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.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-12-15.
From the record
CarParts.com, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 3 times, the latest 2025-12-15) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
-9.9% a year over 3 filed years; profitable in 0 of 3.
From the record
CarParts.com, Inc.'s 3 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $676 million in fiscal 2023 to $548 million in fiscal 2026, down 9.9% a year; it rose in 0 of 2 years; the deepest fall was 19% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2026; net income was positive in 0 of 3 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 4.2% a year. 16% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 16 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-03, CarParts.com, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 4.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 16% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 16 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-20, buying about $2 million (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE -94%: lost 94¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 71%: owes 71¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-03, CarParts.com, Inc. lost about 94 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 97 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 71 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 7.3% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 8% of 6 in its family; net margin -9.2%.
From the record
CarParts.com, Inc.'s standing among 6 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $548 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 8% by size; a net margin of -9.2% ranks in the bottom 8%; revenue growth of -9.9% a year over the last 2 filed years ranks in the bottom 8% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 47% of 6 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.
From the record
CarParts.com, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Meniane, David (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-04-20, 4.6 years (top 25% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.8 years (bottom 42%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (bottom 42%; 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
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 47% of 6 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
CarParts.com, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $26 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 14% of its assets as net cash, top 8% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -7.7% of revenue (bottom 8%); a gross margin of 32.8% (bottom 42%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 42% of 6 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
CarParts.com, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -9.9% a year over the last three filed years against -9.9% over all 3, speeding up (top 8% of its family); the newest year grew -6.9% (bottom 8%); capital spending grew -14.1% a year (bottom 25%) (its annual reports). CarParts.com, 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
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
SI estimate 5.7/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: CarParts.com, Inc.'s expectations vs reality is put at 5.7 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 5 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