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The Screen · Consumer Cyclical · Auto Parts

Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc

CPS · the NYSE · USD · Market cap $490M · 22,000 employees

Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc., through its subsidiary, manufactures sealing systems and fluid handling systems in the North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and the South America.

FAIL · Does not pass the screen
27.62 USD

At the last full screen
2025-12-31

Screened 2025-12-31 · the tape above runs as of 19:00 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed

The Label · The Season, Not the Day

This name holds its markdown label.

Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc holds its Markdown at $27.62. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 5 days.

As held on the ledger · 2025-12-31
PhaseMarkdown · caution
Quantitative stateThe statistical read favours the sellers, held for 5 days
Price at the screen$27.62
ValuationN/A trailing · 6.11 forward price to earnings
Values screenFAIL · score 70.0
Beta2.00
The Workings

Five Screens, Shown in Full

Does not pass. Debt ratio

TestFigureLimitWhat it meansStatus
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 65.07% Below 33% Interest-bearing debt is 65.1% 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 28.69% Below 49% Money owed to the company is 28.7% 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.

What the Numbers Say It Is Worth

The Fair Value Range

36.14Conservative45.16Base case55.24Growth case 27.62Price

Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2025-12-31 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 63.5% margin of safety to the base estimate.

The Street's Range
35.00Street low 45.00Street average 55.00Street high 27.62Price

Third-party analyst targets: 3 covering, consensus None. The average target sits +63% from the screen price.

Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.

Price History & Projections
$58.4$33.5$8.6TODAY5y agoPROJECTIONStreet high$55.00 +92%Our fair value$45.16 +58%Street avg$45.00 +57%Conservative$36.14 +26%

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 2025-12-31 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
The fundamentals · plain-English read
Forward P/E6.1xexpensive even after accounting for its growth
EPS, trailing-2.17
EPS, forward4.52
Revenue growth+2.9%slow but positive growth
Profit margin-1.4%currently unprofitable
FCF yield2.94%
Current ratio1.40adequate liquidity, worth monitoring
Beta2.00much more volatile than the market
Short interest, float0.04%
52-week range22.41 - 47.98
MoatNONE
Market cap$490M
Employees22,000

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 Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited

Every Entry, As Written

2026-08-25 Distribution · changed $27.62 +0.0% Entry 5

The framework has shifted from accumulation to distribution since the last review. 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: 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 C. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 25%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 38%. The street (3 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $45.

2026-07-25 Accumulation $27.62 -6.2% Entry 4

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 6.2% 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 C. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 25%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 38%. The street (3 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $45.

2026-07-18 Accumulation $29.46 +0.0% Entry 3

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. 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 C. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 25%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 38%. The street (3 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $45.

2026-07-03 Accumulation $29.46 +0.0% Entry 2

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. 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.

2026-07-02 Accumulation $29.46 Entry 1

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. 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.

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The Political Ledger · Congressional Disclosures
Disclosures naming CPS
DatePoliticianPartyTypeAmount
2026-05-15 Ro Khanna Democrat buy 1K–15K
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 $30.16 -5.0% · $950 -5.0%
2 months $30.04 -4.6% · $954 -4.6%
3 months $30.29 -5.4% · $946 -5.4%
6 months $31.90 -10.2% · $898 -10.2%
1 year $22.90 +25.1% · $1,251 +25.1%
2 years $12.41 +130.9% · $2,309 +130.9%
3 years $12.00 +138.8% · $2,388 +138.8%
5 years $31.81 -9.9% · $901 -9.9%

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

The Ledger's Promise

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

Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc · CPS · Markdown · $27.62
Recorded 2025-12-31 · before the outcome · scored mechanically

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