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 modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a moderate risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are down 86%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 21%.
Venator Materials PLC VNTRF
Outside both 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.
read at $28.00
Venator Materials PLC holds its Markdown at $28.00.
- PHPhase · the trend structure carries the Markdown 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 · does not pass 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 | Markdown · caution |
| Quantitative state | Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 54 days |
| Price | $28.00 |
| Valuation | 0.00 trailing · 0.00 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL |
| Beta | N/A |
The business, in plain words · what the numbers mean
| Forward P/E | 0.0x |
| Trailing P/E | 0.0x very cheap relative to earnings |
| Revenue growth | -33.5% revenue is shrinking |
| Profit margin | 12.7% thin but positive margins |
| Return on equity | 2,800.0% an exceptional return on shareholder capital |
| Debt to equity | 0.07 minimal debt — a conservative balance sheet |
| Market cap | $22M |
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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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: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns.
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 modest positive 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 | $28.00 | +0.0% | · | $1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2 months | $28.00 | +0.0% | · | $1,000 | +0.0% |
| 3 months | $28.00 | +0.0% | · | $1,000 | +0.0% |
| 6 months | $20.00 | +40.0% | · | $1,400 | +40.0% |
| 1 year | $200.00 | -86.0% | · | $140 | -86.0% |
| 2 years | $687.50 | -95.9% | · | $41 | -95.9% |
| 3 years | $2,674.83 | -99.0% | · | $11 | -99.0% |
| 5 years | $665,612.31 | -100.0% | · | $0 | -100.0% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.