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Ethical does not pass the values gate
Price13.82 USD
Fair value10.00
Ethical score70.0/100
Our investment reviews on this name
2026-10-02Read Accumulation13.82+0.0% to today ✓
2026-08-16Read Markdown14.16-2.4% to today ✓
2026-07-02Read Markup13.19+4.8% to today ✓
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.
Vestis Corporation holds its Accumulation at $13.82. The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 11 days.
As held on the ledger · 2026-09-18
Phase
Accumulation
Quantitative state
The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 11 days
Price at the screen
$13.82
Valuation
N/A trailing · 17.78 forward price to earnings
Values screen
FAIL· score 70.0
Beta
1.11
The Workings
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
48.80%
Below 33%
Interest-bearing debt is 48.8% 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
6.61%
Below 49%
Money owed to the company is 6.6% 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.
The Ethical Read
Why It Falls Short, in Plain English
Vestis's business is in a permissible area, but its interest-bearing debt is about 49% of the company, well over the ~33% line, so it does not pass on the financial screens.
Read as at 2026-10-04. It updates when the underlying figures move, and past reads are kept below.
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 27.7% above the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 7 covering, consensus None. The average target sits −6% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the Street see limited upside at this price.
Price History & Projections
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 2026-09-18 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 Words
Uniform rentals priced far above their worth
Picture a delivery driver or nurse reaching for the same rented uniform week after week. The business behind it once looked steady, yet Vestis now posts falling revenue, negative margins and a negative return on equity while the shares sit at sixteen dollars fifty. Our fair value sits at eight dollars fifty, leaving a forty eight percent gap that leaves no margin for error.
The numbers make the case for passing simple. A forward price to earnings ratio of twenty four point seven times on shrinking sales is hard to defend when profit margins sit at minus one percent and seven analysts see an eleven dollar median target. With an unknown moat and no growth tailwinds, the premium looks like wishful thinking rather than a bargain.
Economic softness would hit rental demand quickly, and any recovery in earnings could still leave the multiple looking rich. The ethical screen raises no flags, yet the valuation and operating trends give no reason to step in. Analysis, not advice.
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market; it carries a real debt load, which raises the stakes if revenue slips.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
Where & How to Trade
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The framework has shifted from markdown to accumulation since the last review. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved up 8.4% 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 A. Technically it is holding around 86% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 111%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 31%. The street (7 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $10.
2026-09-16Markdown$12.75-10.0%Entry 5
The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 10.0% 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 A. Technically it is holding around 86% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 111%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 31%. The street (7 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $10.
2026-08-16Markdown · changed$14.16+7.4%Entry 4
The framework has shifted from markup to markdown since the last review. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved up 7.4% 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 A. Technically it is holding around 86% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 111%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 31%. The street (7 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $10.
2026-07-18Markup$13.19+0.0%Entry 3
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 A. Technically it is holding around 86% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 111%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 31%. The street (7 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $10.
2026-07-03Markup$13.19+0.0%Entry 2
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 (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns.
2026-07-02Markup$13.19Entry 1
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). 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.
