DETX · NASDAQ · USD · Market cap $19M
Liberty Defense Holdings, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the development and commercialization of security detection technologies in Canada, the United States, and internationally.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenPrice as of 6 Nov 2026Daily close, not a live quote
Screened 2026-11-06 · the tape above runs as of 02:02 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
A summary of the dated readings below, not a live quote and not advice.
Our fair-value range: range not available (screen dated 2026-11-06).
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against the screened price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd holds its Distribution at $1.22. The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 1 days.
| Phase | Distribution · caution |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 1 days |
| Price at the screen | $1.22 |
| Valuation | N/A trailing · N/A forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 70.0 |
| Beta | -0.35 |
Does not pass. Business activity: weapons
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Excluded | Core business clean | Its core business involves an activity the values screen does not clear. | Fail |
| Debt load | 61.69% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is 61.7% 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 | 14.17% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 14.2% of assets, under the 49% limit. | 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.
The Ethical ReadLiberty Defense does not clear the screen at the business-activity stage. It operates in weapons, so the financial ratios are not the deciding factor here.
Read as at 2026-11-05. It updates when the underlying figures move, and past reads are kept below.
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| EPS, trailing | -8.38 |
| Revenue growth | -12.9%revenue is shrinking |
| Profit margin | 0.0%currently unprofitable |
| FCF yield | -23.32% |
| Current ratio | 0.31below 1: short-term bills exceed liquid assets |
| Beta | -0.35barely tracks the market's swings |
| 52-week range | 3.25 - 7.00 |
| Moat | NONE |
| Market cap | $19M |
Another profit measure, before interest, tax and non-cash costs: EBITDA.
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market.
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Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
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| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $4.36 | -8.3% | · | $917 | -8.3% |
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