All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2025-06-10.
From the record
Zumiez Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2025-06-10) (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?
+1.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.
From the record
Zumiez Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $836 million in fiscal 2017 to $929 million in fiscal 2026, up 1.2% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 26% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 8 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?
Share count shrank 3.9% a year. 71% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 13 sales, 1 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-31, Zumiez Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 3.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 71% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 13 sales (1 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $134 thousand (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 4%: 4¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 50%: owes 50¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-31, Zumiez Inc. earned about 4 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 52 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 50 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 8.8% 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?
top 28% of 9 in its family; net margin 1.4%.
From the record
Zumiez Inc.'s standing among 9 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $929 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 19% by size; a net margin of 1.4% ranks in the top 28%; revenue growth of -1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 39% (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?
top 24% of 5 in its family for leadership.
From the record
Zumiez Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: no one files under a chief executive's title, so that part is not read; the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.3 years (top 37%); 1 officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (top 10%; 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
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 25% of 9 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Zumiez Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $128 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 19.8% of its assets as net cash, top 28% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 4.6% of revenue (top 17%); a gross margin of 35.8% (top 31%) (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?
top 43% of 9 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Zumiez Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -1% a year over the last three filed years against 1.2% over all 10, slowing (top 39% of its family); the newest year grew 4.5% (top 39%); capital spending grew -24.4% a year (top 50%) (its annual reports). Zumiez 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
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 27% of 8 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Zumiez Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $929 million in fiscal 2026 came in 8.4% above the $857 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 44% of its family); net income of $13 million against a prior three-year average of $14 million (top 19%); a net margin of 1.4% against -1.7% before (top 19%) (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