All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
5 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-05-04.
From the record
RCM Technologies, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 5 warning events of 2 kinds: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 4 times, the latest 2026-05-04); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2026-03-18) (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?
+6.9% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 8 of 9.
From the record
RCM Technologies, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $187 million in fiscal 2017 to $319 million in fiscal 2026, up 6.9% a year; it rose in 5 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 25% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 8 of 9 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 shrank 9.9% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 31 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-03, RCM Technologies, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 9.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 31 sales (23 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (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 36%: 36¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 66%: owes 66¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-03, RCM Technologies, Inc. earned about 36 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 65 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 66 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.8% 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?
top 36% of 18 in its family; net margin 5.1%.
From the record
RCM Technologies, Inc.'s standing among 18 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $319 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 25% by size; a net margin of 5.1% ranks in the top 8%; revenue growth of 3.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 25% (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?
bottom 37% of 16 in its family for leadership.
From the record
RCM Technologies, 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 6 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 10.6 years (top 30%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 6 people in charge now (bottom 3%; 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?
top 31% of 17 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
RCM Technologies, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $3 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 2.2% of its assets as net cash, top 32% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 5.4% of revenue (top 25%); a gross margin of 27.5% (top 37%) (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?
top 25% of 18 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
RCM Technologies, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 3.9% a year over the last three filed years against 6.9% over all 9, slowing (top 47% of its family); the newest year grew 14.5% (top 14%); capital spending grew 21.4% a year (top 15%) (its annual reports). RCM Technologies, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Specialty Health Care at $164 million (51%), Engineering at $120 million (38%), Life Sciences Data Solutions at $35 million (11%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).
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?
top 17% of 17 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
RCM Technologies, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $319 million in fiscal 2026 came in 16% above the $275 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 26% of its family); net income of $16 million against a prior three-year average of $17 million (top 9%); a net margin of 5.1% against 6.2% before (top 15%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
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