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The Screen · Technology · Consumer Electronics
Sonos, Inc.
SONO · Nasdaq · USD · Market cap $1.8B · 1,404 employees
Sonos, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells audio products and services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific.
Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
Options no verdict drawn today, left as found
Ethical passes the values gate
Price15.60 USD
Fair value21.00
Ethical score70.0/100
Our investment reviews on this name
2026-09-13Read Distribution15.10+3.3% to today
2026-07-02Read Markup15.36+1.6% to today ✓
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against today's price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
Sonos, Inc. holds its Distribution at $15.60. Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 185 days.
As held on the ledger · 2026-09-16
Phase
Distribution · caution
Quantitative state
Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 185 days
Price at the screen
$15.60
Valuation
34.67 trailing · 11.95 forward price to earnings
Values screen
PASS· score 70.0
Beta
1.94
The Workings
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Full pass across all five screens. This security clears the Titan Ethical Standard: its business and its balance sheet both stay inside the lines.
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
7.24%
Below 33%
Interest-bearing debt is just 7.2% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money.
Pass
Interest-bearing cash
6.42%
Below 33%
Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 6.4% of assets, under the one-third limit.
Pass
Receivables
29.21%
Below 49%
Money owed to the company is 29.2% of assets, under the 49% limit.
Pass
Revenue purity
0.48%
Below 5%
Only 0.5% 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 2026-09-16 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 34.6% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 4 covering, consensus None. The average target sits +22% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
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 2026-09-16 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 Words
Sonos Speakers Face Stiff Rivals in Every Room
Imagine a living room where music follows you from kitchen to garden without tangled cables or extra boxes. Sonos built its name on that simple idea, yet the business has not turned convenience into strong profits.
Revenue edges ahead at 8 percent while margins linger at 2 percent and return on equity reaches only 6 percent. The shares trade at 14.9 times forward earnings against a fair value of 21 dollars, and the ethical screen raises no concerns. Even so the opportunity rating stays none because the company shows little edge over larger rivals who bundle audio into their own devices.
Competition can erode pricing power quickly when moats remain unknown and growth stays modest. Thin profits leave scant buffer if gadget spending cools or bigger platforms tighten their grip. Analyst targets sit near 20 dollars, offering little headroom from current levels.
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.
Where & How to Trade
SONO 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.
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 4.1% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. 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 momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 40%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 24%. The street (4 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $19.
2026-08-13Markup$15.75+2.5%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 2.5% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. 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 momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 40%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 24%. The street (4 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $19.
2026-07-18Markup$15.36+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 modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 40%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 24%. The street (4 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $19.
2026-07-03Markup$15.36+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 modest positive risk-adjusted returns.
2026-07-02Markup$15.36Entry 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 modest positive risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.