Company Analysis

Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. (NRGV)

NYSE: NRGV · Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Supplies · Westlake Villiage, CA · filing with the SEC since 2020
Grade4.9
◀ Past 2.8● Present 5.3▶ Future 6.4
1 est.

The grade of Energy Vault Holdings, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.9/10
◀ Past2.830% of the headline
● Present5.340% of the headline
▶ Future6.430% of the headline

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.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

2.8/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
1.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

12 warning events since 2020; the latest 2026-05-18.

weight 33% of this tense · 17th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Energy Vault Holdings, Inc.'s filings since 2020 show 12 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-04-21); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, 3 times, the latest 2021-11-17); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2022-02-14); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 6 times, the latest 2026-05-18) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
2.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

5 filed years; profitable in 0 of 5.

weight 45% of this tense · 27th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Energy Vault Holdings, Inc.'s 5 filed years say what it did: it rose in 2 of 3 years; the deepest fall was 86% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 0 of 5 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 49% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 26% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak86.5%bottom 7% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
4.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 4.6/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 46th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 46% of 39 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 39 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Energy Vault Holdings, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 4.6 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 46% of 39 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

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

Financial health

as filed
4.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -154%: lost 154¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 78%: owes 78¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. lost about 154 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 15 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 78 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 7.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 45% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 22% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 43% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 45% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 41% of 39 in its family; net margin -50.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 59th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Energy Vault Holdings, Inc.'s standing among 39 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $204 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 28% by size; a net margin of -50.9% ranks in the top 42%; revenue growth of 11.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 47% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$204Mtop 28% of its family
  • net margin-50.9%top 42% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth11.8%bottom 47% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
5.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 41% of 24 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 59th percentile among 24 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Energy Vault Holdings, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Piconi, Robert (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since the record of its people begins (2022-02-11), so the years before are not on the record and this part is not read; the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.7 years (bottom 48%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (top 29%; 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 charge5 in three years among 11 peopletop 29% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.7 yearsbottom 48% 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?

6.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 44% of 39 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Energy Vault Holdings, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $103 million against debt of $38 million leaves 20.9% of its assets as net cash, top 18% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -22.9% of revenue (top 45%); a gross margin of 23.6% (bottom 44%); research spending of 7.2% of revenue (bottom 44%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets20.9%top 18% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-22.9%top 45% of its family
  • gross margin23.6%bottom 44% of its family
  • research spending against revenue7.2%bottom 44% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 34% of 35 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 66th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Energy Vault Holdings, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: the newest year grew 341.3% (top 7%); research spending grew -30% a year (bottom 8%); capital spending grew 160.7% a year (top 5%) (its annual reports). Energy Vault Holdings, 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

  • the newest year's revenue growth341.3%top 7% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-30.0%bottom 8% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending160.7%top 5% 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
7.7/10

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

top 23% of 35 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 77th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Energy Vault Holdings, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $204 million in fiscal 2025 came in 683.1% above the $26 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 7% of its family); net income of $104 million against a prior three-year average of $104 million (top 44%); a net margin of -50.9% against losses larger than its revenue before (top 19%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace683.1%top 7% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+1%top 44% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+74.6 pointstop 19% 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 NRGV · research, not advice