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.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2023; the latest 2023-06-01.
From the record
Sinclair, Inc.'s filings since 2023 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2023-06-01) (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?
-15.2% a year over 5 filed years; profitable in 2 of 5.
From the record
Sinclair, Inc.'s 5 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $6.1 billion in fiscal 2021 to $3.2 billion in fiscal 2025, down 15.2% a year; it rose in 1 of 4 years; the deepest fall was 49% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 2 of 5 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 shrank 0.7% a year. 68% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 32 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Sinclair, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 68% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 32 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
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 -30%: lost 30¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 94%: owes 94¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Sinclair, Inc. lost about 30 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 94 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 4.6% 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?
bottom 28% of 14 in its family; net margin -3.5%.
From the record
Sinclair, Inc.'s standing among 14 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.2 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 42% by size; a net margin of -3.5% ranks in the bottom 39%; revenue growth of -6.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 4% (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?
SI estimate 5.0/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Sinclair, Inc.'s leadership is put at 5.0 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 50% of 13 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2024-03-05 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 3.4 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 15% of 13 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Sinclair, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $866 million against debt of $4.4 billion leaves -58.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 4% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 3.6% of revenue (bottom 27%) (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 46% of 12 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Sinclair, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -6.9% a year over the last three filed years against -15.2% over all 5, speeding up (top 21% of its family); the newest year grew -10.7% (bottom 29%); capital spending grew -11% a year (top 46%) (its annual reports). Sinclair, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Local Media at $2.8 billion, Tennis at $265 million, All Other at $166 million. 2 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 87% of revenue (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?
bottom 29% of 11 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Sinclair, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.2 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 6% below the $3.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 41% of its family); net income of $112 million against a prior three-year average of $890 million (bottom 32%); a net margin of -3.5% against 22.3% before (bottom 14%) (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