Company Analysis

The Simply Good Foods Company (SMPL)

Nasdaq: SMPL · Food and Kindred Products · Denver, CO · filing with the SEC since 2017
Grade5.6
◀ Past 5.4● Present 6.4▶ Future 4.6

The grade of The Simply Good Foods Company

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.6/10
◀ Past5.430% of the headline
● Present6.440% of the headline
▶ Future4.630% 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?

5.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2021-05-14.

weight 33% of this tense · 31st percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

The Simply Good Foods Company's filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2021-05-14); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2019-02-28) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+15.2% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 7 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Simply Good Foods Company's 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $438 million in fiscal 2018 to $1.4 billion in fiscal 2026, up 15.2% a year; it rose in 7 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 7% from fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2026; net income was positive in 7 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span15.2%top 38% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 36% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 36% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak6.5%bottom 47% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.9% a year. 46% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 3 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 80th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-08-29, The Simply Good Foods Company's diluted share count shrank about 2.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 46% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 3 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10, buying about $1 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 8% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 32% 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?

6.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -11%: lost 11¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 29%: owes 29¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 76th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-08-29, The Simply Good Foods Company lost about 11 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 22 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 29 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 9.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 8% of its family
  • return on equitytop 50% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 34% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 3% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 49% of 19 in its family; net margin -11.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 49th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Simply Good Foods Company's standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 38% by size; a net margin of -11.5% ranks in the bottom 45%; revenue growth of 3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 42% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.36Btop 38% of its family
  • net margin-11.5%bottom 45% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth3.0%bottom 42% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
5.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 41% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

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

From the record

The Simply Good Foods Company's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Scalzo, Joseph (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-01-21, 10 months (bottom 32% of its family); the 19 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.3 years (top 12%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 19 people in charge now (top 43%; 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 19 peopletop 43% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.3 yearstop 12% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10 monthsbottom 32% 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?

4.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 41% of 18 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

The Simply Good Foods Company's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $138 million against debt of $347 million leaves -10.3% of its assets as net cash, top 45% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 11.6% of revenue (top 3%); a gross margin of 32.6% (top 26%); research spending of 0.4% of revenue (bottom 11%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-10.3%top 45% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue11.6%top 3% of its family
  • gross margin32.6%top 26% of its family
  • research spending against revenue0.4%bottom 11% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
4.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 47% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Simply Good Foods Company's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 3% a year over the last three filed years against 15.2% over all 9, slowing (bottom 21% of its family); the newest year grew -6.5% (bottom 15%); research spending grew 11.1% a year (top 19%); capital spending grew 27.6% a year (top 26%) (its annual reports). The Simply Good Foods Company 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

  • three-year growth against the whole span-12.2 points a yearbottom 21% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-6.5%bottom 15% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending11.1%top 19% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending27.6%top 26% 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
1.7/10

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

bottom 17% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 17th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

The Simply Good Foods Company's newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.4 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 13.4% below the $1.6 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 22% of its family); net income of $156 million against a prior three-year average of $125 million (bottom 15%); a net margin of -11.5% against 9.5% before (bottom 16%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-13.4%bottom 22% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-224%bottom 15% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-20.9 pointsbottom 16% 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 SMPL · research, not advice