Company Analysis

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (TLF)

Nasdaq: TLF · Leather & Leather Products · Ft Worth, TX · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade4.8
◀ Past 3.5● Present 5.0▶ Future 6.0

The grade of Tandy Leather Factory, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.8/10
◀ Past3.530% of the headline
● Present5.040% 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?

3.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

10 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-03-29.

weight 33% of this tense · 5th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 10 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 7 times, the latest 2020-08-12); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2019-10-21); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2024-03-29); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2019-08-15) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-1% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 7 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 40th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $82 million in fiscal 2017 to $76 million in fiscal 2025, down 1% a year; it rose in 3 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 23% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 7 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-1.0%bottom 35% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 15% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 45% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak23.0%top 35% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.5% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 68th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Tandy Leather Factory, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 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 yearsbottom 45% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 10% 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?

5.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 17%: 17¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 39%: owes 39¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 70th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. earned about 17 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 50 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 39 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 5.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 5% of its family
  • return on equitytop 45% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 35% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 5% 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 10 in its family; net margin 11.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 49th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc.'s standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $76 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 17% by size; a net margin of 11.9% ranks in the top 25%; revenue growth of -1.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 45% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$76.3Mbottom 17% of its family
  • net margin11.9%top 25% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-1.7%top 45% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
1.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 10% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 10th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Hedberg, Lars Johan (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-05-01, 6 months (bottom 6% of its family); the 5 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6 months (bottom 6%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 5 people in charge now (bottom 19%; 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 5 peoplebottom 19% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6 monthsbottom 6% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6 monthsbottom 6% 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
5.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 45% of 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 55th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $16 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 18.6% of its assets as net cash, top 5% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -10.6% of revenue (bottom 5%); a gross margin of 57% (top 35%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets18.6%top 5% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-10.6%bottom 5% of its family
  • gross margin57.0%top 35% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
6.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 38% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -1.7% a year over the last three filed years against -1% over all 9, slowing (top 45% of its family); the newest year grew 2.6% (bottom 35%); capital spending grew 128.1% a year (top 5%) (its annual reports). Tandy Leather Factory, 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-0.7 points a yeartop 45% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth2.6%bottom 35% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending128.1%top 5% 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
6.8/10

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

top 31% of 9 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 69th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $76 million in fiscal 2025 came in 6.6% above the $72 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 39% of its family); net income of $9 million against a prior three-year average of $2 million (top 6%); a net margin of 11.9% against 2.5% before (top 28%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace6.6%bottom 39% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+369%top 6% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+9.4 pointstop 28% 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 TLF · research, not advice