Company Analysis

SANUWAVE Health, Inc. (SNWV)

Nasdaq: SNWV · Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus · Eden Prairie, MN · filing with the SEC since 2007
Grade4.6
◀ Past 2.6● Present 5.1▶ Future 6.0

The grade of SANUWAVE Health, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.6/10
◀ Past2.630% of the headline
● Present5.140% of the headline
▶ Future6.030% 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?

2.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

23 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-09-25.

weight 33% of this tense · 1st percentile among 121 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

SANUWAVE Health, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 23 warning events of 5 kinds: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, 2 times, the latest 2019-01-25); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 3 times, the latest 2026-09-25); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, 3 times, the latest 2026-03-13); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 5 times, the latest 2025-05-21); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 10 times, the latest 2022-05-16) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+47% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 1 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 105 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SANUWAVE Health, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1 million in fiscal 2016 to $44 million in fiscal 2025, up 47% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 46% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2017; net income was positive in 1 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span47.0%top 17% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 46% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 50% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak46.3%bottom 19% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
1.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 83.7% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 10 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 16th percentile among 40 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, SANUWAVE Health, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 83.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 10 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-02 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 19% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 13% 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?

5.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 730%: 730¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 96%: owes 96¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 120 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, SANUWAVE Health, Inc. earned about 730 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 91 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 96 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 103.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 8% of its family
  • return on equitytop 1% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 4% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 21% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
7.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 28% of 109 in its family; net margin 26.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 109 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SANUWAVE Health, Inc.'s standing among 109 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $44 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 40% by size; a net margin of 26.8% ranks in the top 5%; revenue growth of 38% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 20% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$44.1Mbottom 40% of its family
  • net margin26.8%top 5% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth38.0%top 20% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
1.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 12% of 91 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 12th percentile among 91 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

SANUWAVE Health, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Frank, Morgan C. (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-01-06, 10 months (bottom 18% of its family); the 8 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 2.5 years (bottom 10%); 12 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 8 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 charge12 in three years among 8 peoplebottom 7% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed2.5 yearsbottom 10% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record11 monthsbottom 18% 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?

6.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 44% of 104 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 44th percentile among 104 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

SANUWAVE Health, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $12 million against debt of $22 million leaves -26.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 10% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 4.4% of revenue (top 31%); a gross margin of 77.1% (top 16%); research spending of 3.1% of revenue (bottom 13%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-26.6%bottom 10% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue4.4%top 31% of its family
  • gross margin77.1%top 16% of its family
  • research spending against revenue3.1%bottom 13% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
7.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 28% of 105 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 105 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SANUWAVE Health, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 38% a year over the last three filed years against 47% over all 10, slowing (bottom 30% of its family); the newest year grew 35% (top 19%); research spending grew 33.6% a year (top 12%); capital spending grew 38.4% a year (top 12%) (its annual reports). SANUWAVE Health, Inc. reported 5 product lines in fiscal 2025: Consumables Parts and Accessories Revenue at $26 million (59%), System Revenue at $18 million (41%), Other Revenue at $206 thousand (1%), 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-8.9 points a yearbottom 30% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth35.0%top 19% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending33.6%top 12% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending38.4%top 12% 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
7.6/10

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

top 24% of 88 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 76th percentile among 88 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

SANUWAVE Health, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $44 million in fiscal 2025 came in 3.3% below the $46 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 49% of its family); net income of $12 million against a prior three-year average of $23 million (top 8%); a net margin of 26.8% against -96.5% before (top 13%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-3.3%bottom 49% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+151%top 8% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 13% 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 SNWV · research, not advice