BBAIBigBear.ai Holdings, Inc.

$2.14-72% 1Y

Is the business good?

Mixed

The checks split: nothing decisive, though margins compressing.

1 to watch, 1 neutral, 2 without data
Fundamental health (F-score)4 / 9SEC EDGAR · Dec 31, 2025

Mixed fundamental signals. Nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year health from the filings.

Margin direction, 3 years−89.5 ptsderived

Operating margin has narrowed over the past few years, profitability per dollar of sales is eroding.

Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.

How good a business is BBAI?

BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. earns −16% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.

−16%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 25 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value

Operating margin
−118%

Operating margin · Information Technology Services median 9.5% · 12 months to Q2 2026

Share count, year on year
+49%

Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago

R&D as % of revenue
16%

R&D as % of revenue

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY20198.7%
FY2021−54%
FY2022−71%
FY2023−25%
FY2024−84%
FY2025−168%
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Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
28%
Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
−118%
Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
−65%
Free cash flow margin
−55%
R&D as % of revenue
16%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$132M
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
−$73M
Net income, trailing twelve months
−$86M
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
−16%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.

Customers and suppliers

Who buys from BBAI and who it buys from, as the companies report it.

90%of revenue comes from the U.S. government, the largest of 6 disclosed customers
Customerswho buys
Supplierswho it buys from

None disclosed.

A company has to disclose every customer behind 10% or more of its revenue. Each share comes from the latest annual report of the company that states it and shows on both companies’ pages; BBAI’s own figures are from its FY2025 10-K. Smaller customers and suppliers go unreported.

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