Playboy, Inc. (PLBY)

Nasdaq: PLBY · Retail-Miscellaneous Retail · Los Angeles, CA · filing with the SEC since 2020

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Grade3.0

◀ Past 0.9● Present 3.0▶ Future 4.7

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The grade of Playboy, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

3.0/10

◀ Past0.925% of the headline

● Present3.045% of the headline

▶ Future4.730% 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?

0.9/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed

0.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

12 warning events since 2020; the latest 2026-03-31.

weight 45% of this tense · 4th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Playboy, Inc.'s filings since 2020 show 12 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 5 times, the latest 2025-12-19); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2024-03-12); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2026-03-31); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 3 times, the latest 2024-03-15) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed

1.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-3.9% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 0 of 6.

weight 33% of this tense · 13th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Playboy, Inc.'s 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $148 million in fiscal 2020 to $121 million in fiscal 2025, down 3.9% a year; it rose in 2 of 5 years; the deepest fall was 53% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 0 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span-3.9%bottom 14% of its family
the share of years revenue rosebottom 5% of its family
the share of filed years with a profitbottom 18% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak52.9%bottom 14% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate

1.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 1.3/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 13th percentile among 12 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 13% of 12 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 12 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: Playboy, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 1.3 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 13% of 12 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?

3.0/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed

3.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -69%: lost 69¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 94%: owes 94¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 36th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Playboy, Inc. lost about 69 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 29 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 94 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 31.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 38% of its family
return on equitybottom 31% of its family
gross profit against assetsbottom 35% of its family
the share count against the year beforebottom 41% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed

3.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 31% of 12 in its family; net margin -10.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 31st percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Playboy, Inc.'s standing among 12 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $121 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 35% by size; a net margin of -10.5% ranks in the bottom 38%; revenue growth of -13.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 21% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$121Mbottom 35% of its family
net margin-10.5%bottom 38% of its family
three-year revenue growth-13.3%bottom 21% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed

1.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 17% of 6 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 17th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Playboy, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Kohn, Bernhard L III (CEO & President, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-02-19, 5.7 years (bottom 36% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.6 years (bottom 8%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (bottom 6%; 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 charge9 in three years among 11 peoplebottom 6% of its family
the median years the people in charge have filed4.6 yearsbottom 8% of its family
the chief executive's years on the record5.7 yearsbottom 36% 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?

4.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

4.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 45% of 12 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 45th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Playboy, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $38 million against debt of $174 million leaves -46.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 19% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -0.8% of revenue (bottom 38%); a gross margin of 71% (top 23%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets-46.6%bottom 19% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-0.8%bottom 38% of its family
gross margin71.0%top 23% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed

1.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 17% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 17th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Playboy, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -13.3% a year over the last three filed years against -3.9% over all 6, slowing (bottom 23% of its family); the newest year grew 4.1% (bottom 23%); capital spending grew -48.3% a year (bottom 5%) (its annual reports). Playboy, Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: Consumer Products at $71 million (59%), Trademark Licensing at $46 million (38%), Digital Subscriptions and Products at $3 million (3%), 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-9.4 points a yearbottom 23% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth4.1%bottom 23% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending-48.3%bottom 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

8.8/10

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

top 12% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 88th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Playboy, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $121 million in fiscal 2025 came in 31.6% above the $92 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 5% of its family); net income of $13 million against a prior three-year average of $179 million (top 25%); a net margin of -10.5% against losses larger than its revenue before (top 5%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace31.6%top 5% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+93%top 25% of its family
net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 5% 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 PLBY · research, not advice