The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved up 9.1% 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 D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 27% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 31%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 34%. The street (5 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $46.
Phibro Animal Health Corporation
PAHC · Nasdaq · USD · Market cap $1.4B · 2,475 employees
Phibro Animal Health Corporation operates as an animal health and mineral nutrition company in the United States, Latin America and Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenAt the last full screen
2026-09-16
Screened 2026-09-16 · the tape above runs as of 09:00 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
This name holds its accumulation label.
Phibro Animal Health Corporation holds its Accumulation at $35.30. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 14 days.
| Phase | Accumulation |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 14 days |
| Price at the screen | $35.30 |
| Valuation | 14.53 trailing · 9.17 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 0.47 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Debt ratio
| 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 | 55.96% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is 56.0% of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows. | Fail |
| Interest-bearing cash | 0.66% | Below 33% | Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.7% of assets, under the one-third limit. | Pass |
| Receivables | 21.75% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 21.8% of assets, under the 49% limit. | Pass |
| Revenue purity | 0.20% | Below 5% | Only 0.2% 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 WorthThe Fair Value Range
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-16 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 55.8% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 5 covering, consensus Hold. The average target sits +25% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere 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 2026-09-16 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 WordsAnimal health firm priced below its worth
Every time a Midwest feedlot treats its cattle or an Asian poultry farm battles disease, Phibro supplies the medicines and mineral mixes that keep operations running. Shares sit at 10 times forward earnings with 10 percent revenue growth, a 6 percent profit margin and 30 percent return on equity, all while clearing the ethical screen and sitting well below our 55 dollar fair value.
Yet the opportunity rating is none. The unknown competitive position and thin margins leave too many open questions about durability, even though analyst targets sit at 44 dollars and the valuation looks attractive on paper.
Currency swings, farming cycles and limited visibility on long term pricing power keep the risk level elevated. Analysis, not advice.
| Forward P/E | 9.2xpriced for continued growth |
| Trailing P/E | 14.5xreasonably valued |
| EPS, trailing | 2.43 |
| EPS, forward | 3.85 |
| Revenue growth | +4.8%slow but positive growth |
| Profit margin | 6.6%thin but positive margins |
| Return on equity | 29.7%an exceptional return on shareholder capital |
| FCF yield | -1.35% |
| Dividend yield | 152.00% |
| Debt to equity | 2.06heavy leverage: higher risk if revenue softens |
| Current ratio | 2.96comfortably covers its short-term bills |
| Beta | 0.47barely tracks the market's swings |
| Short interest, float | 0.07% |
| 52-week range | 28.25 - 60.08 |
| Market cap | $1.4B |
| Employees | 2,475 |
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market; as a drug manufacturers - specialty & generic name, trial and regulatory outcomes can move it sharply either way; it carries a real debt load, which raises the stakes if revenue slips.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
Where & How to TradePAHC trades on Nasdaq. 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.
Every Entry, As Written
The framework has shifted from distribution to accumulation since the last review. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved up 5.6% 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 D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 27% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 31%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 34%. The street (5 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $46.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 27% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 31%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 34%. The street (5 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $46.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
Screened names in the same industry · explore each on its own page.
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $36.17 | -13.0% | $0.12 | $874 | -12.6% |
| 2 months | $57.65 | -45.4% | $0.12 | $548 | -45.2% |
| 3 months | $48.79 | -35.5% | $0.12 | $648 | -35.2% |
| 6 months | $40.50 | -22.3% | $0.24 | $783 | -21.7% |
| 1 year | $24.04 | +31.0% | $0.48 | $1,330 | +33.0% |
| 2 years | $16.37 | +92.3% | $0.96 | $1,982 | +98.2% |
| 3 years | $12.60 | +149.9% | $1.44 | $2,614 | +161.4% |
| 5 years | $26.35 | +19.5% | $2.40 | $1,286 | +28.6% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
This entry now belongs to the ledger. Whatever PAHC does next, these words stay.
Thirteen thousand names carry this page. One desk keeps them honest.
Membership opens the full screen archive, the composites built from it, and the daily coverage that prices what the screen approves.
Join the deskScreening is research, not a fatwa and not financial advice. Figures are drawn from public accounts at the screen date shown. Always manage your risk.