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Tobias Carlisle: Acquirer's Multiple
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Carlisle's 'Acquirer's Multiple': what would an acquirer pay for the whole business? Enterprise value (market cap + debt; cash isn't in the dataset and is left out — so the metric skews a bit high rather than low) divided by operating profit (EBIT, TTM from EBIT margin × revenue over the last 4 quarters). Shows a multiple ≤ 8 — very cheaply valued operating businesses. Financials excluded (EV/EBIT isn't meaningful there), minimum market cap $200 million. Source: fundamental data.
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- ADR (Average Daily Range)
- The average daily swing of a stock in percent - measured over 10 or 30 trading days (columns "ADR 10D/30D"). An ADR of 5% means: on a normal day the gap between the intraday low and high runs about 5%. Traders look for movement - that is why stocks with an ADR under 1% are filtered out globally. Not to be confused with ADR meaning "American Depositary Receipt" (a US certificate for foreign shares) - here ADR always means the daily swing.
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- Our company-by-company assessment of the AI boom based on SEC filings (the last four quarterly 10-Q reports and two annual 10-K reports): "Sells AI" (AI is a revenue source), "Threatened" (AI is a concrete business risk), "Uses AI" (operational use), or "Neutral" (no material AI exposure). Every classification requires at least two direct quote citations - otherwise the column shows "-". Not a quality judgment or a buy recommendation; the full file is on the stock page, methodology at /stocks/ai-rating-methodology.
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- Avg/Yr 3Y (Average Annual Return)
- The stock's average annual return over the past 3 years. Shows at a glance whether a stock delivers over the long run or just had a short hot streak.
- Earnings Date
- The date of the next quarterly earnings report. Price gaps in either direction are common around this date - that is why we color it red when it is 7 days away or less, and yellow when it is 14 days away or less: elevated risk for fresh positions.
- EBIT Margin
- Operating profit before interest and taxes (EBIT) as a percent of revenue - measures the earning power of the core business alone, independent of financing and tax rates.
- EPS (Earnings per Share)
- Quarterly earnings divided by the number of shares outstanding. The most important growth metric: if EPS rises strongly over several quarters, the company is earning more money per share.
- EV/EBIT (Enterprise Value ÷ Operating Profit)
- Enterprise value (market cap plus debt) divided by operating profit before interest and taxes. The acquirer's perspective: what does the entire business cost - including the debt a buyer would assume - relative to what it earns operationally?
- Free Cash Flow (FCF)
- Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures - the money left over for everything else (debt paydown, acquisitions, or buybacks). Consistently positive free cash flow is one of the most honest signs of a healthy business model.
- Funda Rating (Fundamental Rating A+ to F)
- Our proprietary fundamental rating from 0 to 100 points with a school-grade rank from A+ to F. 50 points is the average across the universe, 100 the best possible score. Every stock is scored against all others by percentile: growth in earnings and revenue, earnings surprises, analyst estimates, and quality criteria such as margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet strength. Grades: A+ from 95, A from 75, B from 55, C from 45, D from 25, E from 5, F below — A/A+ are the fundamentally strongest stocks in the universe.
- Market Capitalization (Mkt Cap)
- The market value of the company: share price x total shares outstanding, shown here in billions of dollars. Micro caps (< $0.3B) are small and volatile, mega caps (> $200B) are heavyweights. Our scanner universe is deliberately capped at $50B - we look for stocks with room to run.
- Net Margin
- How much of revenue is left as profit? Net income divided by revenue, in percent. A 20% margin means: out of every dollar of revenue, 20 cents is left as profit. Rising margins are a strong quality signal.
- Operating Cash Flow (OCF)
- The cash that actually flows into the company from day-to-day operations - without accounting effects such as depreciation. A company can report book profits while still burning cash; operating cash flow reveals that.
- Piotroski F-Score
- A balance-sheet health check developed by Joseph Piotroski: 9 yes/no criteria covering earnings, cash flow, leverage, and efficiency produce a score from 0 to 9. Scores of 7 or higher are considered financially very solid, scores under 3 a warning sign.
- Sector & Industry
- Two levels of industry classification: sector is broad (e.g., Technology), industry is narrow (e.g., Semiconductors). Many strategies watch industry strength, because strong stocks are almost always found in strong industries.
- Stage (Weinstein Stages 1-4)
- Stan Weinstein divides every price chart into four stages: Stage 1 = basing (sideways after a downtrend), Stage 2 = uptrend (the only buying stage), Stage 3 = topping, Stage 4 = downtrend (avoid, or short candidate). Measured against the 30-week line (150-day moving average) and its slope.
- Stress RS (Strength on Stress Days)
- A stress day is a day on which both the overall market and the stock's own sector fell at least 0.5%. Stress RS counts on how many of these days the stock still closed green (shown as "g/n" = green days out of n stress days) and turns that into a rating from 1 to 99. High values point to buyers stepping in even on weak days - often a sign of institutional accumulation.
- TTM (Trailing Twelve Months)
- The sum of the last four quarters - a true rolling fiscal year instead of one annualized quarter. Makes metrics like free cash flow comparable on a seasonally adjusted basis.
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| Symbol | Earnings | Avg/Y 3Y | Stress RS | Stage | Funda Rating | Piotroski | MktCap | Industry | AI Rating | Deep Dive | Deep-Dive Report | Sector | Price | YTD | 6 Mo. | 1 Year | Off High | Price Target | RS | EPS Rating | ADR 10D | ADR 30D | Beta | P/E | P/E (f) | P/S | P/B | P/FCF | PEG | EV/EBITDA | EBIT Margin | Gross Margin | Net Margin | ROE | ROA | Debt/Eq | Equity Ratio | Sales +/Y | Growth Score | Div. Yield | Payout Ratio | Altman Z | Inst. % | Short % | Analysts |
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| CNC Centene Corp | 07/28 | -2 % | 98 11/22 | Stage 2 | B 56 | 9 of 9 | 30.7 $ | Healthcare Plans | Uses AI | — | — | Healthcare | 62.20 $ | +53.4 % | +61.8 % | +138.7 % | −2.7 % | +13.6 % | 90 | 64 | 3.6 % | 3.6 % | 1.08 | — | 18.1 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 1.20 | 3.9 | 5.1 % | 11.4 % | -2.8 % | -26.0 % | 2.5 % | 1.55 | 26.4 % | +19.4 % | — | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 4.0 | 100.6 % | 3.1 % | 3.9 (19) |
| AA Alcoa Corp | 07/16 | +25 % | 37 4/23 | Stage 1 | C 48 | 2 of 9 | 12.0 $ | Aluminum | – | — | — | Basic Materials | 45.30 $ | +4.0 % | +0.0 % | +52.4 % | −37.1 % | +39.0 % | 78 | 22 | 5.3 % | 5.5 % | 1.63 | 11.8 | 8.8 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 34.0 | 8.36 | 6.4 | 13.9 % | 19.8 % | 9.4 % | 15.4 % | 6.5 % | 0.36 | 41.0 % | +7.9 % | — | 0.9 % | 8.4 % | 5.2 | 84.2 % | 3.4 % | 4.1 (14) |
| DINO HF Sinclair Corp | 07/28 | +25 % | 53 2/10 | Stage 2 | B 65 | 7 of 9 | 16.5 $ | Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | Neutral | — | Energy | 91.50 $ | +44.9 % | +55.4 % | +116.0 % | −9.3 % | -2.8 % | 75 | 74 | 3.6 % | 3.6 % | 0.71 | 13.8 | 9.7 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 7.9 | 1.14 | 4.8 | 11.9 % | 12.9 % | 6.1 % | 13.0 % | 9.2 % | 0.49 | 53.2 % | -6.0 % | — | 2.3 % | 21.0 % | 7.2 | 84.1 % | 5.1 % | 3.6 (16) | |
| APA APA Corporation | 08/05 | +6 % | 53 2/10 | Stage 2 | B 58 | 5 of 9 | 13.3 $ | Oil & Gas E&P | Neutral | — | Energy | 37.30 $ | +47.8 % | +41.5 % | +100.2 % | −18.6 % | +11.6 % | 74 | 72 | 3.4 % | 3.9 % | 0.35 | 8.8 | 5.7 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 8.9 | 0.71 | 3.3 | 38.5 % | 72.3 % | 18.3 % | 26.2 % | 9.6 % | 0.75 | 32.1 % | -8.4 % | — | 2.7 % | 31.1 % | 1.5 | 106.1 % | 12.0 % | 3.1 (29) | |
| AU AngloGold Ashanti plc | 08/07 | +103 % | 11 2/23 | Stage 1 | A 80 | 8 of 9 | 41.3 $ | Gold | Neutral | — | — | Basic Materials | 79.30 $ | +1.1 % | -6.4 % | +81.0 % | −38.6 % | +43.9 % | 66 | 90 | 5.7 % | 5.6 % | 0.67 | 11.6 | 10.0 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 10.3 | 0.78 | 6.1 | 56.1 % | 54.8 % | 32.2 % | 43.0 % | 24.9 % | 0.27 | 54.4 % | +70.8 % | — | 5.7 % | 58.6 % | 10.2 | 80.6 % | 1.3 % | 3.4 (8) |
| NEM Newmont Goldcorp Corp | 07/23 | +51 % | 22 3/23 | Stage 1 | B 73 | 9 of 9 | 100.0 $ | Gold | Neutral | — | — | Basic Materials | 93.70 $ | -1.6 % | -9.4 % | +52.5 % | −29.3 % | +38.0 % | 60 | 83 | 4.4 % | 4.4 % | 0.48 | 12.1 | 10.3 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 7.4 | 2.78 | 5.9 | 61.4 % | 68.0 % | 33.4 % | 25.8 % | 15.8 % | 0.17 | 60.6 % | +19.1 % | — | 1.1 % | 11.1 % | 7.7 | 81.3 % | 2.2 % | 4.4 (22) |
| UGI UGI Corporation | 08/05 | +18 % | 85 5/15 | Stage 1 | B 55 | 5 of 9 | 7.5 $ | Utilities - Regulated Gas | – | — | — | Utilities | 36.10 $ | -5.3 % | -7.3 % | +4.1 % | −15.0 % | +17.3 % | 33 | 55 | 2.1 % | 2.2 % | 0.95 | 12.8 | 7.7 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 31.6 | 48.82 | 8.5 | 30.4 % | 50.7 % | 8.7 % | 12.3 % | 4.6 % | 2.59 | 33.6 % | +1.1 % | — | 4.2 % | 48.4 % | 5.0 | 94.5 % | 7.4 % | 4.5 (4) |
| AR Antero Resources Corp | 07/29 | +21 % | 78 3/10 | Stage 1 | B 59 | 8 of 9 | 11.2 $ | Oil & Gas E&P | – | — | — | Energy | 36.10 $ | +0.2 % | +0.7 % | +3.5 % | −24.6 % | +34.3 % | 24 | 89 | 2.8 % | 3.0 % | 0.33 | 11.9 | 9.9 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 5.8 | 0.73 | 6.6 | 36.5 % | 67.2 % | 18.8 % | 12.8 % | 6.6 % | 0.59 | 52.5 % | +21.7 % | — | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 5.1 | 90.3 % | 4.0 % | 4.0 (22) |
| EQT EQT Corporation | 07/28 | +13 % | 77 3/10 | Stage 1 | B 64 | 8 of 9 | 33.5 $ | Oil & Gas E&P | – | — | — | Energy | 53.30 $ | -3.1 % | -3.0 % | +0.3 % | −24.3 % | +25.9 % | 23 | 95 | 2.5 % | 2.4 % | 0.55 | 10.3 | 11.6 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 8.9 | 2.31 | 5.6 | 57.4 % | 80.8 % | 29.2 % | 13.4 % | 6.6 % | 0.25 | 60.3 % | +73.7 % | — | 1.2 % | 15.9 % | 6.4 | 93.8 % | 3.8 % | 4.4 (24) |
| GAP The Gap, Inc. | 08/27 | +54 % | 21 4/31 | Stage 1 | B 55 | 7 of 9 | 7.4 $ | Apparel Retail | – | — | — | Consumer Cyclical | 20.10 $ | -19.1 % | -28.5 % | +6.4 % | −31.1 % | +33.3 % | 20 | 82 | 3.9 % | 4.1 % | 2.02 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 5.8 | 1.08 | 5.4 | 12.7 % | 40.5 % | 6.3 % | 27.6 % | 6.8 % | 1.54 | 30.1 % | +1.9 % | — | 3.5 % | 33.7 % | 6.7 | 68.7 % | 15.3 % | 3.6 (19) |
| EXE Expand Energy Corporation | 08/04 | +7 % | 78 3/10 | Stage 4 | B 57 | 8 of 9 | 22.4 $ | Oil & Gas E&P | Uses AI | — | — | Energy | 94.00 $ | -18.7 % | -18.9 % | -7.4 % | −30.2 % | +32.1 % | 17 | 42 | 2.2 % | 2.2 % | 0.33 | 7.0 | 10.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 7.8 | 2.56 | 3.7 | 34.0 % | 47.1 % | 22.0 % | 17.6 % | 8.5 % | 0.26 | 66.2 % | +176.0 % | — | 2.5 % | 28.3 % | 7.0 | 92.9 % | 3.6 % | 4.5 (27) |
| UHS Universal Health Services Inc | 07/27 | -1 % | 88 8/22 | Stage 4 | B 58 | 8 of 9 | 10.2 $ | Medical Care Facilities | – | — | — | Healthcare | 168.40 $ | -32.9 % | -35.1 % | +1.6 % | −41.4 % | +15.1 % | 13 | 64 | 2.3 % | 3.0 % | 1.08 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 11.4 | 1.20 | 5.4 | 11.2 % | 44.6 % | 8.4 % | 21.4 % | 8.3 % | 1.44 | 48.0 % | +9.7 % | — | 0.5 % | 3.5 % | 7.0 | 101.5 % | 7.9 % | 3.7 (19) |
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Carlisle's 'Acquirer's Multiple': what would an acquirer pay for the whole business? Enterprise value (market cap + debt; cash isn't in the dataset and is left out — so the metric skews a bit high rather than low) divided by operating profit (EBIT, TTM from EBIT margin × revenue over the last 4 quarters). Shows a multiple ≤ 8 — very cheaply valued operating businesses.
All scanners are recalculated daily across the entire stock universe — most recently on 3. August 2026. The data basis is fundamental data and SEC filings (10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports).
Currently, 12 stocks pass this scanner's criteria (as of 3. August 2026).
No global trading filters — this strategy checks the entire stock universe purely against its own criteria (mega caps over $50B included).
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