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AERT · CIK 0001853044 · FY2026 live · 2026-03-31

Aeries Technology, Inc.

DistressSEC 10-KZ″Industrials15th percentile in Industrials · 489 names

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Model

Z″

FY2026

−2.66

Zone

Distress

vs FY2025

+6.72

Market DD

1y PD

−2.66

Classic Z 0.83

−21.12.68+

Z″ −2.66 · 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.

    −0.16
    6.56 × = −1.06
  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

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

    −0.69
    3.26 × = −2.25
  • X3 EBIT / assets

    Operating return on assets. Highest weight in Z″.

    0.11
    6.72 × = 0.72
  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

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

    −0.07
    1.05 × = −0.07

Five-year path

Z″ plus liquidity (working capital / assets) and earnings (EBIT / assets) over the last 2 annual filings.

Meridian Rank

38.33

from 38.87

0–100 · Z″ family

  • Book standing

    19

  • Year change

    90

  • Market PD

  • O-score

    21

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today.

  • Large rank drop

    watch · 52

    • Meridian Rank: 38.87 → 38.33

Overview

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Aeries Technology, Inc. is on Z″ at −2.66 (distress) for FY2026, from an SEC 10-K. Retained earnings / assets is the line that sets the print. Versus FY2025 the live print is still distress (+6.72 from −9.38). 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 Distress; 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 · 15th percentile in Industrials.

Filing line items

Current assets

$24M

Total assets

$42M

Current liabilities

$31M

Total liabilities

$44M

Working capital

−$7M

Retained earnings

−$29M

EBIT

$5M

Total sales

$70M

Book equity

−$3M

Accession 0001829126-26-006123. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2026, period 2026-03-31). Z″ is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 14 Sept 2026.