Framework Journal · one stock, one dated entry

Recorded 2025-12-31 · Permanent

Chanson International Holding CHSN

Clears the common standard

An entry written while the outcome is still unknown. It will be scored by what the market does next, and it will never be edited to look cleverer than it was.

In plain words · Chanson International Holding manufactures and sells a range of bakery products, seasonal products, and beverage products for individual and corporate customers in the People's Republic of China, Cayman Islands, and the…

The label
Markdown

read at $1.06

Chanson International Holding holds its Markdown at $1.06.

PHINPOOPSC
  • PHPhase · the trend structure carries the Markdown label
  • INInsiders · no filings inside 60 days, left as found
  • POPositioning · no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
  • OPOptions · no verdict drawn today, left as found
  • SCScreen · screen not yet scored
  • edge confirmed
  • edge broken
  • edge forming

Each arm is one independent read. Conviction is not a single call, it is how many edges converge.

The investor read · the season, not the day

As held on the ledger · 2025-12-31
PhaseMarkdown · caution
Quantitative stateConsolidating, no directional conviction, held for 19 days
Price$1.06
Valuation0.35 trailing · N/A forward price to earnings
Values screenNot scored · score 70.0
Beta-4.40

The business, in plain words · what the numbers mean

The fundamentals · plain-English read
Trailing P/E0.4x
very cheap relative to earnings
Revenue growth-10.3%
revenue is shrinking
Profit margin1.0%
barely profitable
Return on equity0.5%
a modest return on shareholder capital
Debt to equity0.24
minimal debt — a conservative balance sheet
Current ratio0.81
below 1 — short-term bills exceed liquid assets
Beta-4.40
barely tracks the market's swings
Market cap$2M
Employees497

The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market; its business and earnings are exposed to China and to currency swings.

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

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The trader read · the latest dated commentary

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 9.4% 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 C. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 100%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 13%. Entered 2026-07-24 · Distribution

The dated journal · newest first, never edited

2026-07-24 Distribution $1.06 -9.4% Entry 4

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 9.4% 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 C. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 100%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 13%.

2026-07-18 Distribution $1.17 +0.0% Entry 3

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 negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 100%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 13%.

2026-07-03 Distribution $1.17 +0.0% Entry 2

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 negative risk-adjusted returns.

2026-07-02 Distribution $1.17 Entry 1

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 negative risk-adjusted returns.

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

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 $1.43 -3.2% · $969 -3.2%
2 months $249.00 -99.4% · $6 -99.4%
3 months $244.00 -99.4% · $6 -99.4%
6 months $214.00 -99.4% · $7 -99.4%
1 year $3,920.00 -100.0% · $0 -100.0%
2 years $18,960.00 -100.0% · $0 -100.0%
3 years $15,360.00 -100.0% · $0 -100.0%

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

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

Chanson International Holding · CHSN · Markdown · $1.06
Recorded 2025-12-31 · before the outcome · scored mechanically

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