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BARK · CIK 0001819574 · FY2026 live · 2026-03-31

Bark, Inc.

DistressSEC 10-KZ″Consumer11th percentile in Consumer · 430 names

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Model

Z″

FY2026

−6.67

Zone

Distress

Prior

Market DD

1y PD

−6.67

Classic Z −1.07

−21.12.68+

Z″ −6.67 · 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.

    0.33
    6.56 × = 2.17
  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

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

    −2.46
    3.26 × = −8.03
  • X3 EBIT / assets

    Operating return on assets. Highest weight in Z″.

    −0.24
    6.72 × = −1.59
  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

    Book equity versus the liability stack. Sales / assets is omitted so asset-light names are not punished for turnover.

    0.74
    1.05 × = 0.77

Five-year path

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

Overview

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Bark, Inc. is on Z″ at −6.67 (distress) for FY2026, from an SEC 10-K. Retained earnings / assets is the line that sets the print. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Z″ drops sales/assets so asset-light names are not punished for turnover. X4 is book equity on every name.

Book screen Distress; market PD —. Tape not priced — not a single default call.

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 · 11th percentile in Consumer.

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Current assets

$122M

Total assets

$170M

Current liabilities

$65M

Total liabilities

$98M

Working capital

$56M

Retained earnings

−$419M

EBIT

−$40M

Total sales

$395M

Book equity

$72M

Accession 0001628280-26-042242. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2026, period 2026-03-31). Z″ is the live score. View as does not rewrite the live rank. X4 is book equity. Pulled 12 Sept 2026.