Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. (RMCF)

Nasdaq: RMCF · Sugar & Confectionery Products · Durango, CO · filing with the SEC since 2014

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Grade2.3

◀ Past 0.8● Present 1.8▶ Future 4.4

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The grade of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

2.3/10

◀ Past0.830% of the headline

● Present1.840% of the headline

▶ Future4.430% 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?

0.8/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed

0.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

17 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-10-14.

weight 33% of this tense · 8th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 17 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 8 times, the latest 2025-09-19); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 4 times, the latest 2026-06-12); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 5 times, the latest 2026-10-14) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed

0.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-3.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 4 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 8th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $38 million in fiscal 2017 to $27 million in fiscal 2026, down 3.6% a year; it rose in 3 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 43% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 4 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span-3.6%bottom 6% of its family
the share of years revenue rosebottom 5% of its family
the share of filed years with a profitbottom 11% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak43.2%bottom 11% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate

0.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 0.9/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 9th percentile among 42 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 9% of 42 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 42 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: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 0.9 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 9% of 42 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?

1.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed

3.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -87%: lost 87¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 74%: owes 74¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 30th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-02-28, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. lost about 87 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 34 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 74 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 14.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 20% of its family
return on equitybottom 4% of its family
gross profit against assetstop 18% of its family
the share count against the year beforebottom 12% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed

1.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 12% of 42 in its family; net margin -16.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 12th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.'s standing among 42 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $27 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 9% by size; a net margin of -16.6% ranks in the bottom 11%; revenue growth of -3.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 15% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$27.5Mbottom 9% of its family
net margin-16.6%bottom 11% of its family
three-year revenue growth-3.3%bottom 15% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed

0.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 4% of 26 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 4th percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Harper, Allen C (Interim CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-07-13, 4 months (bottom 9% of its family); the 8 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 1.9 years (bottom 2%); 23 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 8 people in charge now (bottom 2%; 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 charge23 in three years among 8 peoplebottom 2% of its family
the median years the people in charge have filed1.9 yearsbottom 2% of its family
the chief executive's years on the record4 monthsbottom 9% 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?

4.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

4.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 44% of 42 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 44th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $1 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 6% of its assets as net cash, top 25% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -8.7% of revenue (bottom 8%); a gross margin of 24.9% (bottom 49%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets6.0%top 25% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-8.7%bottom 8% of its family
gross margin24.9%bottom 49% 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 42 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 39th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -3.3% a year over the last three filed years against -3.6% over all 10, speeding up (top 11% of its family); the newest year grew -7% (bottom 11%); capital spending grew -17.1% a year (bottom 18%) (its annual reports). Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2026: Manufacturing at $19 million (71%), Franchising at $6 million (22%), Retail at $2 million (7%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span+0.3 points a yeartop 11% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth-7.0%bottom 11% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending-17.1%bottom 18% 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

5.1/10

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

top 49% of 39 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $27 million in fiscal 2026 came in 5.7% below the $29 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 22% of its family); net income of $5 million against a prior three-year average of $5 million (top 40%); a net margin of -16.6% against -18.1% before (top 29%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace-5.7%bottom 22% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+14%top 40% of its family
net margin against its prior average+1.5 pointstop 29% 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 RMCF · research, not advice