Insight Enterprises, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides information technology, hardware, software, and services in the United States, rest of North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific.
FAIL · Does not pass the screen
160.72 USD
At the last full screen 2026-09-15
Screened 2026-09-15 · the tape above runs as of 19:00 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
The Label · The Season, Not the Day
This name holds its markup label.
Insight Enterprises, Inc. holds its Markup at $160.72. Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 13 days.
As held on the ledger · 2026-09-15
Phase
Markup
Quantitative state
Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 13 days
Price at the screen
$160.72
Valuation
23.78 trailing · 12.13 forward price to earnings
Values screen
FAIL· score 70.0
Beta
1.10
The Workings
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Accounts receivable
Test
Figure
Limit
What it means
Status
Business activity
Permissible
Core business clean
Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending.
Pass
Debt load
17.46%
Below 33%
Interest-bearing debt is just 17.5% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money.
Pass
Interest-bearing cash
0.00%
Below 33%
Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit.
Pass
Receivables
64.65%
Below 49%
Money owed to the company is 64.7% of assets, above the 49% limit.
Fail
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.
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-15 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 12.0% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 4 covering, consensus None. The average target sits +4% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Our model sees value the Street hasn't fully caught up to yet.
Price History & Projections
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 2026-09-15 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
Tech distributor stuck with slim margins and flat sales
Picture a company that moves servers and cloud licences the way a wholesaler shifts boxes of fruit. Insight Enterprises sits in that middle ground, handling hardware, software and multicloud work across several continents. Revenue is barely growing at 1 percent, profit margins sit at just 2 percent and return on equity reaches only 11 percent, so the business does not generate standout returns even when times are steady.
The forward multiple of 9.3 times earnings looks cheap next to our fair value of 135 dollars against the current price of 115 dollars. Yet the low growth, thin margins and unknown competitive edge point to a classic cyclical value trap where earnings could already be near peak and the multiple offers no real margin of safety. Analyst targets cluster around 110 dollars, reinforcing that the market sees limited upside.
Risk sits in exposure to corporate IT budgets that can swing sharply with economic cycles and currency moves, plus an unclear moat in a crowded distribution space. The ethical screen passes cleanly, yet the numbers still fail to show a compelling case. Analysis, not advice.
The risks · The main risks here are ordinary market swings and the chance our fair-value read proves too optimistic.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited
Every Entry, As Written
2026-09-08Markup$151.83+31.7%Entry 5
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 31.7% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good 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 overbought. Over the past year the shares are down 20%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 15%. The street (5 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $103.
2026-08-07Markup$115.33+3.8%Entry 4
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 3.8% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive 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 overbought. Over the past year the shares are down 20%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 15%. The street (5 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $103.
2026-07-18Markup$111.05+0.0%Entry 3
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. 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 overbought. Over the past year the shares are down 20%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 15%. The street (5 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $103.
2026-07-03Markup$111.05+0.0%Entry 2
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
2026-07-02Markup$111.05Entry 1
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). 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.
