Company Analysis

Nike, Inc. (NKE)

NYSE: NKE · Rubber & Plastics Footwear · Beaverton, OR · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.3
◀ Past 6.1● Present 5.3▶ Future 4.4

The grade of Nike, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.3/10
◀ Past6.130% of the headline
● Present5.340% of the headline
▶ Future4.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 70th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Nike, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+3.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Nike, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $34 billion in fiscal 2017 to $46 billion in fiscal 2026, up 3.4% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 10% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span3.4%bottom 35% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 50% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 20% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak9.8%bottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.9% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 11 sales, 9 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-05-31, Nike, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 11 sales (10 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 9 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-16, buying about $9 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 39% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 21%: 21¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 61%: owes 61¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-05-31, Nike, Inc. earned about 21 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 52 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 61 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 45% of its family
  • return on equitytop 35% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 35% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 45% of 10 in its family; net margin 6.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Nike, Inc.'s standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $46 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 6% by size; a net margin of 6.7% ranks in the top 45%; revenue growth of -3.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 15% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$46.40Btop 6% of its family
  • net margin6.7%top 45% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-3.2%bottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 40% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 40th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Nike, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Hill, Elliott (PRESIDENT & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-10-16, 2.1 years (bottom 31% of its family); the 23 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.1 years (bottom 44%); 12 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 23 people in charge now (bottom 44%; 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

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge12 in three years among 23 peoplebottom 44% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.1 yearsbottom 44% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.1 yearsbottom 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 48% of 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Nike, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $7.6 billion against debt of $5.9 billion leaves 4.2% of its assets as net cash, top 35% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 4.7% of revenue (bottom 35%); a gross margin of 42.9% (top 45%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets4.2%top 35% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue4.7%bottom 35% of its family
  • gross margin42.9%top 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
2.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 25% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 25th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Nike, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -3.2% a year over the last three filed years against 3.4% over all 10, slowing (bottom 35% of its family); the newest year grew 0.2% (bottom 25%); capital spending grew -11% a year (bottom 15%) (its annual reports). Nike, Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2026: Footwear at $31 billion (66%), Apparel at $13 billion (29%), Sporting Equipment at $2.2 billion (5%), and 1 more; 2 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-6.6 points a yearbottom 35% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth0.2%bottom 25% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-11.0%bottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 43% of 9 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 57th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Nike, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $46 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 5.4% above the $44 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 39% of its family); net income of $3.1 billion against a prior three-year average of $4.7 billion (top 50%); a net margin of 6.7% against 9.3% before (top 39%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace5.4%top 39% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-33%top 50% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-2.6 pointstop 39% of its family

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

SI Assistanton NKE · research, not advice