The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 3.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive 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 bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 31%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 34%. The street (5 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $46. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
Phibro Animal Health Corporation
PAHC · Nasdaq · USD · Market cap $731M · 2,475 employees
Phibro Animal Health Corporation operates as an animal health and mineral nutrition company in the United States, Latin America and Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenPrice as of 5 Nov 2026Daily close, not a live quote
Screened 2026-11-05 · the tape above runs as of 18:01 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
Key facts today
- Price35.40 USD at the 5 Nov 2026 close
- Our value readUndervalued vs our fair value, as of 5 Nov 2026
- Our regime readAccumulation, as of 5 Nov 2026
- Ethical screenDoes not pass
- OptionsOpen interest leans heavily to calls (put/call 0.13)
- Last reviewed5 Nov 2026 (1 days ago)
- Release timesRelease and earnings times on your chart: Event Guard Mentor
A summary of the dated readings below, not a live quote and not advice.
Our fair-value range: $55.00 to $78.86, base estimate $55.00 (screen dated 2026-11-05).
- Trend Accumulation
- Insiders no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- Options put/call open interest 0.13, read 2026-11-03
- Ethical does not pass the values gate
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.
This name holds its accumulation label.
Phibro Animal Health Corporation holds its Accumulation at $35.40. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 82 days.
| Phase | Accumulation |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 82 days |
| Price at the screen | $35.40 |
| Valuation | 14.27 trailing · 9.01 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 0.47 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Debt ratio
| 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 | 55.96% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is 56.0% of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows. | Fail |
| Interest-bearing cash | 0.66% | Below 33% | Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.7% of assets, under the one-third limit. | Pass |
| Receivables | 21.75% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 21.8% of assets, under the 49% limit. | Pass |
| Revenue purity | 0.20% | Below 5% | Only 0.2% 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.
The Ethical ReadWhy It Falls Short, in Plain English
Phibro Animal Health's business is in a permissible area, but its interest-bearing debt is about 56% of the company, well over the ~33% line, so it does not pass on the financial screens.
Read as at 2026-11-05. It updates when the underlying figures move, and past reads are kept below.
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The Fair Value Range
Our analysis reads Undervalued vs our fair value, as of 5 Nov 2026: it trades at roughly a 28% discount to our $55.00 fair value, 4.80% revenue growth.
How a fair value is estimated: discounted cash flow (DCF).
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-11-05 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 35.6% discount to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 5 covering, consensus Hold. The average target sits +24% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere our models see it going: fair-value estimate $55.00, with a range of $55.00 to $78.86, dated to the 2026-11-05 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 WordsAnimal health firm priced below its worth
Every time a Midwest feedlot treats its cattle or an Asian poultry farm battles disease, Phibro supplies the medicines and mineral mixes that keep operations running. Shares sit at 10 times forward earnings with 10 percent revenue growth, a 6 percent profit margin and 30 percent return on equity, all while clearing the ethical screen and sitting well below our 55 dollar fair value.
Yet the opportunity rating is none. The unknown competitive position and thin margins leave too many open questions about durability, even though analyst targets sit at 44 dollars and the valuation looks attractive on paper.
Currency swings, farming cycles and limited visibility on long term pricing power keep the risk level elevated. Analysis, not advice.
| Forward P/E | 9.0xpriced for continued growth |
| Trailing P/E | 14.3xreasonably valued |
| EPS, trailing | 2.43 |
| EPS, forward | 3.85 |
| Revenue growth | +4.8%slow but positive growth |
| Profit margin | 6.6%thin but positive margins |
| Return on equity | 29.7%an exceptional return on shareholder capital |
| FCF yield | -1.35% |
| Dividend yield | 152.00% |
| Debt to equity | 2.06heavy leverage: higher risk if revenue softens |
| Current ratio | 2.96comfortably covers its short-term bills |
| Beta | 0.47barely tracks the market's swings |
| Short interest, float | 0.07% |
| 52-week range | 28.25 - 60.08 |
| Market cap | $731M |
| Employees | 2,475 |
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; as a drug manufacturers - specialty & generic name, trial and regulatory outcomes can move it sharply either way; 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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The analysis 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: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive 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 bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 31%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 34%. The street (5 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $46. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis 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: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive 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 bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 31%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 34%. The street (5 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $46. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved up 0.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive 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 bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 31%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 34%. The street (5 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $46. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis 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: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive 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 bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 31%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 34%. The street (5 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $46. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis 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: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive 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 bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 31%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 34%. The street (5 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $46. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved up 2.3% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive 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 bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 31%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 34%. The street (5 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $46. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis 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: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive 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 bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 31%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 34%. The street (5 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $46. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis 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: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 31%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 34%. The street (5 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $46.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved up 9.4% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 27% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 31%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 34%. The street (5 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $46.
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| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $36.17 | -13.0% | $0.12 | $874 | -12.6% |
| 2 months | $57.65 | -45.4% | $0.12 | $548 | -45.2% |
| 3 months | $48.79 | -35.5% | $0.12 | $648 | -35.2% |
| 6 months | $40.50 | -22.3% | $0.24 | $783 | -21.7% |
| 1 year | $24.04 | +31.0% | $0.48 | $1,330 | +33.0% |
| 2 years | $16.37 | +92.3% | $0.96 | $1,982 | +98.2% |
| 3 years | $12.60 | +149.9% | $1.44 | $2,614 | +161.4% |
| 5 years | $26.35 | +19.5% | $2.40 | $1,286 | +28.6% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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