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.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-02-02.
From the record
ZK International Group Co., Ltd's filings since 2017 show 3 warning events: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 3 times, the latest 2026-02-02) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+7.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 4 of 10.
From the record
ZK International Group Co., Ltd's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $37 million in fiscal 2016 to $71 million in fiscal 2025, up 7.6% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 36% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 4 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
SI estimate 9.4/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: ZK International Group Co., Ltd's shareholder treatment is put at 9.4 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 top 6% of 9 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.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE -16%: lost 16¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 61%: owes 61¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, ZK International Group Co., Ltd lost about 16 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 6 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 61 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 16.0% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
bottom 28% of 9 in its family; net margin -5.6%.
From the record
ZK International Group Co., Ltd's standing among 9 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $71 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 28% by size; a net margin of -5.6% ranks in the bottom 28%; revenue growth of -11.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 28% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
SI estimate 6.4/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: ZK International Group Co., Ltd's leadership is put at 6.4 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 6 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 22% of 9 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
ZK International Group Co., Ltd's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $2 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 3.7% of its assets as net cash, top 50% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 0.2% of revenue (bottom 28%); a gross margin of 5.7% (bottom 6%); research spending of 1.2% of revenue (bottom 6%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 33% of 9 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
ZK International Group Co., Ltd's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -11.4% a year over the last three filed years against 7.6% over all 10, slowing (bottom 28% of its family); the newest year grew -34.2% (bottom 28%); research spending grew -4.5% a year (bottom 19%); capital spending grew 5.1% a year (top 44%) (its annual reports). ZK International Group Co., Ltd 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
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 35% of 9 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
ZK International Group Co., Ltd's newest year against its own record: revenue of $71 million in fiscal 2025 came in 35.9% below the $111 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 17% of its family); net income of $4 million against a prior three-year average of $23 million (top 17%); a net margin of -5.6% against -21.1% before (top 6%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
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