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: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 30%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%.
ZK International Group Co Ltd ZKIN
Clears the common standardAn 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.
In plain words · ZK International Group Co., Ltd.
read at $1.39
ZK International Group Co Ltd holds its Markdown at $1.39.
- 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 · passes 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 | The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 44 days |
| Price | $1.39 |
| Valuation | N/A trailing · N/A forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | PASS · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 2.23 |
The business, in plain words · what the numbers mean
| Revenue growth | -43.5% revenue is shrinking |
| Profit margin | -5.6% currently unprofitable |
| Return on equity | -15.2% not currently earning a positive return on equity |
| Debt to equity | 1.12 a meaningful debt load worth watching |
| Current ratio | 1.44 adequate liquidity, worth monitoring |
| Beta | 2.23 much more volatile than the market |
| Market cap | $80M |
| Employees | 274 |
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 China and to currency swings.
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: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows good 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 | $1.40 | +25.7% | · | $1,257 | +25.7% |
| 2 months | $1.36 | +29.4% | · | $1,294 | +29.4% |
| 3 months | $1.70 | +3.5% | · | $1,035 | +3.5% |
| 6 months | $1.68 | +4.8% | · | $1,048 | +4.8% |
| 1 year | $2.52 | -30.2% | · | $698 | -30.2% |
| 2 years | $0.50 | +252.0% | · | $3,520 | +252.0% |
| 3 years | $0.74 | +139.5% | · | $2,395 | +139.5% |
| 5 years | $5.03 | -65.0% | · | $350 | -65.0% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.