Cummins Inc.
CMI Industrials · Specialty Industrial MachineryNot yet scored
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What the filing actually says.
This synthesis is limited by the data supplied. The only figures on file are annual revenues for 2018 through 2025, so the analysis rests on the top line alone. Revenue was $33.67 billion in 2025, against $34.1 billion in 2024 and $34.06 billion in 2023, a decline of about 1.3% in the latest year and essentially flat across 2023 and 2024. Over the longer window, revenue is up about 41.6% from $23.77 billion in 2018, though the path was uneven, with a 16.0% drop in 2020 followed by increases of roughly 21.3% in 2021, 16.9% in 2022 and 21.3% in 2023. Forensic scores: none are on file for Cummins, so this synthesis gives no Beneish M-Score, Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, or Fog Index reading. A missing score is not a clean result; it is simply absent from this dataset. Likewise, no MD&A, risk-factor, or news text is available, so the filings' own explanations for the revenue swings, such as which segments, products, pricing, or volume changes drove them, cannot be checked here. Readers may want to look at the company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K, particularly the MD&A results discussion and Item 1A risk factors, and compare those explanations with the revenue figures above. Reading the cash flow statement and balance sheet alongside revenue would also show whether reported sales are converting into cash, but those figures are not in this data set either.
Catalyst.No MD&A text is on file, so this paragraph cannot attribute current business drivers to management's explanations. The available revenue figures show the top line at $33.67 billion for 2025, compared with $34.1 billion for 2024, a decline of about 1.3%. 2024 was nearly unchanged from 2023's $34.06 billion, up about 0.1%. Against 2018's $23.77 billion, 2025 revenue is roughly 41.6% higher, but the growth came in uneven steps rather than a steady climb. Any explanation for the recent softening would have to come from the company's own MD&A, which is outside this dataset.
Hidden risk.The data supplied contains no risk-factor text, so this paragraph cannot name the risks the company itself discloses. What the revenue series does show is volatility a casual reader might overlook: revenue fell about 16.0% in 2020, then rose about 21.3% in 2021, 16.9% in 2022 and 21.3% in 2023, before flattening in 2024 and slipping about 1.3% in 2025. Swings of that size usually reflect several forces at once, but this data cannot separate price, volume, or mix effects. Without forensic scores, no manipulation screen is available either, so the main check left to the reader is the filing itself.
What traders are betting.
The metric
Shares that traders have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back. Brokers report the total to FINRA twice a month. Days to cover divides it by the shares that change hands on a typical day.
- Shares sold short
- 4.1M
- Change since Aug 31
- +28.9%
- Days to cover
- 3.6
What it tells us
Few traders are betting against CMI. Levels this low are common for large, widely held companies.
Short sellers added to their bets: shares sold short grew 28.9% since the Aug 31 report.
At normal trading volume, short sellers would need about 3.6 days to buy back every borrowed share.
How investors use it
- Squeeze watching. Some aggressive traders seek out heavily shorted stocks, betting that good news will force short sellers to buy back shares and push the price higher.
- Hedging. Funds short one company to offset risk in another, often owning a stronger business and shorting a weaker one in the same industry.
- Timing. Chart-based traders pair rising short interest with price patterns, such as a break below a level where buyers used to step in, to decide when to enter or exit.
- Warning sign. Some owners treat a sharp rise in short interest as a red flag and respond by tightening stop-loss orders or holding smaller positions.
Quarterly report
The quarterly report (10-Q) and current report (8-K) Cummins filed in the last 12 months, each linked to the original document on SEC EDGAR.
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