Company Analysis

The RealReal, Inc. (REAL)

Nasdaq: REAL · Retail-Miscellaneous Retail · San Francisco, CA · filing with the SEC since 2013
Grade4.7
◀ Past 3.6● Present 4.7▶ Future 5.7

The grade of The RealReal, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.7/10
◀ Past3.625% of the headline
● Present4.745% of the headline
▶ Future5.730% of the headline

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

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.6/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2020-06-22.

weight 45% of this tense · 27th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

The RealReal, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2020-06-22) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+22.4% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 0 of 9.

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The RealReal, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $138 million in fiscal 2017 to $693 million in fiscal 2025, up 22.4% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 9% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 0 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span22.4%top 14% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 36% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 18% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak9.0%top 32% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 6.7% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 84 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 30th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, The RealReal, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 6.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 84 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 46% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 14% 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?

4.7/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 202%: owes 202¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, The RealReal, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned about 126 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 202 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 8.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 21% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 15% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 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
4.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 49% of 12 in its family; net margin -6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 49th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The RealReal, Inc.'s standing among 12 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $693 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 45% by size; a net margin of -6% ranks in the bottom 46%; revenue growth of 4.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 46% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$693Mtop 45% of its family
  • net margin-6.0%bottom 46% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth4.7%bottom 46% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
2.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 28% of 6 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 28th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

The RealReal, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Sahi, Levesque Rati (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-10-31, 2 years (bottom 7% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.3 years (top 42%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (bottom 19%; 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 charge7 in three years among 15 peoplebottom 19% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.3 yearstop 42% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.0 yearsbottom 7% 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?

5.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 26% of 12 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 74th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

The RealReal, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $151 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 37% of its assets as net cash, top 12% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 2.7% of revenue (bottom 46%); a gross margin of 74.6% (top 14%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets37.0%top 12% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue2.7%bottom 46% of its family
  • gross margin74.6%top 14% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 39% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 39th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The RealReal, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 4.7% a year over the last three filed years against 22.4% over all 9, slowing (bottom 14% of its family); the newest year grew 15.4% (top 32%); capital spending grew -6.6% a year (bottom 35%) (its annual reports). The RealReal, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Service at $536 million (77%), Product at $91 million (13%), Shipping and Handling at $66 million (10%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-17.7 points a yearbottom 14% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth15.4%top 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-6.6%bottom 35% 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
7.2/10

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

top 28% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

The RealReal, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $693 million in fiscal 2025 came in 15.7% above the $599 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 25% of its family); net income of $42 million against a prior three-year average of $166 million (top 35%); a net margin of -6% against -28.5% before (top 25%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace15.7%top 25% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+75%top 35% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+22.5 pointstop 25% 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

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