All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2019-10-11.
From the record
Global Self Storage, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2019-10-11) (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?
+11% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.
From the record
Global Self Storage, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $5 million in fiscal 2016 to $13 million in fiscal 2025, up 11% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 9 of 10 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 grew 1.0% a year. 73% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 11 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Global Self Storage, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 73% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 11 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12, buying about $137 thousand (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 4%: 4¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 27%: owes 27¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Global Self Storage, Inc. earned about 4 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 27 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.7% 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 31% of 157 in its family; net margin 16%.
From the record
Global Self Storage, Inc.'s standing among 157 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $13 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 4% by size; a net margin of 16% ranks in the top 46%; revenue growth of 2.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 34% (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?
top 22% of 160 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2016.
From the record
Global Self Storage, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Winmill, Mark Campbell (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2016-05-25, 10.5 years (top 34% of its family); the 6 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 11.4 years (top 15%); 1 officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 6 people in charge now (top 18%; 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
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 27% of 146 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Global Self Storage, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $7 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 11.5% of its assets as net cash, top 4% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 35.2% of revenue (top 49%) (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?
bottom 32% of 153 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Global Self Storage, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.1% a year over the last three filed years against 11% over all 10, slowing (bottom 23% of its family); the newest year grew 1.4% (bottom 41%) (its annual reports). Global Self Storage, 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
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 42% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Global Self Storage, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $13 million in fiscal 2025 came in 1% below the $13 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 43% of its family); net income of $2 million against a prior three-year average of $2 million (bottom 36%); a net margin of 16% against 19.4% before (bottom 34%) (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