KFS Kingsway Financial Services, Inc.
XNYS 10.69 DelayedStock quote, options chain, IV rank, technicals, AI analysis, and institutional ownership. Iron condor setups Expected move IV rank history Fibonacci levels Insider trading
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- 52-Week Range
- $9.84 – $15.29
- YTD
- -9.45%
- IV Rank (30D)
- 16.95
- Straddle Price
- $1.70
- Market Cap
- $0.3B
- Open
- $10.74
- Day Range
- $10.60 – $10.80
- Volume
- 46,460
- Prev Close
- $10.76

- Industry (SIC)
- FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE (6331) · industry map
- Exchange
- XNYS
- Market Cap
- $0.3B
- Employees
- 607
- List Date
- 1998-05-06
- CIK
- 0001072627
- Headquarters
- Chicago, IL
- Homepage
- https://www.kingsway-financial.com
Kingsway Financial Services Inc through subsidiaries operates in the extended warranty and business services industries in the United States. The company operates through segments namely, Extended Warranty and Kingsway Search Xcelerator. The Extended Warranty segment provides after-market vehicle protection services distributed by credit unions. The company generates maximum revenue from the Extended Warranty segment in the form of Service fee and commission income.
Each spoke is this symbol's rank within its sector (0–100; the dotted ring marks the sector median at 50). Higher is more constructive for a long. One spoke — News sentiment — is an absolute reading, not a sector rank. Grayed spokes have no data. A fuller shape is a summary, not a recommendation.
Quick-reference for reading the values below. Indicators combine to confirm a view — no single one is a trade signal on its own.
- SMA 20 / 50 / 200 — price above = uptrend, below = downtrend. SMA 50 crossing SMA 200 is the golden/death cross.
- EMA 12 / 26 — faster-reacting averages; 12 above 26 is short-term bullish.
- MACD — bullish when MACD > signal (green badge), bearish when below. Divergence from price often precedes reversals.
- ADX (14) — trend strength regardless of direction. <20 range, 20–25 weak trend, 25–50 trend, >50 strong trend.
- +DI / −DI — +DI > −DI favors bulls; the reverse favors bears. Read alongside ADX.
- RSI (14) — <30 oversold, >70 overbought. 40–60 is neutral; trending names can stay extreme.
- Stochastic %K / %D — <20 oversold, >80 overbought. %K crossing %D is an early momentum signal.
- Williams %R — inverted scale: <−80 oversold, >−20 overbought.
Oscillators work best in range-bound markets; in strong trends they give premature reversal signals.
- Bollinger Bands — price at upper band = overbought, lower = oversold. Narrow bands (squeeze) often precede expansion.
- OBV — cumulative volume; rising OBV confirms uptrend, falling OBV confirms downtrend. Divergence from price is a warning.
- Vol SMA 20 / Vol ROC — today's volume vs. 20-day average. Positive ROC with price move = conviction.
- ATR / True Range — average daily $ move; sizing and stop-loss reference.
- HV 20 / 30 / 60 — realized (historical) volatility. Compare to IV on the options cards: IV > HV = rich premium.
Confluence matters: trend + momentum + volume agreeing carries far more weight than any single indicator. For how these feed the spread scanner score, see the algorithm docs →
Trend Indicators
Momentum Oscillators
Volume & Volatility
Data Summary
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Analysis includes technical indicators, news sentiment, risk assessment, and specific price levels to watch.
| Earnings Date | Timing | Expected Move | Actual Move | Ratio | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-09 | Pre-Market | 18.48% | 3.29% | 0.18x | Within |
| 2023-08-08 | Pre-Market | 45.40% | 0.36% | 0.01x | Within |
| 2023-11-07 | Pre-Market | 12.87% | 0.13% | 0.01x | Within |
| 2024-03-05 | Pre-Market | 20.32% | 0.54% | 0.03x | Within |
| 2024-05-08 | Pre-Market | 19.41% | 2.62% | 0.13x | Within |
| 2024-08-06 | Pre-Market | 36.56% | 0.12% | 0.00x | Within |
| 2024-11-06 | Pre-Market | 18.98% | 2.14% | 0.11x | Within |
| 2025-03-17 | Pre-Market | 22.98% | 4.25% | 0.18x | Within |
| 2025-05-08 | After-Close | 23.90% | 1.24% | 0.05x | Within |
| 2025-08-07 | Pre-Market | 9.99% | 4.20% | 0.42x | Within |
| 2025-11-06 | Pre-Market | 22.56% | 0.21% | 0.01x | Within |
| 2026-03-12 | After-Close | 20.76% | 5.29% | 0.25x | Within |
| 2026-05-07 | Pre-Market | 19.54% | 0.75% | 0.04x | Within |
Earnings calendar: this week’s reports with expected vs actual moves →
KFS Options Activity & IV Rank
KFS IV rank history, 52-week IV rank and IV percentile →
Volatility Metrics
Options Flow
ATM Options Pricing
Chain Summary
Each spread is ranked by a composite score built in three stages. Full documentation →
score = P(profit) × (credit / spread_width)
P(profit) from short leg delta (1 − |delta|), penalised above 85%. Credit uses mid-price to handle illiquid chains fairly.
RR and BF (30-delta) from the persisted per-symbol skew snapshot — wing strikes picked by real greeks.delta, not a moneyness proxy. Put skew boosts bull puts, penalises bear calls. High butterfly boosts iron condors. Calendars are skew-neutral.
- RSI <40 bullish / >60 bearish
- MACD crossover + histogram trend
- Price vs SMA 50 & SMA 200
- Stochastic %K <20 / >80
- Williams %R <−80 / >−20
- Blended ATR + straddle expected-move penalty
- Bollinger Band signal (+ counter-trend penalty)
- BB width — vol contraction boost for ICs
- IV rank ≥ 75 → strong boost for credit spreads
- IV rank < 25 → penalty (selling cheap vol)
- Min open interest across all legs
- OI < 100 → −0.10 · OI < 500 → −0.05
score = base_score × skew_multiplier × tech_multiplier
Both multipliers are shown per spread. Beta is informational only — ATR already captures realized vol. Full algorithm documentation →
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Estimated net dealer gamma is at the 93rd percentile of this name's own daily history, near the high end of its range. This describes current positioning; it is not a forecast or a trading signal.
Net dealer gamma is an estimate of the aggregate gamma held by options market makers across this name's option chain, weighted by open interest. Dealer positions aren't public, so it uses a standard simplifying assumption: dealers are treated as long the calls and short the puts that are open. Actual dealer books can differ.
Gamma percentile ranks today's estimate against this name's own daily history, from 0% (the lowest reading on record) to 100% (the highest). Raw gamma scales with how much open interest a chain carries, so it isn't comparable across names; the percentile is. The badge marks the bottom 20% as low and the top 20% as high.
Tilts run from −1 to +1 and show how lopsided the estimated dealer exposure is. GEX tilt compares call gamma with put gamma. Vanna tilt describes how the hedge would shift if implied volatility changed, and charm tilt how it would shift with the passage of time.
This card describes estimated positioning and where it sits historically. It is not a forecast of price direction or volatility and not a trading signal. Market-wide view: Dealer positioning screener.
IV(put wing) − IV(ATM), in vol pointsHow much the OTM put trades above (or below) the at-the-money strike. Measures the height of the put-side tail relative to ATM — i.e. how expensive crash insurance is on this name.
- Positive (typical) — wing IV > ATM IV. Standard equity put skew: portfolios bid up crash protection, so OTM puts trade richer than ATM.
- Near zero or negative (unusual) — wing IV ≤ ATM IV. Flat or inverted put side. Common when there's no fear demand, in tightly mean-reverting names, or right after an earnings catalyst clears.
- Percentile vs own 3-yr history: high = wings rich (good time to sell wing premium); low = wings cheap (good time to buy protection).
- Not directional — high or low wings don't predict up or down moves. It's a price tag on tail insurance, not a forecast.
IV(call wing) − IV(put wing), equal delta on each sideWhich side of the smile is the market paying up for? Measures the tilt of the surface — call skew vs put skew at matched deltas.
- Negative (typical) — puts richer than calls. Standard equity behavior: hedging demand makes puts carry a premium. Most large-caps sit in the −1 to −5 vol-point range.
- Strongly negative (< −5 pts) — heavy downside hedging, elevated fear, or an upcoming catalyst (earnings, FDA, macro event). Worth flagging.
- Positive — calls richer than puts. Unusual for equities; signals bullish momentum, short-squeeze positioning, or takeover/M&A speculation.
- Near zero — symmetric surface. Market sees roughly equal up/down risk. Rare for large-caps; more common in commodities and FX.
Wing-vs-ATM tells you how expensive the tails are. Risk Reversal tells you which side is favored. Combined:
- High wing percentile + deeply negative RR → strong put bid; stress or major event priced in. Owning protection costs a premium; selling put premium is dangerous.
- Low wing percentile + near-zero RR → complacency; insurance cheap and balanced. Good environment to add cheap downside hedges.
- Positive RR + elevated wings → call-side fear-of-missing-out; common in squeeze setups. Upside calls expensive, downside puts not bid.
Percentile is the rank of today's reading within ~3 years of this symbol's own history. High percentile = wings are rich relative to history; not a directional signal. Skew is read off the chain in real time, not from CBOE SKEW.
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KFS Institutional Ownership (13F)
Institutional managers with $100M+ AUM file Form 13F-HR quarterly, due 45 days after quarter end. Holdings are reported gross at quarter-end market value — they are a snapshot, not a real-time position.
- Shares — long equity positions in this name, aggregated across share classes.
- Calls / Puts — notional value of long call / put exposure where this ticker is the underlying.
- % of Float — holder's reported shares divided by the latest diluted shares outstanding. Sums above 100% indicate large custodian / prime broker positions where the same shares are reported by multiple filers.
- Custodian badge — filers with more than 5,000 holdings are typically broker-dealers / custodians reporting customer-held shares, not active managers.
Each filer is counted once at its latest 13F-HR filing. New filings are ingested on a weekly cadence.
| # | Filer | Notional Value | % of Total | Period |
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| # | Filer | Notional Value | % of Total | Period |
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KFS Insider Trading (Form 4)
Latest: 2026-05-04| Filed | Reporter | Role | Action | Shares | Avg Price | Net $ | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-04 | John Taylor Maloney Fitzgerald | President and CEO | Buy (P) | +229 | $10.93 | $2.5K | EDGAR |
| 2026-05-04 | Kent A Hansen | CFO & EVP | Buy (P) | +143 | $10.93 | $1.6K | EDGAR |
| 2026-04-15 | John Taylor Maloney Fitzgerald | President and CEO | Buy (P) | +211 | $11.85 | $2.5K | EDGAR |
| 2026-04-08 | Kent A Hansen | CFO & EVP | Award (A) | +14,568 | $11.02 | $160.5K | EDGAR |
| 2026-03-16 | Kent A Hansen | CFO & EVP | Buy (P) | +146 | $10.71 | $1.6K | EDGAR |
| 2026-03-16 | John Taylor Maloney Fitzgerald | President and CEO | Buy (P) | +234 | $10.71 | $2.5K | EDGAR |
| 2026-03-02 | Kent A Hansen | CFO & EVP | Buy (P) | +126 | $12.34 | $1.6K | EDGAR |
| 2026-03-02 | John Taylor Maloney Fitzgerald | President and CEO | Buy (P) | +202 | $12.34 | $2.5K | EDGAR |
| 2026-02-18 | Kent A Hansen | CFO & EVP | Buy (P) | +128 | $12.19 | $1.6K | EDGAR |
| 2026-02-18 | John Taylor Maloney Fitzgerald | President and CEO | Buy (P) | +205 | $12.19 | $2.5K | EDGAR |
| 2026-02-02 | Kent A Hansen | CFO & EVP | Buy (P) | +114 | $13.69 | $1.6K | EDGAR |
| 2026-02-02 | John Taylor Maloney Fitzgerald | President and CEO | Buy (P) | +183 | $13.69 | $2.5K | EDGAR |
| 2026-01-29 | Kent A Hansen | CFO & EVP | Buy (P) | +116 | $13.54 | $1.6K | EDGAR |
| 2026-01-29 | John Taylor Maloney Fitzgerald | President and CEO | Buy (P) | +185 | $13.54 | $2.5K | EDGAR |
| 2026-01-05 | Kent A Hansen | CFO & EVP | Buy (P) | +115 | $13.58 | $1.6K | EDGAR |
KFS Insider Holdings
15 insiders · @ $10.73| # | Insider | Role | Shares | Disclosed Exposure | Lifetime OM Net | Filings | Last Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stilwell Activist Fund, L.P. | 10%+ Owner | 3,712,882 | $39.84M | -$14.37M | 4 | 2025-12-15 |
| 2 | Stilwell Activist Investments, L.P. | Director | 3,712,882 | $39.84M | -$3.89M | 3 | 2025-12-10 |
| 3 | OAKMONT CAPITAL INC | 10%+ Owner | 1,987,830 | $21.33M | $438.5K | 5 | 2025-12-19 |
| 4 | Gregory Paul Hannon | Director | 1,987,830 | $21.33M | $616.3K | 20 | 2025-12-19 |
| 5 | Charles L Frischer | Director | 1,835,798 | $19.70M | $0 | 2 | 2025-02-18 |
| 6 | John Taylor Maloney Fitzgerald | President and CEO | 1,495,511 | $16.05M | $1.04M | 203 | 2026-05-04 |
| 7 | Douglas Levine | Director | 1,247,871 | $13.39M | $1.14M | 11 | 2025-05-12 |
| 8 | Stilwell Associates, L.P. | 10%+ Owner | 1,081,286 | $11.60M | -$18.84M | 5 | 2025-02-14 |
| 9 | Adam Jonathan Patinkin | Director | 1,023,000 | $10.98M | $0 | 2 | 2025-12-18 |
| 10 | Stilwell Value Partners VII, L.P. | 10%+ Owner | 752,910 | $8.08M | -$3.15M | 4 | 2025-12-17 |
KFS Board & Officers
As of SEC filings through Oct 16, 2026Directors 8
- Gregory Paul Hannon · since Jan 1, 2012
- Joseph Stilwell · since Jan 1, 2012
- Terence Michael Kavanagh · since Jan 1, 2012
- John Taylor Maloney Fitzgerald · since Apr 20, 2016
- Douglas Levine · since May 30, 2018
- Corissa B. Porcelli · since Sep 21, 2020
- Adam Jonathan Patinkin · since Mar 31, 2025
- Joshua Horowitz · since Mar 31, 2025
Officers 2
- John Taylor Maloney Fitzgerald · President and CEO · listed since Sep 2018
- Kent A Hansen · CFO & EVP · listed since Oct 2020
10% owners 7
- Joseph Stilwell · listed since Mar 2017
- Oakmont Capital Inc (entity) · since Aug 18, 2014
- Stilwell Activist Fund, L.P. (entity) · on file since Sep 2018
- Stilwell Activist Investments, L.P. (entity) · on file since Sep 2018
- Stilwell Associates, L.P. (entity) · on file since Sep 2018
- Stilwell Value LLC (entity) · since Jan 1, 2012
- Stilwell Value Partners VII, L.P. (entity) · on file since Jan 2019
Changes in the last 10 years (34)
| Apr 11, 2025 | The company announced the departure of Charles L Frischer from the board in an SEC filing |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Joshua Horowitz became a director |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Adam Jonathan Patinkin became a director |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Stilwell Value LLC no longer listed as a director in SEC filings |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Stilwell Value LLC first listed as a director in an SEC filing |
| May 17, 2022 | Charles L Frischer became a director |
| Apr 2, 2021 | Paul R. Hogan reported in an SEC filing no longer being Secretary and General Counsel |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Kent A Hansen listed as CFO & EVP (previously Chief Financial Officer) in SEC filings |
| Sep 21, 2020 | Corissa B. Porcelli became a director |
| Sep 1, 2020 | Kent A Hansen listed as Chief Financial Officer (previously CFO & EVP) in SEC filings |
| Mar 3, 2020 | William August Hickey Jr reported in an SEC filing no longer being CFO and EVP |
| Feb 28, 2020 | Kent A Hansen became CFO & EVP |
| May 30, 2019 | William August Hickey Jr listed as CFO and EVP (previously CFO, EVP and SEC) in SEC filings |
| May 28, 2019 | Paul R. Hogan became Secretary and General Counsel |
| Jan 2, 2019 | Stilwell Value Partners VII, L.P. first on file as a 10% owner |
| Oct 15, 2018 | William August Hickey Jr listed as CFO, EVP and SEC (previously CFO and EVP) in SEC filings |
| Sep 13, 2018 | Stilwell Value LLC no longer listed as a director in SEC filings |
| Sep 13, 2018 | Stilwell Associates, L.P. no longer listed as a director in SEC filings |
| Sep 13, 2018 | Stilwell Activist Investments, L.P. no longer listed as a director in SEC filings |
| Sep 13, 2018 | Stilwell Activist Fund, L.P. no longer listed as a director in SEC filings |
| Sep 12, 2018 | Stilwell Associates, L.P. first on file as a director |
| Sep 12, 2018 | Stilwell Associates, L.P. first on file as a 10% owner |
| Sep 12, 2018 | Stilwell Activist Investments, L.P. first on file as a director |
| Sep 12, 2018 | Stilwell Activist Investments, L.P. first on file as a 10% owner |
| Sep 12, 2018 | Stilwell Activist Fund, L.P. first on file as a director |
| Sep 12, 2018 | Stilwell Activist Fund, L.P. first on file as a 10% owner |
| Sep 7, 2018 | Larry G Swets Jr no longer listed as CEO in SEC filings |
| Sep 7, 2018 | John Taylor Maloney Fitzgerald listed as President and CEO (previously President and COO) in SEC filings |
| May 30, 2018 | Douglas Levine became a director |
| Mar 22, 2017 | Joseph Stilwell first listed as a 10% owner in an SEC filing |
| Mar 16, 2017 | William August Hickey Jr listed as CFO and EVP (previously COO, CFO and EVP) in SEC filings |
| Mar 16, 2017 | Larry G Swets Jr listed as CEO (previously President and CEO) in SEC filings |
| Mar 16, 2017 | Joseph Stilwell no longer listed as a 10% owner in SEC filings |
| Mar 16, 2017 | John Taylor Maloney Fitzgerald listed as President and COO (previously Executive Vice President) in SEC filings |
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Not reported recently (3)
- Hassan Baqar · Last reported as Vice President in an SEC filing dated Feb 1, 2019
- Larry G Swets Jr · Last reported as a director in an SEC filing dated Sep 17, 2018
- Gary Schaevitz · Last reported as a director in an SEC filing dated Dec 22, 2017
KFS Proposed Insider Sales (Form 144)
Latest: 2026-05-21What is Form 144? A notice of intent to sell restricted or control stock under Rule 144. Affiliates (officers, directors, 10%+ owners) and holders of restricted shares must file Form 144 when planning to sell more than 5,000 shares or $50,000 in any 3-month rolling window.
How it relates to Form 4: Form 144 is filed before the trade (up to 90 days in advance); Form 4 is filed within 2 business days after the trade executes. Not every Form 144 results in a sale — the filer may cancel or delay. Look for the corresponding Form 4 on the Insider Activity card to confirm a sale actually happened.
10b5-1 plans: Trades made under a pre-scheduled Rule 10b5-1 plan are not discretionary — they execute automatically on dates set months earlier, regardless of news. High 10b5-1 percentages mean less per-filing signal value, though cumulative selling volume still matters.
"Notice value": Aggregate market value the filer wrote into the Form 144 — i.e. the size of the planned sale, not necessarily the executed dollars. An amended notice (Form 144/A) replaces the original it amends, and cancelled notices are dropped, so neither is double-counted above. A filed value that is clearly inconsistent with the share count at the stock's price (a filer typo) shows as a dash and is left out of the totals.
Source & freshness: Sourced from public Form 144 filings. Refreshed daily; new filings typically appear here the morning after they are filed.
| Filed | Filer | Role | Shares | Notice Value | Planned Sale | Broker | Plan | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-21 | John T. Fitzgerald | Officer | 5,000 | $51.1K | 2026-05-21 | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | — | EDGAR |
| 2026-05-20 | John T. Fitzgerald | Officer | 5,000 | $51.2K | 2026-05-20 | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | — | EDGAR |
| 2026-05-19 | John T. Fitzgerald | Officer | 5,000 | $52.2K | 2026-05-19 | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | — | EDGAR |
| 2025-12-29 | Hansen Kent A | Officer | 7,500 | $105.0K | 2025-12-29 | Charles Schwab Corp. | — | EDGAR |
| 2025-12-23 | John T. Fitzgerald | Officer | 30,000 | $398.4K | 2025-12-23 | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | — | EDGAR |
| # | ETF | Provider | Weight | $ Exposure | ETF AUM | As Of |
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Quarterly filings sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K reports. TTM tiles aggregate the most recent four quarters; bars show the last ~12 quarters oldest → newest.
- Revenue — top-line sales. Look for consistent YoY growth; seasonal businesses need same-quarter comparisons (Q4 '24 vs Q4 '23).
- Net Income — bottom-line profit after all expenses. Can be volatile from one-time items; red bars = net loss.
- Diluted EPS — net income per share assuming options/converts are exercised. Direct input to the P/E ratio.
- Operating Cash Flow — cash generated from core operations, before capex and financing. Harder to manipulate than net income; growing OCF is a quality signal.
- Sequential growth — quarter-over-quarter trend. Accelerating bars are a momentum signal.
- YoY growth — compare to the same quarter a year earlier to remove seasonality.
- Quality — OCF should roughly track Net Income over time. Large divergence (net income ≫ OCF) flags accruals risk.
- Margins — scan the bar ratios: Net Income / Revenue tells you margin trend without needing a separate chart.
TTM (trailing-twelve-month) smooths seasonality and is used for the P/E calculation. Filings appear 30–90 days after the period closes.
Quarterly figures (12 quarters)
| Quarter | Period End | Revenue | Net Income | Diluted EPS | Op. Cash Flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 '25 | 2025-12-31 | $39.33M | $-2.07M | $-0.07 | $-10.00K |
| Q3 '25 | 2025-09-30 | $37.71M | $-2.78M | $-0.10 | $1.47M |
| Q2 '25 | 2025-06-30 | $31.63M | $-3.63M | $-0.13 | $337.00K |
| Q1 '25 | 2025-03-31 | $28.66M | $-3.44M | $-0.13 | $-1.80M |
| Q4 '24 | 2024-12-31 | $30.40M | $-1.79M | $-0.07 | $-107.00K |
| Q3 '24 | 2024-09-30 | $28.59M | $-2.81M | $-0.10 | $368.00K |
| Q2 '24 | 2024-06-30 | $27.12M | $-2.36M | $-0.08 | $557.00K |
| Q1 '24 | 2024-03-31 | $26.61M | $-2.48M | $-0.09 | $249.00K |
| Q4 '23 | 2023-12-31 | $26.24M | $-1.82M | $-0.08 | $-928.00K |
| Q3 '23 | 2023-09-30 | $26.32M | $-1.03M | $-0.04 | $-835.00K |
| Q2 '23 | 2023-06-30 | $28.36M | $-1.45M | $-0.06 | $-1.64M |
| Q1 '23 | 2023-03-31 | $26.92M | $27.77M | $1.05 | $-22.79M |
Ratios derived from TTM financials and the current market price, sampled daily. History chart shows how expensive the stock is today relative to its own recent past.
- P/E — price / TTM earnings. Rough market rule: 10–15 value, 15–25 market, >30 growth/premium. Negative when earnings are negative.
- P/B — price / book value. Useful for financials and asset-heavy names; meaningless for asset-light software.
- P/S — price / TTM revenue. Useful when earnings are negative or noisy (early-stage growth).
- EV/EBITDA — capital-structure-neutral. <10 cheap, 10–15 reasonable, >20 rich. Good for comparing across leverage profiles.
- EV/Sales — like P/S but accounts for debt + cash. Compare within sector.
- ROE — return on equity. >15% strong, >25% exceptional. Caution: high leverage inflates ROE.
- ROA — return on assets. Leverage-neutral; >5% solid, >10% exceptional.
- Div Yield — annual dividend / price. Compare to 10Y Treasury; sustained yield >6% often signals distress.
- FCF Yield — free cash flow / market cap. >5% is attractive; negative means burning cash.
- Debt/Equity — leverage. <1 conservative, >2 aggressive. Sector-dependent (utilities naturally high, tech low).
- Current Ratio — short-term liquidity. >1.5 comfortable, <1 raises short-term solvency flags.
- Compare current level to the 3-year band: near the high end = relatively expensive; near the low = relatively cheap.
- Multiples expanding while earnings are flat = sentiment-driven rally.
- Multiples compressing while earnings grow = value coming from fundamentals.
Regulatory short-interest reports publish on a bi-weekly settlement cadence; short-volume is reported daily by the trade-reporting facilities. Float is derived from insider-ownership filings.
- Short Interest — total shares currently sold short as of the settlement date. Lags real time by ~8 business days.
- SI % of Float — short interest / free float. The key crowding metric.
- Days to Cover — short interest / avg daily volume. How many full trading days it would take shorts to buy back. High DTC + catalyst = squeeze fuel.
- Short Vol Ratio — today's short-sale volume / total volume. Intraday selling pressure proxy (not the same as short interest).
- Free Float — shares available for public trading (total shares minus insider / restricted).
- Float % — free float / shares outstanding. <50% = tightly held, more prone to squeezes.
- SI % of Float < 5% — typical, no particular signal.
- 5–15% — elevated; watch for catalysts (earnings, guidance, macro).
- 15–30% — heavily shorted; tight-float names in this range have produced notable squeezes historically.
- >30% — extreme; borrow is likely expensive and squeeze risk is material.
- Days to Cover > 5 combined with high SI% amplifies squeeze potential.
- Trend matters more than level. Rapidly rising short interest often precedes negative catalysts or heavy hedging.
- A sudden drop in SI after a rally may indicate a squeeze in progress.
Short interest is reported mid-month and end-of-month; short volume is daily.