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NKE · CIK 0000320187 · FY2026 live · 2026-05-31

NIKE, Inc.

GreySEC 10-KClassic ZMaterials64th percentile in Materials · 260 names

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Model

Classic Z

FY2026

2.29

Zone

Grey

vs FY2025

+0.30

Market DD

1y PD

2.29

Z″ 3.39

−21.83.08+

Score 2.29 · 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.

    0.31
    1.2 × = 0.38
  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

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

    −0.00
    1.4 × = −0.01
  • X3 EBIT / assets

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

    0.10
    3.3 × = 0.34
  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

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

    0.63
    0.6 × = 0.38
  • X5 Sales / assets

    Asset turnover — how much revenue the asset base supports.

    1.21
    1 × = 1.21

Five-year path

Z plus liquidity (working capital / assets) and earnings (EBIT / assets) over the last 5 annual filings.

Meridian Rank

73.60

from 74.13

0–100 · Classic Z family

  • Book standing

    69

  • Year change

    72

  • Market PD

  • O-score

    88

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today.

  • Large rank drop

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    • Meridian Rank: 74.13 → 73.60

Overview

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NIKE, Inc. is on classic Z at 2.29 (grey) for FY2026, from an SEC 10-K. Sales / assets is the line that sets the print. Versus FY2025 the live print is still grey (+0.30 from 2.00). 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 · 64th percentile in Materials.

Filing line items

Current assets

$24.6B

Total assets

$38.4B

Current liabilities

$12.5B

Total liabilities

$23.5B

Working capital

$12.1B

Retained earnings

−$155M

EBIT

$3.9B

Total sales

$46.4B

Book equity

$14.9B

Accession 0000320187-26-000088. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2026, period 2026-05-31). Classic Z is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.