Company Analysis

Polar Power, Inc. (POLA)

Nasdaq: POLA · Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Supplies · Gardena, CA · filing with the SEC since 2014
Grade2.5
◀ Past 2.7● Present 1.8▶ Future 3.2
1 est.

The grade of Polar Power, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
2.5/10
◀ Past2.730% of the headline
● Present1.840% of the headline
▶ Future3.230% 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?

2.7/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
4.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

11 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-10-23.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Polar Power, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 11 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 7 times, the latest 2026-10-23); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 4 times, the latest 2026-08-14) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
1.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-20.4% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 0 of 7.

weight 45% of this tense · 11th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Polar Power, Inc.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $25 million in fiscal 2019 to $6 million in fiscal 2025, down 20.4% a year; it rose in 1 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 75% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 0 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-20.4%bottom 5% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 1% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 26% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak74.6%bottom 13% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
4.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 4.1/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 41st 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 41% 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: Polar Power, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 4.1 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 41% 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?

1.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
2.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -6342%: lost 6342¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 99%: owes 99¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 26th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Polar Power, Inc. lost about 6342 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned less than nothing, about minus 30 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 99 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 18% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 1% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 4% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 20% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
1.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 16% of 39 in its family; net margin -144.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 16th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Polar Power, Inc.'s standing among 39 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $6 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 13% by size; a net margin of -144.9% ranks in the bottom 29%; revenue growth of -26.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 4% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$6.3Mbottom 13% of its family
  • net margin-144.9%bottom 29% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-26.8%bottom 4% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
0.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 4% of 24 in its family for leadership.

weight 22% of this tense · 4th percentile among 24 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Polar Power, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: no one files under a chief executive's title, so that part is not read; the 3 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 2 months (bottom 2%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 3 people in charge now (bottom 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

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 3 peoplebottom 5% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed2 monthsbottom 2% 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?

3.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 42% of 39 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 39 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Polar Power, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $200 thousand against no long-term debt tagged leaves 1.9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 45% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -16.8% of revenue (top 42%); a gross margin of -50.1% (bottom 7%); research spending of 10.2% of revenue (top 41%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets1.9%bottom 45% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-16.8%top 42% of its family
  • gross margin-50.1%bottom 7% of its family
  • research spending against revenue10.2%top 41% 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 35 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 25th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Polar Power, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -26.8% a year over the last three filed years against -20.4% over all 7, slowing (top 45% of its family); the newest year grew -54.9% (bottom 4%); research spending grew -23.8% a year (bottom 12%); capital spending grew -35.6% a year (bottom 29%) (its annual reports). Polar Power, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: DC Power Systems at $4 million (71%), Accessories at $2 million (26%), Engineering and Tech Support Services at $152 thousand (2%); 1 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-6.4 points a yeartop 45% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-54.9%bottom 4% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-23.8%bottom 12% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-35.6%bottom 29% 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
2.2/10

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

bottom 22% of 35 in its family for expectations against reality.

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

From the record

Polar Power, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $6 million in fiscal 2025 came in 51.6% below the $13 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 10% of its family); net income of $9 million against a prior three-year average of $6 million (bottom 41%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against -37% before (bottom 16%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-51.6%bottom 10% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-63%bottom 41% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averagedown more than 100 pointsbottom 16% 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 POLA · research, not advice