NTIC · CIK 0000875582 · FY2025 live · 2025-08-31
NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORP
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Model
Classic Z
FY2025
3.27
Zone
Safe
Prior
—
Market DD
—
1y PD
—
3.27
Z″ 5.61
Score 3.27 · 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.
0.201.2 × = 0.24X2 Retained earnings / assets
Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.
0.511.4 × = 0.71X3 EBIT / assets
Operating return on assets. Highest weight in the original model.
0.033.3 × = 0.08X4 Book equity / liabilities
Book equity versus the liability stack. Mega-caps often look greyer here than they would if X4 used market cap.
2.360.6 × = 1.41X5 Sales / assets
Asset turnover — how much revenue the asset base supports.
0.821 × = 0.82
Five-year path
Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings.
Meridian Rank
78.18
0–100 · Classic Z family
Book standing
82
Year change
—
Market PD
—
O-score
68
Events on this name
Same published rows as Today.
Approaching grey
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- Live score: — → 3.27
- Cut: — → 1.80
Overview
rule-v1
NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORP is on classic Z at 3.27 (safe) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. Book equity / liabilities is the line that sets the print; sales / assets is the runner-up. 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. 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 · 79th percentile in Materials.
Filing line items
Current assets
$44M
Total assets
$103M
Current liabilities
$24M
Total liabilities
$31M
Working capital
$20M
Retained earnings
$52M
EBIT
$3M
Total sales
$84M
Book equity
$72M
Accession 0001171843-25-007481. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2025-08-31). Classic Z is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.