Company Analysis

RPM International, Inc. (RPM)

NYSE: RPM · Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels & Allied Prods · Medina, OH · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade6.0
◀ Past 6.4● Present 6.6▶ Future 4.9

The grade of RPM International, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.0/10
◀ Past6.430% of the headline
● Present6.640% of the headline
▶ Future4.930% 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?

6.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
6.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

RPM International, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
6.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 65th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

RPM International, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $5.0 billion in fiscal 2017 to $7.9 billion in fiscal 2026, up 5.3% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 1% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.3%top 50% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 30% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 30% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak1.0%top 30% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.3% a year. 34% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 2 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 59th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-05-31, RPM International, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 34% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 2 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 32% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 50% 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?

6.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 20%: 20¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 60%: owes 60¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-05-31, RPM International, Inc. earned about 20 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 39 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 60 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 50% of its family
  • return on equitytop 30% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 17% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 46% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 40% of 15 in its family; net margin 8.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 60th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

RPM International, Inc.'s standing among 15 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $7.9 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 32% by size; a net margin of 8.4% ranks in the top 50%; revenue growth of 2.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 37% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$7.86Btop 32% of its family
  • net margin8.4%top 50% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth2.7%top 37% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
7.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 24% of 12 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006.

weight 22% of this tense · 76th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

RPM International, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Sullivan, Frank C (Chairman and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2006-04-19, 20.6 years (top 4% of its family); the 22 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.1 years (top 12%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 22 people in charge now (bottom 46%; 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 22 peoplebottom 46% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.1 yearstop 12% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record20.6 yearstop 4% 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
3.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 39% of 15 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 39th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

RPM International, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $315 million against debt of $2.1 billion leaves -21.7% of its assets as net cash, top 50% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 8.6% of revenue (bottom 43%); a gross margin of 41.4% (top 50%); research spending of 1.2% of revenue (bottom 12%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-21.7%top 50% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue8.6%bottom 43% of its family
  • gross margin41.4%top 50% of its family
  • research spending against revenue1.2%bottom 12% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 46% of 15 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

RPM International, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 2.7% a year over the last three filed years against 5.3% over all 10, slowing (bottom 43% of its family); the newest year grew 6.7% (top 30%); research spending grew 4.2% a year (top 32%); capital spending grew -4.2% a year (bottom 37%) (its annual reports). RPM International, Inc. reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Construction Products Group at $2.8 billion, Consumer at $2.4 billion, Performance Coatings Group at $1.5 billion, and 1 more. 2 of 4 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 38% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-2.5 points a yearbottom 43% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth6.7%top 30% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending4.2%top 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-4.2%bottom 37% 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
6.1/10

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

top 39% of 14 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 61st percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

RPM International, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $7.9 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 5.8% above the $7.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 25% of its family); net income of $661 million against a prior three-year average of $585 million (top 46%); a net margin of 8.4% against 8% before (top 46%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace5.8%top 25% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+13%top 46% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.4 pointstop 46% 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 RPM · research, not advice