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?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-01-30.
From the record
RGC Resources Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2024-01-30) (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?
+5.5% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 8 of 9.
From the record
RGC Resources Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $62 million in fiscal 2017 to $95 million in fiscal 2025, up 5.5% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 13% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024; 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 grew 4.2% a year. 35% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 58 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-09-30, RGC Resources Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 4.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 35% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 58 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-04, buying about $198 thousand (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 12%: 12¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 66%: owes 66¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, RGC Resources Inc. earned about 12 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 66 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.5% 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 49% of 16 in its family; net margin 13.9%.
From the record
RGC Resources Inc.'s standing among 16 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $95 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 22% by size; a net margin of 13.9% ranks in the top 22%; revenue growth of 4.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 47% (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 22% of 15 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.
From the record
RGC Resources Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Nester, Paul W (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-02-11, 6.8 years (top 37% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.8 years (top 25%); 1 officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (top 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 48% of 15 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
RGC Resources Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $2 million against debt of $146 million leaves -43.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 14% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 8.6% of revenue (top 10%) (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 45% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
RGC Resources Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 4.2% a year over the last three filed years against 5.5% over all 9, slowing (top 41% of its family); the newest year grew 12.6% (top 28%); capital spending grew -6.6% a year (bottom 32%) (its annual reports). RGC Resources Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Gas Utility at $95 million (100%), Nonutility at $102 thousand (0%); 1 of 2 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 12% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
RGC Resources Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $95 million in fiscal 2025 came in 12.3% above the $85 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 28% of its family); net income of $13 million against a prior three-year average of $3 million (top 6%); a net margin of 13.9% against -4.1% before (top 3%) (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