of 100 (universe median).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Mesabi Trust's leadership is put at 5.0 of 10 with a confidence of 15 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, and its family carries too few readings to lean on, so the desk assumes the typical reading over all 3816 companies 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 18% of 6 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Mesabi Trust's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $100 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 98.5% of its assets as net cash, top 8% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 95.3% of revenue (top 8%); a gross margin of 94.6% (top 37%) (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 50% of 6 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Mesabi Trust's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 11.3% a year over the last three filed years against 29.3% over all 10, slowing (bottom 8% of its family); the newest year grew 330% (top 8%) (its annual reports). Mesabi Trust 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 31% of 6 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Mesabi Trust's newest year against its own record: revenue of $99 million in fiscal 2025 came in 662.8% above the $13 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 8% of its family); net income of $93 million against a prior three-year average of $31 million (top 42%); a net margin of 94.6% against 82.6% before (top 42%) (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