Company Analysis

YETI Holdings, Inc. (YETI)

NYSE: YETI · Sporting & Athletic Goods, NEC · Austin, TX · filing with the SEC since 2016
Grade6.8
◀ Past 6.8● Present 7.6▶ Future 5.7

The grade of YETI Holdings, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.8/10
◀ Past6.830% of the headline
● Present7.640% of the headline
▶ Future5.730% 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?

6.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2021-03-05.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

YETI Holdings, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2021-03-05) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
6.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+9.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 69th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

YETI Holdings, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $819 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.9 billion in fiscal 2026, up 9.6% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 22% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2017; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span9.6%top 37% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 21% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 12% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak21.9%bottom 46% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.2% a year. 62% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 2 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 80th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-03, YETI Holdings, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 62% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 2 sales (2 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) 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 yearstop 21% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 19% 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?

7.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
8.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 25%: 25¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 47%: owes 47¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-03, YETI Holdings, Inc. earned about 25 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 87 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 47 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 4.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 37% of its family
  • return on equitytop 5% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 12% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 12% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
8.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 18% of 12 in its family; net margin 8.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

YETI Holdings, Inc.'s standing among 12 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.9 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 29% by size; a net margin of 8.9% ranks in the top 4%; revenue growth of 5.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 21% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.87Btop 29% of its family
  • net margin8.9%top 4% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth5.4%top 21% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
5.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 48% of 9 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2018.

weight 22% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

YETI Holdings, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Reintjes, Matthew J (Chair, President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2018-10-24, 8.1 years (top 44% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6 years (top 50%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (top 50%; 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 charge7 in three years among 13 peopletop 50% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.0 yearstop 50% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8.1 yearstop 44% 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?

5.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 43% of 12 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

YETI Holdings, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $188 million against debt of $74 million leaves 9.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 46% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 11.3% of revenue (top 29%); a gross margin of 57.4% (top 4%); research spending of 1.3% of revenue (bottom 15%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets9.3%bottom 46% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue11.3%top 29% of its family
  • gross margin57.4%top 4% of its family
  • research spending against revenue1.3%bottom 15% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 42% of 12 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

YETI Holdings, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 5.4% a year over the last three filed years against 9.6% over all 10, slowing (bottom 38% of its family); the newest year grew 2.1% (top 37%); research spending grew 17.8% a year (top 15%); capital spending grew -2.4% a year (bottom 46%) (its annual reports). YETI Holdings, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Drinkware at $1.1 billion (58%), Coolers and Equipment at $749 million (40%), Product and Service Other at $34 million (2%); 1 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-4.2 points a yearbottom 38% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth2.1%top 37% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending17.8%top 15% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-2.4%bottom 46% 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
5.5/10

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

top 45% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

YETI Holdings, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.9 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 4.7% below the $2.0 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 25% of its family); net income of $165 million against a prior three-year average of $145 million (top 15%); a net margin of 8.9% against 8.5% before (top 45%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-4.7%bottom 25% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+14%top 15% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.4 pointstop 45% 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 YETI · research, not advice