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AGX · CIK 0000100591 · FY2026 live · 2026-01-31

ARGAN INC

SafeSEC 10-KZ″Industrials84th percentile in Industrials · 489 names

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Model

Z″

FY2026

4.88

Zone

Safe

Prior

—

Market DD

—

1y PD

—

4.88

Classic Z 2.46

−21.12.68+

Z″ 4.88 · distress below 1.10, grey to 2.60, safe above.

Z″ factor contributions

  • X1 Working capital / assets

    Short-term liquidity. Carries more weight in Z″ than in classic Z.

    0.35
    6.56 × = 2.33

  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

    Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.

    0.34
    3.26 × = 1.12

  • X3 EBIT / assets

    Operating return on assets. Highest weight in Z″.

    0.11
    6.72 × = 0.76

  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

    Book equity versus the liability stack. Sales / assets is omitted so asset-light names keep turnover from dragging the score.

    0.64
    1.05 × = 0.67

Five-year path

Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings.

Meridian Rank

78.55

0–100 · Z″ family

  • Book standing

    84

  • Year change

    —

  • Market PD

    —

  • O-score

    64

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today.

  • Approaching grey

    watch · 41

    • Live score: — → 4.88
    • Cut: — → 1.10

Overview

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ARGAN INC is on Z″ at 4.88 (safe) for FY2026, from an SEC 10-K. Working capital / assets is the line that sets the print. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Z″ omits sales/assets so asset-light names keep turnover from dragging the score. X4 is book equity on every name.

Book screen Safe; market PD —. Market PD has not been priced on this name.

Market DD · naive Merton

No market tape yet.

Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.

Sector peers

Closest Z″ scores · 84th percentile in Industrials.

Filing line items

Current assets

$1.1B

Total assets

$1.2B

Current liabilities

$711M

Total liabilities

$724M

Working capital

$421M

Retained earnings

$406M

EBIT

$135M

Total sales

$945M

Book equity

$462M

Accession 0001104659-26-035216. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2026, period 2026-01-31). Z″ is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.