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NASDAQ NMS - GLOBAL MARKET · Professional Services · CIK 0001210708
$9.70
-0.92% · live
Updated
$36.4M market value
From Star Equity Holdings, Inc.'s FY2025 10-K, filed Mar 20, 2026 · read the filing
Star Equity provides business and staffing services. It took in $172.2M last year, which makes it a smaller company. It spends more than it earns — losing about 3 cents on every dollar of sales.
The financial picture is led by growth, while profitability and debt remain weak.
A conclusion from the filings, not a recommendation. Detailed figures and supporting evidence appear in their dedicated sections below.
A published bankruptcy-risk model places it in its distress range. This is a statistical reading, not a forecast.
Altman Z-Score -9.43
These are things the company filed or that a published model flagged — not predictions, and not a reason on their own to buy or sell anything.
Financial health
A mixed picture — some clear strengths and some weaknesses.
From Star Equity Holdings, Inc.'s FY2025 annual filing · share price scored separately
Largest year-over-year changes in FY2025
Free cash flow
-$2.8M → -$9.0M
Shares in issue
2.8M → 3.8M
Capital spending
$18.0K → $1.7M
Revenue
$140.1M → $172.2M
Measured against FY2024, from the 10-K filed Mar 20, 2026
Deteriorated: $6.2M wider
-$2.8M to -$9.0MCritical
Why it matters: Cash left after paying for the plant that produced it — the money genuinely available for dividends, buybacks or paying down debt. Harder to flatter than profit.
How the latest move compares (quote live), and what was published around it
STRR fell 0.92% on the latest quote. The average Industrials company tracked here moved +0.37%, and the S&P 500 −1.04%. That is 1.3 points below its sector and in line with the market.
No filing from STRR and no news item about it appeared in the last 3 days.
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Expectations
Not from the filings — what other people are betting on, and what the price already assumes.
Opinions from 8 analysts covering this company, as of . Their views, not this site's.
Of 8 analysts publishing on this company, 2 say strong buy, 5 say buy and 1 say hold. Analysts are paid to publish a view and are wrong often; the split above says how much they agree with each other, which is the part a single headline rating hides.
Published by Finnhub. Analyst coverage skews towards larger companies and towards optimism — sell ratings are rare across the whole market, so a company with none is ordinary rather than endorsed.
The essentials
Each answered from the filings, with the numbers behind it.
No. It lost $5.9M last year, losing about 3 cents on every dollar of sales.
Yes, quickly. Sales grew 22.9% last year.
No — it holds more cash than debt, with $1.8M left over after paying off every borrowing. For every $1 it owes, it owns $2.38 in assets. A bankruptcy-risk model also places it in its distress range.
Core operating and valuation reference metrics
Income
This company pays no dividend. It keeps its profits and reinvests them in the business instead, so any return would have to come from the share price.
Figures from the FY2025 annual filing
Last year it lost $5.9M and generated -$7.3M of cash from operations.
Reported annual figures
As reported to the SEC, in USD. Hover or show sources to see where each figure came from.
| Income statement | FY202510-K · Mar 20, 2026Filing for FY2025 | FY202410-K · Mar 20, 2026Filing for FY2024 | FY202310-K · Mar 14, 2024Filing for FY2023 | FY202210-K · Apr 14, 2023Filing for FY2022 | FY202110-K · Mar 11, 2022Filing for FY2021 | ChangeFY2025 vs FY2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RevenueWhat is this? | $172.2M | $140.1M | $161.3M | $200.9M | $169.2M | +22.9% |
| Cost of revenue | $92.3M | $69.9M | — | — | — | +32.0% |
| Gross profit | $79.9M | $70.2M | — | — | — | +13.9% |
| Gross marginGross profit ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 46.4% | 50.1% | — | — | — | −3.7 pts |
| Selling, general and administrative | $14.8M | $10.7M | $10.9M | $10.3M | $8.1M | +38.7% |
| Operating income | -$3.7M | -$3.8M | $1.4M | $9.3M | $4.4M | +3.2% |
| Operating marginOperating income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | -2.1% | -2.7% | 0.9% | 4.6% | 2.6% | +0.6 pts |
| Income before tax | -$3.9M | -$3.5M | $2.6M | $9.5M | $4.3M | −11.1% |
| Net income | -$5.9M | -$4.8M | $2.2M | $7.1M | $3.2M | −24.0% |
| Net marginNet income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | -3.4% | -3.4% | 1.4% | 3.5% | 1.9% | −0.0 pts |
| Earnings per shareNet income ÷ shares outstanding at the period end — close to, but not the same as, the reported EPSWhat is this? | $-1.58 | $-1.73 | $0.783 | $2.55 | $1.19 | +9.2% |
† calculated from other reported figures, such as total liabilities as assets minus equity.
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Officers, directors and major shareholders must report within two business days of a trade.
Sold on the open market — 1,000 shares at $9.11 ($9.1K)
Holds 752,936 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market
20 recent filings, newest first. Each is labelled from its form and item numbers, not from its wording.
Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingMade a Regulation FD disclosure
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Every figure above traces back to a filing in the timeline, each linked to the document itself.
Coverage from the last 30 days
Primary sources and further research
Every company's figures are checked for internal consistency: the balance sheet adding up, figures sharing one currency, cash flow and share counts within plausible ranges, and how recent the latest annual report is. Nothing here changes a figure.
Financial figures are from STRR's 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (period ending 2025-12-31, filed Mar 20, 2026), reported under the US GAAP taxonomy. View the source filing.
3 of 4 scored areas had enough reported figures to judge
The score averages profitability, growth, debt and accounting. Accounting had too few reported figures and is left out of the average rather than counted as a weakness, so a company is never marked down for a figure it did not publish. Cash generation is shown for context and already feeds profitability. Valuation is scored separately, because a share price says nothing about whether the business is sound. 8 of the 9 Piotroski checks could be evaluated. How the score works
Each year scored only from its annual report as it was first filed
| Fiscal year | Health | F-Score | Scored from |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 4.7 | 0/8 | 10-K, filed Mar 20, 2026 |
| FY2024 | 2.0 | 3/7 | 10-K, filed Mar 14, 2025 |
| FY2023 | 3.3 | 4/7 | 10-K, filed Mar 14, 2024 |
| FY2022 | 6.0 | 6/7 | 10-K, filed Apr 14, 2023 |
| FY2021 | 6.0 | 5/7 | 10-K, filed Mar 11, 2022 |
| FY2020 | 3.3 | 2/7 | 10-K, filed Mar 11, 2021 |
A later restatement never reaches back into an earlier year, and every year is scored without a share price, so the latest point can differ a little from the headline score, which uses today's price.
Every check behind the three models, and what each one tests
0 of 8 checks passed
Nine yes-or-no tests of whether this year's finances improved on last year's. One could not be evaluated and is excluded from the total rather than counted as a failure.
-9.43
In the distress zone
For this model, above 2.6 is safe and below 1.1 is distress.
Distance from bankruptcy, from a model fitted on companies that did and did not go bust. It describes a balance sheet's shape today; it does not forecast a failure.
not reported — This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
Screens eight accounting ratios for the pattern earnings manipulators tend to leave. A flag is a reason to read the filing closely, never evidence of wrongdoing.
Every figure above comes from the FY2025 filing as filed with the SEC.
Deteriorated: +36.5%
2.8M to 3.8MCritical
Why it matters: New shares divide the same company into more pieces, so each existing holding owns slightly less of it. Often pay for staff or an acquisition rather than anything wrong.
Changed: +9361.1%
$18.0K to $1.7MCritical
Why it matters: Neither good nor bad on its own. Heavy spending is a company building capacity or a company struggling to stand still, and the two look identical in this figure.
Improved: +22.9%
$140.1M to $172.2MSignificant
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
Deteriorated: $1.1M wider
-$4.8M to -$5.9MSignificant
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Deteriorated: −3.7 pts
50.1% to 46.4%Significant
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Deteriorated: -39.6%
$17.0M to $10.3MSignificant
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Improved: +13.9%
$70.2M to $79.9MNotable
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
Improved: $121.0K narrower
-$3.8M to -$3.7MNotable
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Improved: $0.16 narrower
-$1.73 to -$1.58Notable
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Q2 FY2026 against Q2 FY2025, from the 10-Q filed Aug 14, 2026 — read it.
Improved: +54.6%
$35.5M to $54.9MCritical
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
Deteriorated: $1.2M wider
-$211.0K to -$1.4MCritical
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Deteriorated: $1.2M wider
-$688.0K to -$1.8MCritical
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Deteriorated: −10.9 pts
52.4% to 41.5%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Deteriorated: $0.25 wider
-$0.25 to -$0.50Critical
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Deteriorated: -59.4%
$16.8M to $6.8MCritical
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Deteriorated: +34.5%
2.8M to 3.7MCritical
Why it matters: New shares divide the same company into more pieces, so each existing holding owns slightly less of it. Often pay for staff or an acquisition rather than anything wrong.
Improved: +22.3%
$18.6M to $22.8MSignificant
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
Deteriorated: −1.9 pts
-0.6% to -2.5%Notable
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Deteriorated: −1.4 pts
-1.9% to -3.4%Notable
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Q2 FY2026 against Q1 FY2026, from the 10-Q filed Aug 14, 2026 — read it. Quarter-to-quarter moves include seasonal swings — a retailer's holiday quarter — which the year-earlier comparison removes.
Improved: $2.6M narrower
-$4.0M to -$1.4MCritical
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Improved: $1.9M narrower
-$3.8M to -$1.8MCritical
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Improved: $0.52 narrower
-$1.02 to -$0.50Critical
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Improved: +5.5 pts
-8.0% to -2.5%Significant
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Improved: +4.2 pts
-7.6% to -3.4%Significant
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Deteriorated: -15.6%
$8.1M to $6.8MSignificant
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Improved: +9.7%
$50.1M to $54.9MNotable
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
Improved: +10.9%
$20.6M to $22.8MNotable
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
Improved: -8.3%
$5.6M to $5.1MNotable
Why it matters: Rising debt is not automatically bad — borrowing to build something that earns more than the interest is ordinary. It matters when it grows faster than the profit meant to service it.
2 other measures barely moved. Figures compare the two most recent annual filings — read the latest one. Moves are graded on fixed lines — 5%, 15% and 40% for amounts, and 1, 3 and 8 points for margins — as notable, significant or critical. Nothing here reads the management commentary, which is where a company explains its own numbers.
Measured on and published about a week later — this is a fortnightly snapshot, not a live position.
About 0.1% of this company's shares have been borrowed and sold by people expecting to buy them back cheaper. That is a bet the price falls. Those people can be wrong, and when a heavily shorted share rises they have to buy it back, which pushes it up further.
Collected by FINRA from broker-dealers twice a month. It counts positions, not intentions, and some of it is hedging rather than a directional bet against the company.
Nothing in this section is a figure this company reported about itself. These are expectations and positions — what the price implies, what analysts have published, what short sellers are betting, and what large funds held at the last count. WylthIQ reports them; it does not endorse them, does not forecast prices, and takes no view on whether any of them will turn out to be right.
Trailing P/E is not meaningful because the latest trailing earnings are zero or negative. The price-to-book and price-to-sales figures below still provide reference points.
This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
Holds 751,936 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 1,000 shares at $8.99 ($9.0K)
Holds 750,936 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 1,000 shares at $9.10 ($9.1K)
Holds 755,937 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 1,001 shares at $9.14 ($9.1K)
Holds 754,936 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 1,000 shares at $9.16 ($9.2K)
Holds 753,936 shares after this filing.
Was granted or awarded shares — 6,257 shares
Holds 1,137,359 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 1,000 shares at $9.14 ($9.1K)
Holds 758,937 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 1,000 shares at $9.13 ($9.1K)
Holds 757,937 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 1,000 shares at $9.13 ($9.1K)
Holds 756,937 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 1,000 shares at $9.20 ($9.2K)
Holds 761,937 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 1,000 shares at $9.17 ($9.2K)
Holds 760,937 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 1,000 shares at $9.17 ($9.2K)
Holds 759,937 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 1,000 shares at $9.22 ($9.2K)
Holds 764,937 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 1,000 shares at $9.25 ($9.3K)
Holds 763,937 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 1,000 shares at $9.21 ($9.2K)
Holds 762,937 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 460 shares
Holds 920 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 485 shares
Holds 970 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 535 shares
Holds 5,946 shares after this filing.
Not investment advice, and not a signal to act on by itself — a filing says what happened, not why, and insiders trade for ordinary reasons having nothing to do with where they think the company is headed.
Reported another event
Signed a material agreement · Made a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q2 FY2026
Revenue +54.6% · Operating margin −1.9 pts · Operating income $1.2M wider — against Q2 FY2025
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingReported another event
Read the filingMade a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingHeld a shareholder vote
Read the filingSigned a material agreement
Read the filingReported another event
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q1 FY2026
Revenue +57.1% · Operating margin −2.6 pts · Operating income $2.3M wider — against Q1 FY2025
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingProxy statement for a shareholder meeting
Read the filingMade a Regulation FD disclosure
Read the filingSigned a material agreement · Took on a direct financial obligation
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join
Read the filingAnnual report for FY2025
Revenue +22.9% · Free cash flow $6.2M wider · Shares in issue +36.5% — against FY2024
Read the filingPublished results · Received shareholder director nominations
Read the filingSigned a material agreement · Took on a direct financial obligation
Read the filing