Company Analysis

PhenixFIN Corporation (PFX)

Nasdaq: PFX · filing with the SEC since 2010
Grade5.2
◀ Past 4.1● Present 5.6▶ Future 6.0
6 est.

The grade of PhenixFIN Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.2/10
◀ Past4.130% of the headline
● Present5.640% of the headline
▶ Future6.030% of the headline

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

Of the nine metrics, 3 read as filed from the record and 6 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.1/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
0.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-03-03.

weight 33% of this tense · 9th percentile among 111 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PhenixFIN Corporation's filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2020-04-16); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2023-03-03) (its current reports).

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

Track record

SI estimate
5.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

SI estimate 5.1/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Fewer than three filed years of revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 9 members with one.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than three filed years of revenue on file.
How it was reasoned
family median, 9 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: PhenixFIN Corporation's track record is put at 5.1 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because fewer than three filed years of revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 9 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 4.6% a year. 20% of cash flow returned.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 46 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-09-30, PhenixFIN Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 4.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 20% of its net income over 3 years (its filed statements). No open-market trades by its officers or directors are on the Form 4 record.

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 1% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 24% 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?

5.6/1040% of the headline grade · 1 of 3 filed, 2 estimated

Financial health

as filed
6.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 3%: 3¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 49%: owes 49¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 49 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, PhenixFIN Corporation earned about 3 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 49 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 21% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 36% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 10% of its family

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

Industry position

SI estimate
5.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

SI estimate 5.2/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
No filed revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 12 members with one.
What the record cannot read
No filed revenue on file.
How it was reasoned
family median, 12 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: PhenixFIN Corporation's industry position is put at 5.2 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because no filed revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 12 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Leadership

SI estimate
4.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 4.7/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 48 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
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 48 members with one.
What the record cannot read
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.
How it was reasoned
family median, 48 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: PhenixFIN Corporation's leadership is put at 4.7 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 48 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.0/1030% of the headline grade · 0 of 3 filed, 3 estimated

Room to expand

SI estimate
8.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

SI estimate 8.1/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 81st percentile among 51 sector filers · read for itself

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the top 19% of 51 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash less debt against assets, the one part on file, ranked among 51 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: PhenixFIN Corporation's room to expand is put at 8.1 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the top 19% of 51 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Growth drivers

SI estimate
5.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

SI estimate 5.2/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 8 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending.
How it was reasoned
family median, 8 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: PhenixFIN Corporation's growth drivers is put at 5.2 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending, 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.

Expectations vs reality

SI estimate
4.6/10

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

SI estimate 4.6/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 7 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
How it was reasoned
family median, 7 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: PhenixFIN Corporation's expectations vs reality is put at 4.6 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 7 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

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

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