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CREATD, INC.

CRTD · Industrials · $199M mkt cap · FY2022 filings · Shallow moat ·

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The five investor questions

70

2021–2022 (latest 2 aligned FYs; v3 window cap 5): revenue $4.3M to $4.8M, increasing; diluted EPS -3.44 to -1.60, increasing. Two-year history is scoreable but carries less confidence than a full-cycle record.

70

Median gross margin 80.7% over 9y, variable.

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Not enough years of ROIC data to score returns on capital.

28

Net debt/EBITDA n/ax, interest coverage -35x.

44

Owner earnings changed trend unclear over up to the ten most recent annual observations, share count n/a.

The returnsOnCapital component abstained: Not enough years of ROIC data to score returns on capital. The other four 20% weights were renormalized over the scored 80%.

Price vs. value if growth stopped today

A cautious baseline, not a price target: what the shares may support if normalized owner earnings simply hold steady.

Above value if growth stopped todayBelow value if growth stopped today
No price data
Not reported
Unavailable — insufficient owner-earnings data
Unavailable — insufficient growth-model data
$5.10
No price data

This zero-growth estimate assumes trailing owner earnings persist — unreliable for declining businesses. The recent FY revenue series does not trigger the three-consecutive-declines flag.

Among the current top-score group, the median current price is 239% above the zero-growth estimate across 48 of the current top 50 companies by Moat Score with both values.

Score records captured Jul 26, 2026.

Exactly which 50 companies?

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Missing a usable price or zero-growth estimate: ANF, BKNG.

Model details under moat-index@3.0.0: zero-growth multiple 11.1×, capped-growth comparison at no more than 18×; 9% discount rate; high-end growth 0% (capped at 4%) using min(5y revenue CAGR, 5y diluted-EPS CAGR), clamped to 0%–4%; maintenance capex uses min(capex, D&A); abstain when D&A is unavailable. This is a disclosed model range, not intrinsic value as fact.

23 years of fundamentals

The business, in plain English

CREATD, INC. booked $4.8M of revenue in FY2022 in the Industrials sector and kept −27.4% of it as gross profit — a thin-margin business by that measure. After every other cost, −673.3% of each revenue dollar reached the bottom line.

Across the filed record, revenue grew from $6861 (FY2010) to $4.8M (FY2022) — about 72.6% a year compounded over 12 years.

The balance sheet carried $1.7M of total debt in FY2022. Balance-Sheet Safety scores it 28/100.

This breakdown is generated from the filed numbers and sub-scores above — no outside narrative, no estimates. Where a filing doesn’t disclose an input, the sentence that would need it is omitted instead of guessed.

FY2000–FY2022 · 23 fiscal years, normalized from CRTD’s SEC filings

Sales, as filed$4.8M FY2022
$0$2M$4M2000200820162022
Revenue kept after cost of goods−27.4% FY2022
0%50%100%2000200820162022
Standard ROIC or separately labeled Operating ROICROIC −72.5% FY2013

Not meaningful FY2017: invested capital is negative (cash exceeds debt + equity). Not meaningful FY2020–2022: invested capital is negative (cash exceeds debt + equity)

−50%0%2000200820162022
Cash an owner could take out−$31.9M FY2022
−$20M$02000200820162022

The explained ROIC gaps have filed inputs but no meaningful positive invested-capital denominator. Other gaps mean the item is not in the filings for that year. The series is never interpolated or estimated. The Table view lists every filed value, including operating and net margins, total debt, and share count.

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How CREATD, INC. makes its money

CREATD, INC.'s filing does not supply enough comparable lines for a truthful flow chart — here's what is filed:

Table alternative
Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$4.8M100%
Cost of revenue$6.1M127%
−$1.3M−27%
−$29M−605%
Income before tax−$35.7M−744%
−$32.3M−673%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2022 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set

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What CREATD, INC. owns — and owes

CREATD, INC.'s filing tags don't support a full breakdown — here's what is filed:

Table alternative
Filed lineValue% of assetsSource
Total assets$4.8M100%
Cash and equivalents$70622415%
$1.7M35%
Stockholders’ equity−$11.8M−244%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2022 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set

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What drives CREATD, INC.’s return on equity?

ROE is five filed business factors multiplied together.

DuPont return on equity factor treeReturn on equity branches into tax burden, interest burden, operating margin, asset turnover, and the equity multiplier.Return on equity649%Tax burden91%net income ÷ pretax incomeInterest burden123%pretax ÷ operating incomeOperating margin−605%operating income ÷ revenueAsset turnover0.69×revenue ÷ average assetsEquity multiplier-1.41×average assets ÷ average equityAs of 2022-12-31 · 2 SEC filing sourcesBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com
DuPont source inputs
InputValueFiscal yearSource
−$32.3MFY2022
Income before tax−$35.7MFY2022
Operating income−$29MFY2022
$4.8MFY2022
Ending assets$4.8MFY2022
Beginning assets$9.2MFY2021
−$11.8MFY2022
$1.8MFY2021
Source:
  • SEC filingFiling detailsAccession 0001213900-22-018351
  • SEC filingFiling detailsAccession 0001213900-23-030833
· event Dec 31, 2022 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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Where CREATD, INC.'s cash went

CREATD, INC.’s filing does not supply enough provenance-matched cash-flow lines for a truthful flow chart — here’s what is filed:

Table alternative
Filed lineValue% of cash from operationsSource
Cash from operations−$16.8M−100%
Depreciation and amortization$5861093%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2022 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set

Curated 19-manager tier

Who reported holding CREATD, INC.

Delayed public 13F reports for 2026-Q2—not live positions, trades, or recommendations.

0 holding0 exited0 not holding0/19 resolved19 unavailable

Named manager positions and quarter-over-quarter changes
ManagerReported positionQuarter-over-quarterFiling accession
Abrams CapitalUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Akre CapitalUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Baupost GroupUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Berkshire HathawayUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Brave Warrior AdvisorsUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Dodge & CoxUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
First EagleUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
FundsmithUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Gardner Russo & QuinnUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Gates Foundation TrustUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Mairs & PowerUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Markel / Markel-GaynerUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Oakmark / Harris AssociatesUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Pershing SquareUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Polen CapitalUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Sequoia / Ruane CunniffUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Southeastern Asset ManagementUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Tweedy, BrowneUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable
Yacktman Asset ManagementUnavailableComparison unavailableFiling unavailable

Position size uses shares and filed value from each manager’s 13F. Portfolio weight uses the eligible long-share filing denominator. Changes compare only with the immediately preceding calendar quarter.

Source: Filing source unavailable · event Jun 30, 2026 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026

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What CREATD, INC. insiders reported

The complete Form 4 source snapshot retrieved on Aug 18, 2026 contains no transaction rows.

Verified empty: the retrieved source snapshot contains no transaction event.

Source snapshot retrieved 2026-08-18T07:00:02.345Z · SEC Form 4

Moat Score history

15 logged readings since Jul 17, 2026 · append-only, never rewritten

Moat Score over timeLast scored reading of each day, on the 0–100 scale52.9 / 100
0406080100WideNarrowShallowNo moatJul 20, 2026Jul 26, 2026

Breaks in the line mark methodology or normalizer upgrades — readings across versions aren’t compared, so a level shift there isn’t a change in the business.

Tier changesSame-methodology and same-normalizer crossings of the Wide / Narrow / Shallow bars

  1. Normalizer upgraded unstamped (version unknown)moat-xbrl-normalizer@1.1.0 — readings across versions aren’t comparedJul 26, 2026
  2. Methodology upgraded moat-index@2.0.0moat-index@3.0.0 — readings across versions aren’t comparedJul 23, 2026
  3. Methodology upgraded moat-index@1.2.0moat-index@2.0.0 — readings across versions aren’t comparedJul 20, 2026

Scores are logged append-only and never overwritten — this record cannot be reconstructed retroactively, which is exactly why it’s worth keeping.

Insider activity

Form 4 reports mix P/S market or private transactions with compensation-plan mechanics. Activity casually described as “insider selling” can include compensation mechanics; awards, tax withholding, and option exercises are shown by their exact filed class here, never collapsed into “Bought” or “Sold.”

These are disclosed filing facts and arithmetic aggregates, not a signal or verdict.

This machine-readable surface covers SEC ownership filings from 2003; it does not represent earlier paper-era records.

No reported Form 4 transactions were found in the complete checked issuer window for CRTD, –. The totals and cluster result below are arithmetic over that certified window.

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P purchases minus S sales only, Aug 18, 2025–Aug 18, 2026.
0 P / 0 S
Only P and S are included; awards, gifts, exercises, withholding, and other mechanics are excluded.
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Requires at least 3 distinct insiders with P purchases.

Transaction-code histogram

Supporting event counts for the same certified window, Aug 18, 2025–Aug 18, 2026.

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Industrials context

#152 of 446 scored Industrials companies, ranked by Moat Score.

Nearest peers by Moat Score

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  3. #153ARCB ARCBEST CORPORATION52.8Shallow moat
  4. #154DE DEERE FUNDING CANADA Corp52.5Shallow moat

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Common questions about CRTD

Does CREATD, INC. have an economic moat?
Based on its FY2022 SEC filings, the Moat Index scores CREATD, INC. (CRTD) 52.9 out of 100 — a Shallow moat. The five questions behind that score begin at 20% each; if exactly one genuinely lacks data, the other four weights are renormalized and disclosed. revenue and EPS trend 70, pricing power 70, returns on capital not measurable from the filings, balance-sheet safety 28, capital allocation 44.
How has CRTD's Moat Score changed over time?
The record logs 15 readings since Jul 17, 2026; the latest reads 52.9 out of 100 (shallow moat). No tier changes on record yet. (Methodology or normalizer upgrades on Jul 20, 2026, Jul 23, 2026, Jul 26, 2026 re-based the score; readings across versions aren't compared.) The history is append-only — readings are only ever added, never rewritten.

Scored from primary SEC filings via the public methodology. Educational only — not a recommendation to buy or sell CRTD. See the disclaimer.