Company Analysis

Rekor Systems, Inc. (REKR)

Nasdaq: REKR · Communications Equipment, NEC · Columbia, MD · filing with the SEC since 2017
Grade3.9
◀ Past 2.6● Present 4.0▶ Future 4.9
1 est.

The grade of Rekor Systems, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.9/10
◀ Past2.630% of the headline
● Present4.040% of the headline
▶ Future4.930% 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?

2.6/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
1.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

11 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-10-27.

weight 33% of this tense · 13th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Rekor Systems, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 11 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 5 times, the latest 2026-10-27); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2018-01-25); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2025-04-22); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2019-03-29) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
3.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+13.4% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 0 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 39th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Rekor Systems, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $20 million in fiscal 2018 to $48 million in fiscal 2025, up 13.4% a year; it rose in 5 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 54% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 0 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span13.4%top 29% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 46% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 17% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak54.0%bottom 21% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
2.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 2.1/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 21st 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 21% 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: Rekor Systems, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 2.1 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 21% 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?

4.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -73%: lost 73¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 50%: owes 50¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 30th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Rekor Systems, Inc. lost about 73 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 50 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 38.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 38% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 32% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 21% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 43% of 12 in its family; net margin -64.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Rekor Systems, Inc.'s standing among 12 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $48 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 46% by size; a net margin of -64.9% ranks in the bottom 38%; revenue growth of 34.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 12% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$48.5Mbottom 46% of its family
  • net margin-64.9%bottom 38% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth34.5%top 12% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
3.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 34% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 34th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Rekor Systems, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Berman, Robert Alan (CEO and Executive Chairman, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-04-28, 7 months (bottom 19% of its family); the 5 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.5 years (top 21%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 5 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 charge8 in three years among 5 peoplebottom 6% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.5 yearstop 21% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6 monthsbottom 19% 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?

4.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 43% of 12 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Rekor Systems, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $17 million against debt of $15 million leaves 1.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 29% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -47.3% of revenue (bottom 29%); research spending of 30.1% of revenue (top 29%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets1.8%bottom 29% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-47.3%bottom 29% of its family
  • research spending against revenue30.1%top 29% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 50% of 12 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Rekor Systems, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 34.5% a year over the last three filed years against 13.4% over all 8, speeding up (top 4% of its family); the newest year grew 5.3% (top 46%); research spending grew -7.8% a year (bottom 13%); capital spending grew -5.4% a year (bottom 38%) (its annual reports). Rekor Systems, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Urban Mobility at $29 million (61%), Public Safety at $17 million (36%), Traffic Management at $2 million (4%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+21.0 points a yeartop 4% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth5.3%top 46% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-7.8%bottom 13% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-5.4%bottom 38% 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
6.0/10

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

top 40% of 12 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 60th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Rekor Systems, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $48 million in fiscal 2025 came in 30.7% below the $70 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 21% of its family); net income of $31 million against a prior three-year average of $63 million (top 37%); a net margin of -64.9% against losses larger than its revenue before (top 4%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-30.7%bottom 21% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+50%top 37% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 4% 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 REKR · research, not advice