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Vol. II · No. 255Saturday, 12 September 2026
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The Screen · Basic Materials · Other Industrial Metals & Mining

Largo Inc.

LGO · Nasdaq · USD · Market cap $109M · 500 employees

Largo Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces, supplies, and sells vanadium and ilmenite products in Canada and internationally.

FAIL · Does not pass the screen
0.86 USD

At the last full screen
2026-05-14

Screened 2026-05-14 · the tape above runs as of 22:12 UTC · 11 Sep · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed

The Label · The Season, Not the Day

This name holds its distribution label.

Largo Inc. holds its Distribution at $0.86. Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 50 days.

As held on the ledger · 2026-05-14
PhaseDistribution · caution
Quantitative stateConsolidating, no directional conviction, held for 50 days
Price at the screen$0.86
Valuation0.00 trailing · 12.44 forward price to earnings
Values screenFAIL · score 10.0
Beta2.27
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 98.22% Below 33% Interest-bearing debt is 98.2% of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows. Fail
Interest-bearing cash 8.91% Below 33% Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 8.9% of assets, under the one-third limit. Pass
Receivables 0.00% Below 49% Money owed to the company is 0.0% 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

Our framework reads AVOID: it trades above our $0.43 fair value estimate, weak competitive moat.

0.43Conservative0.43Base case0.76Growth case 0.86Price

Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-05-14 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. The price runs 49.8% above the base estimate.

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.

Price History & Projections
$16.9$8.1$-0.8TODAY5y agoPROJECTIONStreet avg$2.80 +264%Street high$2.80 +264%Conservative$0.43 -44%Our fair value$0.43 -44%

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 2026-05-14 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

Why it gives us pause

At 12.4x forward earnings, the price already runs ahead of the business. It trades 50% above our $0.43 fair value, so you would be buying at a premium, not a discount. The weak moat is real, but quality alone does not make an expensive price cheap.

The fundamentals · plain-English read
Forward P/E12.4xreasonably valued
Trailing P/E0.0x
EPS, trailing-1.01
EPS, forward0.09
Revenue growth-8.2%revenue is shrinking
Profit margin-62.3%currently unprofitable
Return on equity-44.7%not currently earning a positive return on equity
Debt to equity0.78moderate, manageable leverage
Current ratio0.51below 1: short-term bills exceed liquid assets
Beta2.27much more volatile than the market
52-week range0.85 - 2.70
MoatWEAK
Market cap$109M
Employees500

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; its business and earnings are exposed to Canada and to currency swings.

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

Where & How to Trade

LGO trades on Nasdaq (the company is based in Canada). As a listed security it is accessible through almost any international broker offering its home market. New to this, or investing from abroad? Our guide to accessing global markets covers brokers, currencies and the practical steps.

The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited

Every Entry, As Written

2026-09-04 Markup · changed $0.86 +0.0% Entry 5

The framework has shifted from distribution to markup since the last review. 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: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are down 41%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 27%. The street (1 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $3.

2026-08-04 Distribution · changed $0.86 +0.0% Entry 4

The framework has shifted from markdown 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 negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are down 41%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 27%. The street (1 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $3.

2026-07-18 Markdown $0.86 +0.0% Entry 3

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: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are down 41%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 27%. The street (1 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $3.

2026-07-03 Markdown $0.86 +0.0% Entry 2

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: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.

2026-07-02 Markdown $0.86 Entry 1

The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. 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.

The Insider Ledger · Form 4 Filings, As Filed
Most recent filings · LGO
DateInsiderTitleTypeSharesValue
2026-04-13 Dalessio (Francesco) Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6) 1,410 ·
2026-04-13 Peixoto (Luander Rodrigues) Senior Officer of Issuer 211 ·
2026-04-13 Silva (Diogo de Araujo) Senior Officer of Issuer 1,268 ·
2026-04-10 Dalessio (Francesco) Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6) 10,000 $11,970
2026-03-31 Dalessio (Francesco) Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6) 53,380 ·
2026-03-31 Peixoto (Luander Rodrigues) Senior Officer of Issuer 60,000 ·
2026-03-31 Silva (Diogo de Araujo) Senior Officer of Issuer 60,000 ·
2026-03-31 Tellechea Salido (Daniel) Director of Issuer 106,493 ·
2026-03-31 Zuniga (Luis Alberto Rendon) Senior Officer of Issuer 85,000 ·
2026-01-08 Babcock (Gordon) Senior Officer of Issuer 85,000 $84,660

Public filings, recorded as found. The full tape lives at Insider Intelligence.

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 $1.15 -33.1% · $670 -33.1%
2 months $1.19 -35.3% · $647 -35.3%
3 months $1.33 -42.1% · $579 -42.1%
6 months $1.07 -28.1% · $720 -28.1%
1 year $1.31 -41.2% · $588 -41.2%
2 years $1.90 -59.5% · $405 -59.5%
3 years $4.33 -82.2% · $178 -82.2%
5 years $15.71 -95.1% · $49 -95.1%

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 LGO does next, these words stay.

Largo Inc. · LGO · Distribution · $0.86
Recorded 2026-05-14 · before the outcome · scored mechanically

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