Company Analysis

SoundThinking, Inc. (SSTI)

Nasdaq: SSTI · Services-Prepackaged Software · Fremont, CA · filing with the SEC since 2006
Grade4.4
◀ Past 5.6● Present 5.3▶ Future 2.9

The grade of SoundThinking, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.4/10
◀ Past5.625% of the headline
● Present5.335% of the headline
▶ Future2.940% 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?

5.6/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2024-08-15.

weight 22% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 230 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

SoundThinking, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2024-08-15) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
6.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+20.3% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 3 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SoundThinking, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $24 million in fiscal 2017 to $104 million in fiscal 2025, up 20.3% a year; it rose in 8 of 8 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 3 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span20.3%top 48% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 27% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 42% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 27% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.1% a year. 34% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 3 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, SoundThinking, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 34% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 3 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 33% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 43% 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?

5.3/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -13%: lost 13¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 47%: owes 47¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 217 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, SoundThinking, Inc. lost about 13 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 42 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 47 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 49% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 37% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 34% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 29% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
3.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 37% of 218 in its family; net margin -9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 37th percentile among 218 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SoundThinking, Inc.'s standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $104 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 29% by size; a net margin of -9% ranks in the bottom 40%; revenue growth of 8.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 40% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$104Mbottom 29% of its family
  • net margin-9.0%bottom 40% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth8.7%bottom 40% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
7.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 30% of 139 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 70th percentile among 139 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

SoundThinking, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Clark, Ralph A. (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2017-06-06, 9.4 years (top 17% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.4 years (top 46%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (top 28%; 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 charge4 in three years among 11 peopletop 28% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.4 yearstop 46% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record9.4 yearstop 17% 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?

2.9/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 35% of 216 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 216 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

SoundThinking, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $16 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 11.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 46% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 4.7% of revenue (bottom 33%); a gross margin of 54.4% (bottom 29%); research spending of 15.2% of revenue (bottom 31%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets11.6%bottom 46% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue4.7%bottom 33% of its family
  • gross margin54.4%bottom 29% of its family
  • research spending against revenue15.2%bottom 31% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 38% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SoundThinking, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 8.7% a year over the last three filed years against 20.3% over all 9, slowing (bottom 33% of its family); the newest year grew 2.1% (bottom 22%); research spending grew 16.5% a year (top 24%); capital spending grew -25.9% a year (bottom 20%) (its annual reports). SoundThinking, 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

  • three-year growth against the whole span-11.6 points a yearbottom 33% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth2.1%bottom 22% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending16.5%top 24% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-25.9%bottom 20% 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
1.3/10

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

bottom 13% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 13th percentile among 194 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

SoundThinking, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $104 million in fiscal 2025 came in 9.1% below the $115 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 18% of its family); net income of $9 million against a prior three-year average of $2 million (bottom 5%); a net margin of -9% against -1.3% before (bottom 15%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-9.1%bottom 18% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-413%bottom 5% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-7.7 pointsbottom 15% 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 SSTI · research, not advice