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AOUT · CIK 0001808997 · FY2026 live · 2026-04-30

American Outdoor Brands, Inc.

GreySEC 10-KClassic ZIndustrials70th percentile in Industrials · 430 names

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Model

Classic Z

FY2026

2.53

Zone

Grey

Prior

Market DD

1y PD

2.53

Z″ 5.24

−21.83.08+

Score 2.53 · distress below 1.80, grey to 2.99, safe at 3.00 and above.

Classic Z factor contributions

  • X1 Working capital / assets

    Short-term liquidity versus the size of the balance sheet.

    0.59
    1.2 × = 0.70
  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

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

    −0.37
    1.4 × = −0.52
  • X3 EBIT / assets

    Operating return on assets. Highest weight in the original model.

    −0.04
    3.3 × = −0.13
  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

    Book equity versus the liability stack. Mega-caps often look greyer here than they would if X4 used market cap.

    2.73
    0.6 × = 1.64
  • X5 Sales / assets

    Asset turnover — how much revenue the asset base supports.

    0.84
    1 × = 0.84

Five-year path

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

Meridian Rank

73.82

0–100 · Classic Z family

  • Book standing

    73

  • Year change

  • Market PD

  • O-score

    76

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today.

No published events on this print.

Overview

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American Outdoor Brands, Inc. is on classic Z at 2.53 (grey) for FY2026, from an SEC 10-K. Book equity / liabilities is the line that sets the print. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Classic Z was fit on manufacturers. Buybacks can send retained earnings negative at otherwise healthy issuers. X4 is book equity.

Book screen Grey; 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 Classic Z scores · 70th percentile in Industrials.

Filing line items

Current assets

$163M

Total assets

$227M

Current liabilities

$30M

Total liabilities

$61M

Working capital

$133M

Retained earnings

−$84M

EBIT

−$9M

Total sales

$191M

Book equity

$166M

Accession 0001808997-26-000031. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2026, period 2026-04-30). Classic Z is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.