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Value Scorecard · run 2026-10-18

13 value checks: 12 scored 1 to 5 where the data allows, plus moat evidence

21/55
low value score11 of 12 checks scored

11 of the 12 checks that carry a score were scored from the data available. 1 could not be scored (Margin of Safety) and was left out, so the score is out of 55 instead of 60. The label uses the same share of the available points as for a full scorecard. The moat is shown as evidence from the filings, without a score.

Earnings & returns

EPS Trend

1/5

Diluted EPS: -$1.93 (2023), -$8.12 (2024), $0.37 (2025), -$92.96 (2026). The latest figure is at or below zero; the framework scores that as 1.

ROE Trend

1/5

ROE (net income / common equity): -9.7% (2023), -57.1% (2024), 2.3% (2025), -149.3% (2026). Median -33.4%, lowest -149.3%; the framework scores a median 5% or less as 1.

ROIC

3/5

ROIC of 10.9%: operating income of $524.80M divided by $4.83B of capital (total assets $7.31B minus current liabilities $2.48B), fiscal year to Jun 27, 2026, as filed in the 10-K (SEC EDGAR). The framework scores 10-15% as 3.

Profit Margins

1/5

Net margin of -230.1%; the framework scores a negative net margin as 1; gross margin 44.2%, operating margin 28.0%.

Balance sheet & cash

Debt-to-Equity

5/5

Net cash: total debt $1.67B, total cash $2.74B. The framework scores a net cash position as 5.

Free Cash Flow

4/5

Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure): $51.30M (2023), -$112.30M (2024), -$104.70M (2025), $300.10M (2026). It rose every year but one and ended above 2023; the framework scores that as 4.

Retained Earnings

1/5

Retained earnings, as filed in the 10-Ks (SEC EDGAR): -$340.60M (2023), -$887.10M (2024), -$861.20M (2025), -$7.80B (2026). The latest balance is negative (an accumulated deficit); the framework scores that as 1.

Valuation models

Graham IV

1/5

Trailing EPS is -$92.96; the Graham formula requires positive trailing EPS, so no intrinsic value is computed.

DCF Value

1/5

FCF/share = $2.481, stage 1 growth = 20.0% (revenue CAGR 48.9% capped at 20%) for 5 years, terminal growth = 3%, discount rate = 10%. Stage 1 PV = $16.22, PV of terminal value = $56.39, DCF value = $72.62. Current price $824.13; price is 1034.9% above the model value.

Margin of Safety

Not scored

Needs both a Graham value and a DCF value. Graham value N/A (not comparable); DCF value $72.62 (price is 1034.9% above the model value).

Price-to-Book

1/5

P/B of 15.72; the framework scores above 5.0 as 1.

Business quality

Moat Evidence

Not scored

A moat (a brand, a network, switching costs, patents, scale, a licence) is not a number in the filings, so Valerius doesn’t score it. Below are the figures and the words moat analysis starts from, from the company’s own 10-K filings. The conclusion is yours.

Return on capital, each year

Above 15% in 1 of 10 years (2017-2026); lowest -11.8%, highest 18.3%.

2017: 4.5%, 2018: 10.2%, 2019: -0.9%, 2020: 6.8%, 2021: 18.3%, 2022: 8.8%, 2023: -2.9%, 2024: -11.8%, 2025: -4.7%, 2026: 10.9%

Gross margin, each year

Between 18.5% and 46.0% over 10 years (a range of 27.5 points).

2014: 31.4%, 2015: 30.8%, 2016: 30.7%, 2017: 31.8%, 2018: 34.6%, 2022: 46.0%, 2023: 32.2%, 2024: 18.5%, 2025: 28.0%, 2026: 41.7%

Competition, in the company’s own words · 10-K filed Aug 17, 2026

The latest 10-K has no section headed “Competition” that could be quoted. Open the filing to read how the company describes its markets.

Return on capital = operating income / (total assets − current liabilities), the ROIC row’s definition; 15% is the framework’s return threshold. Gross margin = gross profit / revenue. Both from each year’s 10-K via SEC EDGAR. Moat analysis commonly looks at whether returns and margins held up over many years. These figures don’t say whether the company has an advantage, what it is, or whether it will last.

Capital Allocation

2/5

Capital allocation, 2023-2026: dividends or buybacks paid in 2 of 4 years (fail); $277.60M paid out against $134.40M of free cash flow (fail: paid out more than free cash flow); total debt $2.87B to $1.67B, down 41.8% (pass: not up more than 10%); shares outstanding 0.07B to 0.09B, up 33.4% (fail: up more than 2%). 1 of 4 tests passed; the framework scores that as 2.

Filings

Company notices to the SEC

Not scored

Three kinds of event the company reported to the SEC in the last 5 years, from its filings on SEC EDGAR.

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These are events the company reported to the SEC. An auditor change or a late filing can have many causes; each date links to the filing, where the company explains it. Valerius does not score these.

How the Graham and DCF values were calculated
  Graham Formula:
    Trailing EPS -$92.96 — formula requires positive trailing EPS, no value computed.

  DCF:
    FCF/share = $2.481
    Stage 1 growth = 20.0% for 5 years | terminal growth = 3.0% | discount rate = 10.0%
    Stage 1 g capped at 20.0% (3-year revenue CAGR was 48.9%)
      Y1: $2.977 → PV $2.706
      Y2: $3.572 → PV $2.952
      Y3: $4.286 → PV $3.220
      Y4: $5.144 → PV $3.513
      Y5: $6.173 → PV $3.833
    Stage 1 PV sum = $16.22
    Terminal value at end of Y5 = $90.82
    PV of terminal value = $56.39
    DCF value = $72.62
    Current price $824.13 vs DCF value $72.62 — price is 1034.9% above the model value.

Data from yfinance summary figures and financial statements, and from the company’s 10-K filings via SEC EDGAR; computed at a price of $824.13. Every score is calculated from the figures by the framework’s fixed rules, and the explanation beside it is generated from the same figures: Graham value, DCF value, margin of safety, ROIC, profit margins, debt-to-equity, price-to-book, EPS trend, ROE trend, free cash flow, retained earnings and capital allocation. No AI is involved in this scorecard. The moat is shown as evidence, without a score. Read each score with the figures beside it. A check that cannot be scored from the available data is shown as not scored and left out of the composite score. Intrinsic value calculations are model outputs based on stated assumptions, not predictions.

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