debt_leverage_profile
-0.72x Total Debt / Equity (Negative equity)
High
SEC-XBRL
interest_rate_sensitivity
High sensitivity; ~$15–20M debt load at variable/floating rates means 200bps rise adds ~$300–400K annual interest expense, pressuring thin margins
Inferred
Agent_Inference
geopolitical_supply_exposure
High intensity; European gas dependency on Russia exposed structural energy security vulnerabilities.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
supply_chain_dependency
Ontario agricultural feedstock availability and municipal biosolids contract concentration; both subject to Canadian regulatory and seasonal disruption
Inferred
Agent_Inference
international_expansion_readiness
Effectively zero international revenue; operations entirely Canada-based, so sovereign currency devaluation exposure is null
Inferred
Agent_Inference
geographic_footprint
100% Ontario, Canada operations; no meaningful foreign currency exposure; CAD/USD fluctuation affects equipment import costs only
Inferred
Agent_Inference
commodity_exposure_profile
High intensity; commodities: Natural Gas, Coal, Uranium, Crude Oil, Copper (grid), Lithium (storage); geopolitical: European gas dependency on Russia exposed structural energy security vulnerabilities.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
vendor_lock_dependency_score
Likely yes; composting facility operations depend on specific equipment vendors and a narrow base of organic waste hauling contractors in Ontario
Inferred
Agent_Inference
business_model_type_primary
Not cloud-dependent; physical composting/biosolids processing operations would be operationally unaffected by any cloud provider termination
Inferred
Agent_Inference
business_model_type_secondary
Asset-heavy industrial organics processor; secondary model is tipping-fee revenue from municipalities accepting organic waste at facilities
Inferred
Agent_Inference
switching_cost_profile
Minimal API coupling risk; operations are physical/industrial with no significant software platform dependencies or API integrations
Inferred
Agent_Inference
howey_test_risk_index
Low Howey risk; revenue from composting tipping fees and compost product sales constitutes conventional commodity/service income, not a securities offering
Inferred
Agent_Inference
regulatory_burden_tier
Very High
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
data_sovereignty_risk
Low GDPR/CCPA exposure; no consumer data collected; B2G and B2B municipal contracts involve minimal personal data processing
Inferred
Agent_Inference
antitrust_exposure_flag
Low antitrust risk; small market share in fragmented Ontario organics processing sector; no dominant market position
Inferred
Agent_Inference
regulatory_exposure_profile
Very High burden; regimes: FERC, NERC, EPA, NRC, State PUCs, DOE; Rate-case lag and clean-energy mandates compress returns on regulated asset base.
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
revenue_model_type
Predominantly transactional; tipping fees per tonne and compost sales are volume-based; some recurring municipal service contracts (~30–40% estimated)
Inferred
Agent_Inference
monetization_vector
Dual vector: gate fees/tipping fees for waste acceptance plus compost/fertilizer product sales; gate fees are primary (~60–65% estimated)
Inferred
Agent_Inference
pricing_architecture
Weak pricing power; tipping fees subject to municipal tender competition; compost prices tied to commodity agricultural input markets
Inferred
Agent_Inference
pricing_power_rating
2/10; commodity-like outputs, municipal procurement pressure, and regulatory pricing constraints severely limit independent pricing leverage
Inferred
Agent_Inference
target_gross_margin_bracket
-1518.3% Gross Margin (Negative equity)
High
SEC-XBRL
churn_vulnerability_index
Moderate; municipal contracts provide short-term stability but periodic re-tendering creates lumpy churn risk; no free-rider leakage issue
Inferred
Agent_Inference
headcount_cost_structure
Headcount-linear; physical processing operations require proportional labor as throughput scales; limited automation reduces sublinear scaling potential
Inferred
Agent_Inference
marginal_cost_of_growth
High marginal cost of growth; each new facility requires $5–15M capex and proportional operating staff; no software-like scalability
Inferred
Agent_Inference
franchise_compliance_risk
Not applicable; SusGlobal operates no franchise network
Inferred
Agent_Inference
customer_acquisition_metric
At 10x scale, CAC would rise sharply as municipal contract competition intensifies; current unit economics barely breakeven at small scale
Inferred
Agent_Inference
network_effect_present
No network effects present; composting is a physical utility service with no platform dynamics or user-base compounding value
Inferred
Agent_Inference
asset_efficiency_ratio
-90.2% Return on Assets (Negative equity)
High
SEC-XBRL
recession_resistance_tier
Moderate resilience; organic waste generation is relatively inelastic, but municipal budget cuts can delay contract renewals and capex spending
Inferred
Agent_Inference
customer_segment_primary
Municipalities and regional governments in Ontario providing biosolids and source-separated organics under service contracts
Inferred
Agent_Inference
customer_segment_secondary
Agricultural end-users purchasing finished compost/fertilizer products; highly price-sensitive and subject to seasonal demand cycles
Inferred
Agent_Inference
characteristic_occupations
["11-0000 Management Occupations", "13-0000 Business and Financial Operations Occupations", "15-0000 Computer and Mathematical Occupations", "17-0000 Architecture and Engineering Occupations", "23-0000 Legal Occupations", "41-0000 Sales and Related Occupations", "43-0000 Office and Administrative Support Occupations", "47-0000 Construction and Extraction Occupations", "49-0000 Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations"]
High
SOC-2018/GICS-overlay
agent_automatable_labor_share
0.34 (HIL — ~34% of characteristic roles agent-automatable)
Medium
SOC-2018 + agentic-exposure-v1
capital_expenditure_profile
0.0% CapEx / Revenue (Low-CapEx Asset-Light)
High
SEC-XBRL
sec_cik
0001652539
High
SEC-EDGAR
ticker
SNRG
High
SEC-EDGAR