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Vol. II · No. 255Saturday, 12 September 2026
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The Screen · Financials

Eagle Point Credit Company Inc.

ECC · the NYSE · USD · Market cap $531M

FAIL · Does not pass the screen
4.06 USD

At the last full screen
2026-05-18

Screened 2026-05-18 · the tape above runs as of 22:12 UTC · 11 Sep · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed

The Label · The Season, Not the Day

This name holds its accumulation label.

Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. holds its Accumulation at $4.06. The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 11 days.

As held on the ledger · 2026-05-18
PhaseAccumulation
Quantitative stateThe statistical read favours the buyers, held for 11 days
Price at the screen$4.06
Valuation0.00 trailing · 4.30 forward price to earnings
Values screenFAIL
The Workings

Five Screens, Shown in Full

Does not pass. Business activity: conventional financial services

TestFigureLimitWhat it meansStatus
Business activity Excluded Core business clean Its core business involves an activity the values screen does not clear. Fail
Debt load 73.14% Below 33% Interest-bearing debt is 73.1% of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows. Fail
Interest-bearing cash 7.60% Below 33% Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 7.6% of assets, under the one-third limit. Pass
Receivables 0.00% Below 49% Money owed to the company is 0.0% of assets, under the 49% limit. Pass
Revenue purity 0.00% Below 5% Only 0.0% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. Pass

Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.

What the Numbers Say It Is Worth

The Fair Value Range

Our framework reads AVOID: it trades at roughly a 95% discount to our $7.90 fair value, weak competitive moat, 3.30% revenue growth.

7.48Conservative7.90Base case8.12Growth case 4.06Price

Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-05-18 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 94.7% margin of safety to the base estimate.

Price History & Projections
$8.2$5.8$3.4TODAY5y agoPROJECTIONOur fair value$7.90 +105%Conservative$7.48 +95%

Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-05-18 screen.

Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.

The Business, in Plain Words

Why it gives us pause

At 4.3x forward earnings, the price already runs ahead of the business. Our fair value sits at $7.90, below where it trades today. The weak moat is real, but quality alone does not make an expensive price cheap.

The fundamentals · plain-English read
Forward P/E4.3xpriced for continued growth
Trailing P/E0.0x
EPS, trailing-1.05
EPS, forward0.94
Revenue growth+3.3%slow but positive growth
Profit margin-56.4%currently unprofitable
Return on equity-11.2%not currently earning a positive return on equity
Dividend yield2,978.00%
Debt to equity0.40minimal debt: a conservative balance sheet
MoatWEAK
Market cap$531M

The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market.

Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.

Where & How to Trade

ECC trades on the NYSE. As a listed security it is accessible through almost any international broker offering its home market. New to this, or investing from abroad? Our guide to accessing global markets covers brokers, currencies and the practical steps.

The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited

Every Entry, As Written

2026-08-27 Accumulation $4.06 +0.0% Entry 5

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 37%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 11%. The street (4 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $8.

2026-07-27 Accumulation $4.06 +0.0% Entry 4

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 37%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 11%. The street (4 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $8.

2026-07-18 Accumulation $4.06 +0.0% Entry 3

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 37%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 11%. The street (4 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $8.

2026-07-03 Accumulation $4.06 +0.0% Entry 2

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.

2026-07-02 Accumulation $4.06 Entry 1

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.

Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.

The Insider Ledger · Form 4 Filings, As Filed
Most recent filings · ECC
DateInsiderTitleTypeSharesValue
2026-03-18 KO DANIEL W Other Executive 57,165 $200,078
2026-03-13 ONORIO KENNETH P Chief Operating Officer 110,000 $411,400
2024-11-18 ONORIO KENNETH P Chief Operating Officer 10,000 $89,900
2024-08-13 ONORIO KENNETH P Chief Operating Officer 300 $2,919

Public filings, recorded as found. The full tape lives at Insider Intelligence.

What Holding Actually Paid · Price Plus Dividends
If $1,000 had been placed · historical, not a promise
PeriodPrice thenPrice returnDivs per share$1,000 becameTotal return
1 month $4.23 -9.1% $0.06 $923 -7.7%
2 months $3.77 +2.1% $0.06 $1,037 +3.7%
3 months $3.69 +4.2% $0.12 $1,074 +7.4%
6 months $5.04 -23.7% $0.54 $870 -13.0%
1 year $6.12 -37.1% $1.52 $877 -12.3%
2 years $6.60 -41.8% $3.34 $1,088 +8.8%
3 years $5.66 -32.1% $5.10 $1,580 +58.0%
5 years $5.09 -24.4% $9.53 $2,629 +162.9%

Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

The Ledger's Promise

This entry now belongs to the ledger. Whatever ECC does next, these words stay.

Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. · ECC · Accumulation · $4.06
Recorded 2026-05-18 · before the outcome · scored mechanically

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