Company Analysis

SurgePays, Inc. (SURG)

Nasdaq: SURG · Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone) · Bartlett, TN · filing with the SEC since 2007
Grade1.9
◀ Past 2.5● Present 1.6▶ Future 1.7
1 est.

The grade of SurgePays, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
1.9/10
◀ Past2.525% of the headline
● Present1.635% of the headline
▶ Future1.740% 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?

2.5/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
0.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

16 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-09-29.

weight 22% of this tense · 2nd percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

SurgePays, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 16 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 3 times, the latest 2026-09-29); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 5 times, the latest 2026-09-16); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 8 times, the latest 2026-08-17) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+142.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 2 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SurgePays, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2 thousand in fiscal 2014 to $57 million in fiscal 2025, up 142.1% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 58% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 2 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span142.1%top 3% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 45% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 18% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak58.5%bottom 18% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
1.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 1.3/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 13th percentile among 20 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 13% of 20 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 20 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: SurgePays, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 1.3 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 13% of 20 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?

1.6/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
0.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 280%: owes 280¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 9th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, SurgePays, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned less than nothing, about minus 124 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 280 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 5.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 3% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 6% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 18% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
1.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 10% of 19 in its family; net margin -63.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 10th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SurgePays, Inc.'s standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $57 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 19% by size; a net margin of -63.3% ranks in the bottom 3%; revenue growth of -22.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 8% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$57.0Mbottom 19% of its family
  • net margin-63.3%bottom 3% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-22.3%bottom 8% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
4.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 40% of 11 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 22% of this tense · 40th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

SurgePays, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Cox, Kevin Brian (CEO & Chairman, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-10-09, 6.1 years (top 25% of its family); the 5 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.1 years (bottom 41%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 5 people in charge now (bottom 4%; 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 charge5 in three years among 5 peoplebottom 4% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.1 yearsbottom 41% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.1 yearstop 25% 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?

1.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
0.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 5% of 19 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 5th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

SurgePays, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $2 million against debt of $13 million leaves -135.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 3% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -37.4% of revenue (bottom 8%); a gross margin of -18.6% (bottom 6%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-135.4%bottom 3% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-37.4%bottom 8% of its family
  • gross margin-18.6%bottom 6% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
1.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 12% of 19 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 12th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

SurgePays, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -22.3% a year over the last three filed years against 142.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 3% of its family); the newest year grew -6.4% (bottom 8%); capital spending grew -22.5% a year (bottom 26%) (its annual reports). SurgePays, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Point of Sale and Prepaid Services at $44 million (76%), Mobile Virtual Network Operators at $13 million (24%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-164.5 points a yearbottom 3% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-6.4%bottom 8% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-22.5%bottom 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
3.0/10

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

bottom 30% of 17 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 30th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

SurgePays, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $57 million in fiscal 2025 came in 32.2% above the $43 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 15% of its family); net income of $36 million against a prior three-year average of $9 million (bottom 3%); a net margin of -63.3% against -20.2% before (bottom 3%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace32.2%top 15% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-320%bottom 3% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-43.1 pointsbottom 3% 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 SURG · research, not advice