The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 4.4% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with ethical screening pending. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 7%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 11%. The street (1 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $1100.
Ali Al-Ghanim Sons Automotive Company K.S.C.P. ALG.KW
Clears both ethical standardsAn 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 · Ali Al-Ghanim Sons Automotive Company K.S.C.P., together with its subsidiaries, operates in the automotive business in Kuwait, Iraq, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates.
read at $902.00
Ali Al-Ghanim Sons Automotive Company K.S.C.P. holds its Distribution at $902.00.
- PHPhase · the trend structure carries the Distribution 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 · passes the values gate
- 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
| Phase | Distribution · caution |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 262 days |
| Price | $902.00 |
| Valuation | 12.89 trailing · 9.02 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | PASS |
| Beta | 0.26 |
The opportunity · what the numbers say it is worth
Price history & projections · where it has been, where the models see it going
The valuation journey · where the price sits against fair value and the Street
Green marks levels above today's price, red below; the shaded band is the gap between the price and our fair value.
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.
| Revenue growth | -27.10% |
| Profit margin | 10.30% |
| Debt to equity | 64.32 |
| Analyst consensus | None · 1 covering |
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; target range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The values screen, explained · five checks, plain English
This company clears both standards. There are two widely recognised ways to check whether a company is suitable for a Muslim investor. Here is how it did on each:
Used by most halal investing apps ✓ PASSES
The one Titan applies ✓ PASSES
What these two standards are, and how they differ →
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The business, in plain words · what the numbers mean
| Forward P/E | 9.0x very cheap relative to earnings |
| Trailing P/E | 12.9x reasonably valued |
| Revenue growth | -27.1% revenue is shrinking |
| Profit margin | 10.3% thin but positive margins |
| Return on equity | 30.9% an exceptional return on shareholder capital |
| Debt to equity | 0.64 moderate, manageable leverage |
| Current ratio | 1.33 adequate liquidity, worth monitoring |
| Beta | 0.26 barely tracks the market's swings |
| Market cap | $355M |
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 Kuwait and to currency swings.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
Related securities · others in ALG.KW's space worth a look
Screened names in the same industry · explore each on its own page.
The trader read · the latest dated commentary
The dated journal · newest first, never edited
The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with ethical screening pending. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 7%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 11%. The street (1 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $1100.
The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with ethical screening pending. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 7%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 11%. The street (1 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $1100.
The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with ethical screening pending. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Ethical screening: PASS with ethical screening pending. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent 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
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $1,007.00 | -5.9% | · | $941 | -5.9% |
| 2 months | $1,006.34 | -5.8% | $26.86 | $969 | -3.1% |
| 3 months | $1,013.61 | -6.5% | $26.86 | $962 | -3.8% |
| 6 months | $1,043.61 | -9.2% | $26.86 | $934 | -6.6% |
| 1 year | $1,019.95 | -7.1% | $51.28 | $980 | -2.0% |
| 2 years | $712.51 | +33.1% | $100.23 | $1,471 | +47.1% |
| 3 years | $692.19 | +37.0% | $149.18 | $1,585 | +58.5% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.