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Vroom, Inc. (VRM)

Nasdaq: VRM · Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 2013
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Grade1.6
◀ Past 1.0● Present 1.7▶ Future 1.9
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The grade of Vroom, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
1.6/10
◀ Past1.025% of the headline
● Present1.745% of the headline
▶ Future1.930% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

1.0/1025% 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?

7 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-01-15.

weight 45% of this tense · 2nd percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Vroom, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 7 warning events of 4 kinds: a bankruptcy or receivership notice (8-K item 1.03, 2 times, the latest 2025-01-15); a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, the latest 2024-11-13); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 3 times, the latest 2024-11-26); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2024-04-29) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
1.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+0.9% a year over 6 filed years; profitable in 0 of 6.

weight 33% of this tense · 14th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Vroom, Inc.'s 6 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $855 million in fiscal 2018 to $893 million in fiscal 2023, up 0.9% a year; it rose in 3 of 5 years; the deepest fall was 72% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 0 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span0.9%bottom 17% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 21% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 7% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak71.9%bottom 12% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
1.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 1.8/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 18th 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 18% 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: Vroom, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 1.8 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 18% 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?

1.7/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
1.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -45%: lost 45¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 88%: owes 88¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 13th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Vroom, Inc. lost about 45 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 88 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 185.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 12% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 13% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 13% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
1.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 15% of 21 in its family; net margin -40.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 15th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Vroom, Inc.'s standing among 21 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $893 million in fiscal 2023 ranks in the bottom 18% by size; a net margin of -40.8% ranks in the bottom 17%; revenue growth of -13% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 12% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$893Mbottom 18% of its family
  • net margin-40.8%bottom 17% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-13.0%bottom 12% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
2.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 28% of 18 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 28th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Vroom, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Shortt, Thomas H (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-05-11, 4.5 years (bottom 42% of its family); the 10 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 2 years (bottom 3%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (bottom 39%; 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 10 peoplebottom 39% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed2.0 yearsbottom 3% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record4.5 yearsbottom 42% 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?

1.9/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Room to expand

SI estimate
1.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

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

weight 22% of this tense · 13th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the bottom 13% of 21 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash less debt against assets, the one part on file, ranked among 21 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: Vroom, Inc.'s room to expand is put at 1.3 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the bottom 13% of 21 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Growth drivers

as filed
1.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 13% of 21 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 13th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Vroom, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2023: revenue grew -13% a year over the last three filed years against 0.9% over all 6, slowing (bottom 17% of its family); the newest year grew -54.2% (bottom 7%); capital spending grew -33.7% a year (bottom 14%) (its annual reports). Vroom, 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-13.9 points a yearbottom 17% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-54.2%bottom 7% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-33.7%bottom 14% 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
3.1/10

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

bottom 31% of 21 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 31st percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Vroom, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $893 million in fiscal 2023 came in 61.8% below the $2.3 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 7% of its family); net income of $365 million against a prior three-year average of $342 million (top 31%); a net margin of -40.8% against -16.6% before (bottom 17%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-61.8%bottom 7% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-7%top 31% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-24.2 pointsbottom 17% 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 VRM · research, not advice