Company Analysis

Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (RKDA)

Nasdaq: RKDA · Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas · Dallas, TX · filing with the SEC since 2009
Grade3.3
◀ Past 1.5● Present 3.8▶ Future 5.5
1 est.

The grade of Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.3/10
◀ Past1.540% of the headline
● Present3.835% of the headline
▶ Future5.525% 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?

1.5/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
1.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

7 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-09-04.

weight 45% of this tense · 19th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 7 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 6 times, the latest 2026-09-04); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2026-04-03) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
1.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.4% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 0 of 9.

weight 33% of this tense · 13th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $4 million in fiscal 2017 to $5 million in fiscal 2025, up 2.4% a year; it rose in 3 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 71% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2019; net income was positive in 0 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2.4%bottom 24% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 16% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 3% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak71.0%bottom 9% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
1.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 1.1/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 11th percentile among 78 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 11% of 78 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 78 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: Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 1.1 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 11% of 78 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?

3.8/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -56%: lost 56¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 37%: owes 37¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 51st percentile among 76 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. lost about 56 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 27 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 37 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 23% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 10% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 45% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 40% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
1.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 14% of 76 in its family; net margin -48.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 14th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.'s standing among 76 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $5 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 8% by size; a net margin of -48.1% ranks in the bottom 11%; revenue growth of -13.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 23% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$4.9Mbottom 8% of its family
  • net margin-48.1%bottom 11% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-13.2%bottom 23% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 46% of 51 in its family for leadership.

weight 22% of this tense · 46th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Arcadia Biosciences, 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 4 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 9.3 years (top 8%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 4 people in charge now (bottom 1%; 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 charge9 in three years among 4 peoplebottom 1% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed9.3 yearstop 8% 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?

5.5/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 28% of 74 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 28th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $259 thousand against no long-term debt tagged leaves 4% of its assets as net cash, top 19% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -97.6% of revenue (bottom 6%); a gross margin of 36.2% (bottom 21%); research spending of 0.2% of revenue (bottom 6%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets4.0%top 19% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-97.6%bottom 6% of its family
  • gross margin36.2%bottom 21% of its family
  • research spending against revenue0.2%bottom 6% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 35% of 72 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 35th percentile among 72 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -13.2% a year over the last three filed years against 2.4% over all 9, slowing (top 47% of its family); the newest year grew -3.7% (bottom 46%); research spending grew -81.9% a year (bottom 5%) (its annual reports). Arcadia Biosciences, 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

  • three-year growth against the whole span-15.5 points a yeartop 47% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-3.7%bottom 46% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-81.9%bottom 5% 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
8.3/10

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

top 17% of 69 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 69 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $5 million in fiscal 2025 came in 16.7% above the $4 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 38% of its family); net income of $2 million against a prior three-year average of $12 million (top 11%); a net margin of -48.1% against losses larger than its revenue before (top 2%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace16.7%top 38% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+81%top 11% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 2% 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 RKDA · research, not advice