SIFCO Industries, Inc. (SIF)

NYSE: SIF · Aircraft Engines & Engine Parts · Cleveland, OH · filing with the SEC since 1995

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Grade2.3

◀ Past 1.3● Present 2.1▶ Future 3.7

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The grade of SIFCO Industries, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

2.3/10

◀ Past1.330% of the headline

● Present2.140% of the headline

▶ Future3.730% 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?

1.3/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed

0.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

13 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-03-24.

weight 33% of this tense · 6th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

SIFCO Industries, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 13 warning events of 4 kinds: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, 2 times, the latest 2023-04-12); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2023-08-28); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2025-03-24); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 6 times, the latest 2023-08-14) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed

0.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-3.8% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 1 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 7th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SIFCO Industries, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $111 million in fiscal 2018 to $85 million in fiscal 2025, down 3.8% a year; it rose in 4 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 42% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 1 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span-3.8%bottom 7% of its family
the share of years revenue rosebottom 7% of its family
the share of filed years with a profitbottom 7% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak41.8%bottom 7% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate

3.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 3.6/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 36th percentile among 7 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 36% of 7 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 7 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: SIFCO Industries, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 3.6 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 36% of 7 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?

2.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed

3.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -2%: lost 2¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 50%: owes 50¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 29th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, SIFCO Industries, Inc. lost about 2 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 14 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 50 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 50% of its family
return on equitybottom 7% of its family
gross profit against assetsbottom 25% of its family
the share count against the year beforebottom 36% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed

0.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 7% of 7 in its family; net margin -0.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 7th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SIFCO Industries, Inc.'s standing among 7 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $85 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 7% by size; a net margin of -0.9% ranks in the bottom 7%; revenue growth of 0.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 7% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$84.8Mbottom 7% of its family
net margin-0.9%bottom 7% of its family
three-year revenue growth0.4%bottom 7% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed

2.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 22% of 5 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 22nd percentile among 5 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

SIFCO Industries, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Scherff, George (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-12-18, 11 months (bottom 10% of its family); the 6 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 9.2 years (top 50%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 6 people in charge now (bottom 7%; 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 6 peoplebottom 7% of its family
the median years the people in charge have filed9.2 yearstop 50% of its family
the chief executive's years on the record11 monthsbottom 10% 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?

3.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

2.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 26% of 7 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 26th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

SIFCO Industries, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $491 thousand against debt of $51 thousand leaves 0.6% of its assets as net cash, top 21% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -0.4% of revenue (bottom 7%); a gross margin of 12.5% (bottom 8%); research spending of 0% of revenue (bottom 8%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets0.6%top 21% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-0.4%bottom 7% of its family
gross margin12.5%bottom 8% of its family
research spending against revenue0.0%bottom 8% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed

2.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 21% of 7 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 21st percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SIFCO Industries, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 0.4% a year over the last three filed years against -3.8% over all 8, speeding up (top 50% of its family); the newest year grew 6.5% (bottom 7%); capital spending grew -46.7% a year (bottom 7%) (its annual reports). SIFCO Industries, Inc. reported 5 product lines in fiscal 2025: Fixed Wing Aircraft Revenue at $51 million (61%), Rotocraft Revenue at $17 million (20%), Commercial Products and Other Revenue at $9 million (10%), and 2 more; 3 of 5 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span+4.2 points a yeartop 50% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth6.5%bottom 7% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending-46.7%bottom 7% 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

8.3/10

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

top 17% of 7 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

SIFCO Industries, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $85 million in fiscal 2025 came in 9.3% above the $78 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 7% of its family); net income of $729 thousand against a prior three-year average of $8 million (top 36%); a net margin of -0.9% against -10.5% before (top 7%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace9.3%top 7% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+91%top 36% of its family
net margin against its prior average+9.6 pointstop 7% 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

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