Screened 2026-08-27 · 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 distribution label.
Rackspace Technology, Inc. holds its Distribution at $3.38. Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 1 days.
As held on the ledger · 2026-08-27
Phase
Distribution · caution
Quantitative state
Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 1 days
Price at the screen
$3.38
Valuation
N/A trailing · 24.88 forward price to earnings
Values screen
FAIL· score 70.0
Beta
3.10
The Workings
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
115.89%
Below 33%
Interest-bearing debt is 115.9% of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows.
Fail
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
13.30%
Below 49%
Money owed to the company is 13.3% 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.
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-08-27 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. The price runs 7.9% above the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 3 covering, consensus Hold. The average target sits +48% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Our more conservative model reads it as fully-to-richly valued here, while the Street is more bullish: a quality-at-a-fair-price name rather than a deep-value one.
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 2026-08-27 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
Cloud Firm Trades Above Its Slim Prospects
Picture a mid-tier hotel trying to charge premium rates while guests keep checking out for bigger chains with better tech. Rackspace sits in that spot, offering hybrid cloud and AI tools yet posting just 2% revenue growth and a negative 5% profit margin at a forward P/E of 24.1 times. Our fair value sits at 3.30 against the current 4.15 price, so the margin of safety runs negative 20% and the opportunity rating stays at none.
The business splits between public and private cloud segments but shows no clear moat and draws only a hold rating from three analysts with a 5.00 median target. Ethical screening clears it, yet the combination of thin growth, ongoing losses and stretched valuation leaves little room for upside.
Currency moves or slower enterprise spending could widen the losses further while the price already bakes in hopes the numbers do not support. Analysis, not advice.
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market; it already moves more than the market on an average day.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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The framework has shifted from markup to distribution since the last review. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 18.6% 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. Technically it is holding around 211% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 300%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 37%. The street (3 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $4.
2026-08-12Markup$4.15-23.7%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 down 23.7% 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. Technically it is holding around 211% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 300%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 37%. The street (3 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $4.
2026-07-18Markup$5.44+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 good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B. Technically it is holding around 211% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 300%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 37%. The street (3 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $4.
2026-07-03Markup$5.44+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 good risk-adjusted returns.
2026-07-02Markup$5.44Entry 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 good risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
