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.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2021; the latest 2024-04-02.
From the record
Alpha Teknova, Inc.'s filings since 2021 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2024-04-02) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+5.3% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 1 of 6.
From the record
Alpha Teknova, Inc.'s 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $31 million in fiscal 2020 to $41 million in fiscal 2025, up 5.3% a year; it rose in 4 of 5 years; the deepest fall was 11% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 1 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
SI estimate 4.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Alpha Teknova, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 4.2 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 42% of 18 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.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE -25%: lost 25¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 34%: owes 34¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Alpha Teknova, Inc. lost about 25 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 13 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 34 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 14.4% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 47% of 17 in its family; net margin -42.6%.
From the record
Alpha Teknova, Inc.'s standing among 17 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $41 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 44% by size; a net margin of -42.6% ranks in the top 38%; revenue growth of -0.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 41% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 34% of 15 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.
From the record
Alpha Teknova, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Gunstream, Stephen (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-06-24, 5.4 years (top 37% of its family); the 6 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.4 years (top 32%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 6 people in charge now (top 33%; 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
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 31% of 16 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Alpha Teknova, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $6 million against debt of $13 million leaves -7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 36% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -24.2% of revenue (top 47%); a gross margin of 33.2% (bottom 21%); research spending of 5.4% of revenue (bottom 16%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 24% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Alpha Teknova, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -0.7% a year over the last three filed years against 5.3% over all 6, slowing (bottom 23% of its family); the newest year grew 7.4% (top 32%); research spending grew -34.3% a year (bottom 3%); capital spending grew -65.6% a year (bottom 3%) (its annual reports). Alpha Teknova, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Lab Essentials at $31 million (77%), Clinical Solutions at $8 million (19%), Other Product at $2 million (5%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 22% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Alpha Teknova, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $41 million in fiscal 2025 came in 12.5% above the $36 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 23% of its family); net income of $17 million against a prior three-year average of $37 million (top 16%); a net margin of -42.6% against -95.2% before (top 28%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
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