KEQU · CIK 0000055529 · FY2026 live · 2026-04-30
KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORP /DE/
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Model
Classic Z
FY2026
3.25
Zone
Safe
vs FY2025
+0.59
Market DD
—
1y PD
—
3.25
Z″ 4.75
Score 3.25 · 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.
0.321.2 × = 0.38X2 Retained earnings / assets
Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.
0.381.4 × = 0.54X3 EBIT / assets
Operating return on assets. Highest weight in the original model.
0.093.3 × = 0.31X4 Book equity / liabilities
Book equity versus the liability stack. Mega-caps often look greyer here than they would if X4 used market cap.
0.740.6 × = 0.44X5 Sales / assets
Asset turnover — how much revenue the asset base supports.
1.581 × = 1.58
Five-year path
Z plus liquidity (working capital / assets) and earnings (EBIT / assets) over the last 2 annual filings.
Meridian Rank
75.67
0–100 · Classic Z family
Book standing
82
Year change
80
Market PD
—
O-score
53
Events on this name
Same published rows as Today.
Entered safe
watch · 54
- Zone: Grey → Safe
- Live score: 2.66 → 3.25
- Meridian Rank: 75.93 → 75.67
Overview
rule-v1
KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORP /DE/ is on classic Z at 3.25 (safe) for FY2026, from an SEC 10-K. Sales / assets is the line that sets the print. The zone moved grey → safe (+0.59 versus FY2025 2.66). 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 Safe; 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 · 83rd percentile in Industrials.
Filing line items
Current assets
$105M
Total assets
$178M
Current liabilities
$48M
Total liabilities
$101M
Working capital
$57M
Retained earnings
$69M
EBIT
$17M
Total sales
$282M
Book equity
$75M
Accession 0000055529-26-000020. 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.