Company Analysis

Regional Management Corp (RM)

NYSE: RM · Personal Credit Institutions · Greer, SC · filing with the SEC since 2011
Grade3.5
◀ Past 2.4● Present 3.7▶ Future 5.0

The grade of Regional Management Corp

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.5/10
◀ Past2.440% of the headline
● Present3.735% of the headline
▶ Future5.025% 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?

2.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-06-20.

weight 45% of this tense · 4th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Regional Management Corp's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a bankruptcy or receivership notice (8-K item 1.03, the latest 2024-06-20); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2021-11-02) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
7.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+11.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 74th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Regional Management Corp's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $241 million in fiscal 2016 to $646 million in fiscal 2025, up 11.6% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span11.6%top 41% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 14% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 36% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 14% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
1.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.1% a year. 3% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 102 sales, 7 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 18th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Regional Management Corp's diluted share count grew about 1.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 3% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 102 sales (18 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 7 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12, buying about $706 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 23% 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?

3.7/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 12%: 12¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 82%: owes 82¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Regional Management Corp earned about 12 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 82 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 41% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 23% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 32% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
3.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 32% of 11 in its family; net margin 6.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Regional Management Corp's standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $646 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 14% by size; a net margin of 6.9% ranks in the bottom 23%; revenue growth of 8.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 41% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$646Mbottom 14% of its family
  • net margin6.9%bottom 23% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth8.4%top 41% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 41% of 11 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 41st percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Regional Management Corp's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Lamba, Lakhbir S. (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-11-12, 1 years (bottom 32% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.8 years (top 41%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (bottom 32%; 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 17 peoplebottom 32% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.8 yearstop 41% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.0 yearsbottom 32% 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?

5.0/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 45% of 11 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Regional Management Corp's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $98 million against debt of $1.6 billion leaves -73.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 14% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 47.1% of revenue (top 23%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-73.4%bottom 14% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue47.1%top 23% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 47% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Regional Management Corp's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 8.4% a year over the last three filed years against 11.6% over all 10, slowing (top 50% of its family); the newest year grew 9.7% (top 41%); capital spending grew -6.7% a year (top 50%) (its annual reports). Regional Management Corp 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-3.2 points a yeartop 50% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth9.7%top 41% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-6.7%top 50% 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
5.0/10

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

top 50% of 11 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Regional Management Corp's newest year against its own record: revenue of $646 million in fiscal 2025 came in 1.8% above the $634 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 41% of its family); net income of $44 million against a prior three-year average of $36 million (top 50%); a net margin of 6.9% against 6.7% before (bottom 41%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace1.8%top 41% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+23%top 50% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.2 pointsbottom 41% 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 RM · research, not advice