The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 7.5% 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 C. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are down 22%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 28%. The street (20 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $45. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
Samsara Inc
IOT · the NYSE · USD · Market cap $23.2B · 4,100 employees
Samsara Inc.
PASS · Titan Ethical · score 70.0At the last full screen
2026-09-18
Screened 2026-09-18 · the tape above runs as of 23:00 UTC · 20 Sep · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
What this means: price 39.55 against the desk's fair-value range, base estimate 38.84, over the last year.
- Trend Markup
- Insiders insiders sold, $92,121, latest filing 2026-09-15
- Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- Options no verdict drawn today, left as found
- Ethical passes the values gate
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.
This name holds its markup label.
Samsara Inc holds its Markup at $39.55. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 3 days.
| Phase | Markup |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 3 days |
| Price at the screen | $39.55 |
| Valuation | 263.67 trailing · 41.65 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | PASS · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 1.34 |
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 | 2.86% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is just 2.9% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money. | Pass |
| Interest-bearing cash | 15.87% | Below 33% | Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 15.9% of assets, under the one-third limit. | Pass |
| Receivables | 25.20% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 25.2% of assets, under the 49% limit. | Pass |
| Revenue purity | 3.30% | Below 5% | Only 3.3% 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 WorthThe Fair Value Range
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-18 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. The price runs 1.8% above the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 23 covering, consensus Buy. The average target sits +34% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Our more conservative model reads it as roughly fairly valued here, while the Street is more bullish: a quality-at-a-fair-price name rather than a deep-value one.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere 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 2026-09-18 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 WordsTruck sensors priced like a software winner
Picture a fleet manager watching every truck and warehouse in real time. Samsara turns that data into a connected platform, yet the business still earns just a 3 percent profit margin and a 4 percent return on equity despite 30 percent revenue growth.
At 42.8 times forward earnings the shares sit well above our fair value with a negative margin of safety. Narrow moat, modest returns and stretched valuation leave no opportunity rating once the numbers are stacked against the price.
High growth can mask thin profitability for only so long, and any slowdown would expose the gap between what investors pay and what the company actually delivers. Analysis, not advice.
| Forward P/E | 41.7xpriced for continued growth |
| Trailing P/E | 263.7xexpensive: the price assumes strong growth ahead |
| EPS, trailing | 0.15 |
| EPS, forward | 0.95 |
| Revenue growth | +29.9%strong top-line growth |
| Profit margin | 4.9%barely profitable |
| Return on equity | 6.4%a modest return on shareholder capital |
| FCF yield | 1.12% |
| Debt to equity | 4.34heavy leverage: higher risk if revenue softens |
| Current ratio | 1.63healthy short-term liquidity |
| Beta | 1.34moves a little more than the market |
| Short interest, float | 0.09% |
| 52-week range | 23.38 - 47.47 |
| Moat | NARROW |
| Market cap | $23.2B |
| Employees | 4,100 |
The risks · The things to watch: it already moves more than the market on an average day; it carries a real debt load, which raises the stakes if revenue slips.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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Every Entry, As Written
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 modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are down 22%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 28%. The street (20 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $45. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework has shifted from markup to accumulation since the last review. 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 modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are down 22%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 28%. The street (20 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $45. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
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 C. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are down 22%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 28%. The street (20 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $45. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
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 C. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are down 22%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 28%. The street (20 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $45. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
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 C. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are down 22%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 28%. The street (20 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $45. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
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 C. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are down 22%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 28%. The street (20 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $45. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 6.1% 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 C. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are down 22%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 28%. The street (20 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $45. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 11.4% 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 C. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are down 22%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 28%. The street (20 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $45.
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 C. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are down 22%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 28%. The street (20 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $45.
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| Date | Insider | Title | Type | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | Kirchhoff Benjamin Louis | CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER | S - Sale | 2,165 | $92,121 |
| 2026-09-15 | Chadwick Jonathan | Dir | S - Sale | 10,000 | $420,872 |
Public filings, recorded as found. The full tape lives at Insider Intelligence.
| Date | Politician | Party | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | Ro Khanna | Democrat | buy | 1K–15K |
| 2026-03-27 | Alan Armstrong | Republican | buy | 1K–15K |
| 2024-05-08 | Tommy Tuberville | Republican | buy | 1K–15K |
| 2024-05-08 | Tommy Tuberville | Republican | buy | 1K–15K |
| 2024-05-08 | Tommy Tuberville | Republican | buy | 1K–15K |
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $29.07 | +11.9% | · | $1,119 | +11.9% |
| 2 months | $25.85 | +25.9% | · | $1,259 | +25.9% |
| 3 months | $31.86 | +2.1% | · | $1,021 | +2.1% |
| 6 months | $43.85 | -25.8% | · | $742 | -25.8% |
| 1 year | $41.94 | -22.4% | · | $776 | -22.4% |
| 2 years | $30.95 | +5.1% | · | $1,051 | +5.1% |
| 3 years | $28.98 | +12.3% | · | $1,123 | +12.3% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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