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SOTK · CIK 0000806172 · FY2026 live · 2026-02-28

SONO TEK CORP

SafeSEC 10-KClassic ZIndustrials91st percentile in Industrials · 430 names

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Model

Classic Z

FY2026

4.04

Zone

Safe

Prior

—

Market DD

—

1y PD

—

Meridian Rank

85.82

0–100 · Classic Z tape · not a PD

  • Book standing

    88

  • Year change

    —

  • Market PD

    —

  • O-score

    80

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today. Not a live recompute.

  • Approaching grey

    watch · 41

    • Live Z: — → 4.04
    • Cut: — → 1.80

4.04

Z″ 8.78

−21.83.08+

Score 4.04 · 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.

    0.61
    1.2 × = 0.74

  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

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

    0.36
    1.4 × = 0.50

  • X3 EBIT / assets

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

    0.07
    3.3 × = 0.23

  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

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

    2.97
    0.6 × = 1.78

  • X5 Sales / assets

    Asset turnover — how much revenue the asset base supports.

    0.79
    1 × = 0.79

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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SONO TEK CORP is on classic Z at 4.04 (safe) for FY2026, 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. Classic Z was fit on manufacturers; buybacks can send retained earnings negative at otherwise healthy issuers, and X4 is book equity, not market cap.

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 Classic Z scores · 91st percentile in Industrials.

KPI widgets

Current assets

$23M

Total assets

$26M

Current liabilities

$7M

Total liabilities

$7M

Working capital

$16M

Retained earnings

$9M

EBIT

$2M

Total sales

$21M

Book equity

$20M

Accession 0001171520-26-000113. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2026, period 2026-02-28). Classic Z is the live score. View as does not rewrite the live rank. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.