Company Analysis

Warby Parker Inc. (WRBY)

NYSE: WRBY · Ophthalmic Goods · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2010
Grade5.9
◀ Past 5.8● Present 5.9▶ Future 6.1

The grade of Warby Parker Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.9/10
◀ Past5.830% of the headline
● Present5.940% of the headline
▶ Future6.130% 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?

5.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
6.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Warby Parker Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
6.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+15.3% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 1 of 7.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Warby Parker Inc.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $370 million in fiscal 2019 to $872 million in fiscal 2025, up 15.3% a year; it rose in 6 of 6 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 1 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span15.3%top 31% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 12% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 19% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 12% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
2.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 2.9% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 38 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 26th percentile among 5 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Warby Parker Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 2.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 38 sales (30 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 31% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 20% 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?

5.9/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 0%: 0¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 49%: owes 49¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Warby Parker Inc. earned about 0 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 65 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 49 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 3.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 31% of its family
  • return on equitytop 44% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 8% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 31% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 44% of 8 in its family; net margin 0.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Warby Parker Inc.'s standing among 8 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $872 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 44% by size; a net margin of 0.2% ranks in the top 44%; revenue growth of 13.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 31% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$872Mbottom 44% of its family
  • net margin0.2%top 44% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth13.4%top 31% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
7.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 25% of 6 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 75th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Warby Parker Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Blumenthal, Neil Harris (Co-Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-09-21, 5.1 years (top 25% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.1 years (top 42%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (top 7%; 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 11 peopletop 7% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.1 yearstop 42% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.1 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?

6.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 42% of 8 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Warby Parker Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $286 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 39.7% of its assets as net cash, top 19% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 5% of revenue (top 31%); a gross margin of 54% (bottom 25%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets39.7%top 19% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue5.0%top 31% of its family
  • gross margin54.0%bottom 25% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 44% of 8 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Warby Parker Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 13.4% a year over the last three filed years against 15.3% over all 7, slowing (bottom 31% of its family); the newest year grew 13.1% (top 19%); capital spending grew 3.7% a year (top 44%) (its annual reports). Warby Parker Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: Eyewear Products at $719 million (82%), Contacts Products at $97 million (11%), Services and Other at $56 million (6%), and 1 more; 3 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.9 points a yearbottom 31% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth13.1%top 19% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending3.7%top 44% 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
7.3/10

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

top 27% of 8 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Warby Parker Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $872 million in fiscal 2025 came in 0.4% below the $876 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 31% of its family); net income of $2 million against a prior three-year average of $65 million (top 19%); a net margin of 0.2% against -10.2% before (top 31%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-0.4%top 31% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+102%top 19% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+10.4 pointstop 31% 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 WRBY · research, not advice