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Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. (CVR) Fundamentals

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Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. (CVR) scores 19 out of 100 on fundamentals, Distressed / Caution, based on SEC filing data.

Quality score 19/100
Rating Distressed / Caution
Sector Industrial/Cyclical
Market cap $9.9M
Last close $10.25
Revenue growth (YoY) 3.3%
FCF margin (TTM) -5.6%
Dividend yield 1.5%

Leading signal: ROE quality: -6.21%

Five questions, kept separate

Survival - Critical
5-7 mo of estimated runway from 2026-06-30, based on $771K of cash and short-term investments against $1.6M of annual burn.
Business quality - Poor
-4.3% operating margin and -5.6% FCF margin produce a poor Business Quality assessment.
Trajectory - Accelerating
Revenue, operating margin and cash margin improved together. Revenue improved 7.1%; operating margin improved 8.8pp; FCF margin improved 2.7pp. The TTM window includes a mixed-basis Q4 estimate.
Valuation - Extreme expectations
-15.7% normalized FCF yield supports an extreme expectations Valuation assessment on the annual basis.
Event risk - Evidence unavailable
No active asserted adverse event was found in the available filing evidence. The filing evidence is stale or incomplete, so this is not proof of absence.

What the rules read

  • Debt / Equity: -0.02x (Net Cash)
  • ROE quality: -6.21%
  • ROIC: -6.38%
  • FCF margin: -5.59%
  • Asset Efficiency: 1.18x
  • Revenue CAGR (3Y): -6.06%
  • Shares dilution YoY: 0.00% (YoY)
  • Revenue growth YoY: -0.84% (Industrial YoY)
  • Gross margin (industrial): 14.79%
  • Return on Assets: -4.59%
  • Net income trend: -150.53%
  • Cash Burn Deceleration: -148.22% QoQ improvement (Worsening)

Read from filings through 2026-08-06.

Price as of 2026-09-11.

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