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?
3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-10-26.
From the record
Nathan's Famous, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2026-10-26); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-02-20) (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?
+6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.
From the record
Nathan's Famous, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $96 million in fiscal 2017 to $162 million in fiscal 2026, up 6% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 27% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2021; 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 grew 0.3% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-03-29, Nathan's Famous, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.3% a year, 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 2026-10-26 (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?
Leverage 127%: owes 127¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-03-29, Nathan's Famous, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned about 104 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 127 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.7% 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 48% of 43 in its family; net margin 12.4%.
From the record
Nathan's Famous, Inc.'s standing among 43 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $162 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 13% by size; a net margin of 12.4% ranks in the top 10%; revenue growth of 7.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 48% (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?
top 5% of 30 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2007.
From the record
Nathan's Famous, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Gatoff, Eric (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2007-09-18, 19.2 years (top 8% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 20.4 years (top 2%); 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (top 5%; 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 40% of 41 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Nathan's Famous, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $24 million against debt of $46 million leaves -39.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 18% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 11% of revenue (top 20%); a gross margin of 34.3% (bottom 23%) (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 45% of 42 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Nathan's Famous, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 7.4% a year over the last three filed years against 6% over all 10, speeding up (top 25% of its family); the newest year grew 9.4% (top 25%); capital spending grew -16% a year (bottom 15%) (its annual reports). Nathan's Famous, Inc. reported 6 product lines in fiscal 2026: Branded Products at $106 million (65%), License at $37 million (23%), Company Operated Restaurants at $13 million (8%), and 3 more; 3 of 6 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 42% of 39 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Nathan's Famous, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $162 million in fiscal 2026 came in 2.8% above the $158 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 14% of its family); net income of $20 million against a prior three-year average of $21 million (top 50%); a net margin of 12.4% against 15.1% before (bottom 37%) (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