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LICN · CIK 0001876766 · FY2025 live · 2025-12-31

Lichen International Ltd

SafeSEC 10-KZ″Industrials98th percentile in Industrials · 489 names

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Model

Z″

FY2025

16.74

Zone

Safe

Prior

Market DD

1y PD

16.74

Classic Z 8.52

−21.12.68+

Z″ 16.74 · 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.

    0.42
    6.56 × = 2.73
  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

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

    0.27
    3.26 × = 0.87
  • X3 EBIT / assets

    Operating return on assets. Highest weight in Z″.

    −0.24
    6.72 × = −1.61
  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

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

    14.05
    1.05 × = 14.75

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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Lichen International Ltd is on Z″ at 16.74 (safe) for FY2025, 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. Z″ drops sales/assets so asset-light names are not punished for turnover. X4 is book equity on every name.

Book screen Safe; 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 · 98th percentile in Industrials.

KPI widgets

Current assets

$36M

Total assets

$76M

Current liabilities

$5M

Total liabilities

$5M

Working capital

$31M

Retained earnings

$20M

EBIT

−$18M

Total sales

$809K

Book equity

$71M

Accession 0001185185-26-001520. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2025-12-31). Z″ is the live score. View as does not rewrite the live rank. X4 is book equity. Pulled 12 Sept 2026.