Company Analysis

Workhorse Group, Inc. (WKHS)

Nasdaq: WKHS · Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies · Wixom, MI · filing with the SEC since 2008
Grade3.7
◀ Past 2.1● Present 3.5▶ Future 5.6
1 est.

The grade of Workhorse Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.7/10
◀ Past2.130% of the headline
● Present3.540% of the headline
▶ Future5.630% 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?

2.1/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
0.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

14 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-01-21.

weight 33% of this tense · 7th percentile among 28 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Workhorse Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 14 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 4 times, the latest 2024-10-03); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, 2 times, the latest 2019-11-01); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 4 times, the latest 2026-01-21); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 4 times, the latest 2025-08-14) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+60.8% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 1 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 41st percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Workhorse Group, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $763 thousand in fiscal 2018 to $21 million in fiscal 2025, up 60.8% a year; it rose in 3 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 161% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 1 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span60.8%top 14% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 28% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 50% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak161.2%bottom 2% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
0.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 0.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 2nd percentile among 27 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 2% of 27 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 27 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: Workhorse Group, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 0.2 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 2% of 27 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?

3.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
2.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -149%: lost 149¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 63%: owes 63¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 28th percentile among 28 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Workhorse Group, Inc. lost about 149 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned less than nothing, about minus 8 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 63 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 73.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 41% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 20% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 23% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 9% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 47% of 27 in its family; net margin -302.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Workhorse Group, Inc.'s standing among 27 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $21 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 31% by size; a net margin of -302.1% ranks in the bottom 17%; revenue growth of 61.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 6% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$21.2Mbottom 31% of its family
  • net margin-302.1%bottom 17% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth61.6%top 6% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
3.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 30% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 30th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Workhorse Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Griffith, Scott W. (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-12-15, 11 months (bottom 19% of its family); the 20 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4 years (bottom 25%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 20 people in charge now (bottom 45%; 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 charge10 in three years among 20 peoplebottom 45% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.0 yearsbottom 25% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record11 monthsbottom 19% 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?

5.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 45% of 26 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 26 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Workhorse Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $13 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 11% of its assets as net cash, top 39% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -170.5% of revenue (bottom 13%); a gross margin of -45% (bottom 15%); research spending of 62.1% of revenue (top 10%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets11.0%top 39% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-170.5%bottom 13% of its family
  • gross margin-45.0%bottom 15% of its family
  • research spending against revenue62.1%top 10% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 49% of 27 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Workhorse Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 61.6% a year over the last three filed years against 60.8% over all 8, speeding up (top 34% of its family); the newest year grew 201.3% (top 2%); research spending grew -17.2% a year (bottom 33%); capital spending grew -67.4% a year (bottom 6%) (its annual reports). Workhorse Group, 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+0.8 points a yeartop 34% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth201.3%top 2% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-17.2%bottom 33% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-67.4%bottom 6% 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
8.9/10

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

top 11% of 26 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 89th percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Workhorse Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $21 million in fiscal 2025 came in 154.3% above the $8 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 2% of its family); net income of $64 million against a prior three-year average of $98 million (top 25%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against losses larger than its revenue before (top 6%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace154.3%top 2% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+34%top 25% of its family
  • net margin against its prior averageup more than 100 pointstop 6% 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 WKHS · research, not advice