Deep dive · NYQ: BLD
TopBuild Corp. stock analysis
Everything behind the call on TopBuild Corp. 6 sections, ordered the way risk stacks up: survival first, quality and price in the middle, context last. The Beacon gives you the read. This is where you check the work.
The five reads
Why the reads disagreeread this before the sections
Event and Quality are pulling against each other and the split is genuine rather than a formality. The net lands at 0 over 30d, a balanced reading on a dispersion of 0.40.
Leans up · and why
earnings, sentiment vote up. 2 of 4 independent evidence families agree.
Leans down · and why
quality / value, analyst moves vote down. 2 of 4 families lean the other way. The conflict that matters is Event against Quality.
Global tapeOverseas lean0.00%
LondonBLND0.00%⏱FrankfurtBLD0.00%⏱MéxicoBLNDN0.00%⏱ZurichBLDCHF0.00%⏱
Where else this company trades. A closed venue shows its last close, marked ⏱ — not a live price. Overseas lean is the average move across the 4 overseas venues listed above, excluding the home listing — a read on overnight sentiment rather than a signal.
The bottom linestart here
Wall Street rating
Buy
+34% to the average target
60% buy · 40% hold · 0% sell
median target $474
median target $474
Valuation
17.0× forward
60th of its own five-year range
5yr median 19×
FCF yield 6.98%
FCF yield 6.98%
Dividend
0.00%
A rounding error against cash — this is a capital-gains position
Risk flags
1 critical
5 checks run, 2 clear
worst drawdown 0%
New to this? Every metric carries a plain-English read beside it, and an ⓘ next to a label opens the definition. Anything unfamiliar is also defined at the foot of the page under Glossary.
In one paragraphwhat the company actually does173 chars
TopBuild Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the installation and distribution of insulation and other building material products to the construction industry.
NYQ · USDEngineering & Construction
$354.53-5.23 · -1.45%CLOSED · vol 3.11M
Quote Jun 30, 2026 · 4:05 PM ET
Tape 2026-07-02
Tape 2026-07-02
01Ratios · Jul 6, 2026SOLVENT · 1 FLAGGED
Survival & solvency
Altman-Z of 3.5 against a 3.0 safe threshold, and 2 of 5 forensic checks clear.
↳ Plain EnglishBefore anything else: can this company pay its bills? These blocks check the balance sheet, whether your slice of ownership is being diluted, and whether the accounting looks honest.
Bankruptcy risk (Altman-Z)
3.50SAFE ZONE
Distress<1.8
Grey1.8–3.0
Safe>3.0
Profitability, leverage and liquidity combined into one number. Above 3.0 is the safe band.
Balance sheetJul 6, 2026
Distance to default (Merton)COMFORTABLE
4.1σ
How many standard deviations of asset value sit between the company and its debt. Above 4σ is comfortable.
1-year default probabilityEDF-CALIBRATED
0.49%
Calibrated against how often companies at this distance actually defaulted, rather than assuming a normal distribution.
Piotroski F-scoreCRITICAL
F 3/9
Piotroski F-score 3 of 9. Nine pass/fail tests covering profitability, leverage and operating efficiency; seven or more is strong.
Solvency and liquidity ratios
Current ratioshort-term assets against short-term bills1.94×healthy >2
Debt / equityborrowings against shareholder capital1.36
Leverage · long-term debt / equitythe borrowings that outlive a bad quarter0.43
Net debtborrowings in excess of cash on hand$2.97B
Your ownership stake
Share-count growth vs peersHIGH DILUTION
77th pctile
Where this name's share-count growth ranks among peers. Lower is less dilutive.
Accounting forensicsSEC filings
Red-flag x-rayGRADE C
60 / 100
1 critical · 2 watch · 2 clear of 5 scored tests
Red-flag x-ray · every check, passes included
CheckStatusValueWhat it looks for
Bankruptcy distressCLEARZ 3.50Altman-Z in the Safe · fundamentals
Earnings manipulationCLEARM -2.46M-score in range · fundamentals
LeverageWATCHLTD/E 1.20long-term debt 1.20× equity · fundamentals
Profitability qualityCRITICALF 3/9Piotroski F-score 3 of 9 · fundamentals
Filing forensicsWATCH1 flag1 filing red flag on the latest 10-K · forensic
5 checks, 2 clear and 2 watch and 1 critical. The passes are shown because a score built from five checks means something different from one built from three.
02Refreshed · Sep 27, 2026FAIR · 45/100
Business quality
10% net margin, 23% return on equity, +1% revenue growth, and capital earning 14% against a 9% cost.
↳ Plain EnglishMargins tell you how much of each sales dollar the company keeps. Return on capital tells you whether reinvesting that money creates value. Both are read against what the filings support, not against a target.
Quality score
45 / 100FAIR
Profitability, growth and balance strength scored separately, then blended.
ProfitabilityRefreshed · Sep 27, 2026
Net marginOF EVERY SALES DOLLAR
9.6%
The share of revenue that survives every cost and becomes profit.
Gross marginPRICING POWER
29.0%
What is left of a sales dollar before overhead — the clearest read on pricing power.
Operating marginAFTER RUNNING COSTS
14.6%
What survives the cost of running the whole business.
Return on equityPER $1 OF EQUITY
22.5%
Annual return on each dollar of shareholder equity.
ROIC − WACC spreadCREATES VALUE
4.7pp
Earns 14% on invested capital that costs about 9%. A positive spread means every retained dollar compounds rather than leaks.
Incremental ROIC (3y)ON NEW CAPITAL
-0.5%
The return on capital put to work over the last three years — a sharper read than the trailing average, because it prices the newest decisions.
Growth & relative strength
Trailing return by period
1 month-13.2%
3 months-0.7%
6 months-15.0%
Year to date-17.8%
1 year+2.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)GROWING
+1.5%
Revenue against the same period a year ago.
EPS growth (YoY)IN LINE
-9.9%
Earnings per share against a year ago. Running ahead of revenue means margins are widening.
Around earningsMay 5, 2026
P(beat next quarter)COHORT BASE RATE
64%
survivor-tilted universe (currently-listed names; large-cap-skewed coverage)
Beat rate · this nameBEAT 5–6 OF THE LAST 8
6 of 8
Its own record against consensus. 8 prints is a small sample, which is why the cohort rate above carries the probability.
Typical earnings moveData unavailableRealized move magnitudes are not published for this name yet — needs ≥8 measured prints · 0 on file.
Reaction: beat vs missData unavailableThe beat-versus-miss reaction gap is not computed for this name — undetermined — needs ≥12 measured beats.
Consensus bias1.05× COHORT
Persistent
beats most quarters, by thin margins
Dividends & income
Data unavailableThis company does not pay a dividend. There is no yield, payout ratio or ex-dividend date to show, and the return case rests entirely on capital gains.
Signal
Not an income position.
No dividend is declared, so nothing here contributes to total return except the price. That is a fact about the security, not a criticism of it.
Inventory ledger
Data unavailableNo inventory detail is tagged in this company's filings. The ledger needs the XBRL inventory components, which a business without physical goods does not report.
Segments & geography
Data unavailableRevenue by segment and region is not on file for this name, so product and geographic concentration are not shown.
Pattern reliability · platform-wide cohortSnapshot · Sep 27, 2026
Downtrend · leans bearish
HorizonHigherMedianObservations
10d47%0.0%1,264,444
21d48%0.0%596,577
63d47%-0.6%187,417
slope -0.09 over 40 bars
Dragonfly doji · leans bullish
HorizonHigherMedianObservations
10d36%0.0%507,560
21d40%0.0%237,486
63d44%0.0%73,638
long lower shadow, open=close near high
Tweezer bottom · leans bullish
HorizonHigherMedianObservations
10d44%0.0%344,241
21d46%0.0%162,135
63d47%0.0%51,160
matching lows
Triple top · leans bearish
HorizonHigherMedianObservations
10d50%0.0%975,500
21d52%+0.2%458,215
63d54%+0.5%144,909
three peaks ≈ equal
Double bottom · leans bullish
HorizonHigherMedianObservations
10d49%0.0%1,247,184
21d50%0.0%586,365
63d51%+0.3%185,394
two troughs ≈ equal — reversal if neckline breaks
Rectangle
HorizonHigherMedianObservations
10d46%0.0%221,317
21d48%0.0%103,709
63d50%0.0%32,594
horizontal range
0360TH OF ITS 5-YEAR RANGE
Price & timing
Price $354.53, 17.0× forward earnings, RSI 43.
↳ Plain EnglishA multiple is what the market charges for a dollar of this company's earnings, cash or revenue; the trend and the options tape say what the price is doing around it. Together they are the timing picture, not the quality one.
Momentum (RSI-14)
43COOL
030 oversold70 hot100
Where momentum sits on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 is overbought, below 30 oversold; the middle says the move has room either way.
The setup right now
Price · 504 sessions2024-06-28 → 2026-07-02
price50-day200-daylevel
How to read this
Down 1.45% on the session.
Follow the solid line: each point is a session close. Compare it to the 50-day average — while price stays above it the short-term trend is up, and a drop below is the first structural warning.
The dashed levels are the strikes the options chain is most committed to. They are the same numbers the gamma block states; nothing here is drawn that no section derives.
MACDBELOW SIGNAL
-0.38
The short-term trend against its own signal line. The sign is the read; the size is not a target.
Pivots (classic)R1 $355 · S1 $355
$354.53
The last settled session's range projected forward. Reference levels, not predictions — after a big gap they can sit on the wrong side of the price until the next close.
DeMark countdownFLAT SETUP
0 of 9
Counts consecutive closes against the prior trend. A completed 9 often marks exhaustion.
2026-09-29 · in 2 daysJob Openings (JOLTS)A scheduled macro release. It moves this stock independently of anything the company does.
Setup & oddsNightly
Direction oddsnext 12m
54 / 46cohort n=21,665
A lean, not a forecast. These are the cohort's odds — comparable names over the window — not this stock's own history.
Pullback riskoverstretch read
In line1.00× segment rate · n=81,071
Historically, mid names in this tape state saw a ≥10% pullback within 63 trading days in 79% of cases (n=81,071).
Signal
The odds lean, the stretch qualifies it.
Historically, names tripping 0 validated red flags finished lower 12 months later in 46% of cases (n=21,665) — a survivor-biased floor, not a forecast.
Valuation
Earnings yield vs cashABOVE CASH
0.27pp
The earnings yield clears the risk-free rate, so the current return alone competes with cash.
Net cash per shareNET DEBT
$-74.83
Cash less every borrowing, per share. It is the part of the price that is not a claim on future profits.
Multiples
Forward P/Eearnings expected over the next 12 months17.0×5yr median 19×
Trailing P/Eearnings already reported19.9×60th of its 5yr range
Price / salesprice against revenue, before any of it becomes profit1.8×5yr median 1.9×
Price / bookprice against the accounting value of the assets4.3×
EV / EBITDAthe multiple an acquirer would pay13.3×
EV / free cash flowenterprise value against the cash the business throws off18.6×
FCF yieldfree cash flow per dollar of market value6.98%
1 of the 7 priced multiples above sits in the richer half of its band. Each priced multiple is read against this stock's own history where a five-year range is on file, so the question is whether today is dear for this name rather than for the market. The multiples are computed separately from the quote above and are not re-priced as it moves, so they can lag it.
Price horizon & timing
Data unavailableThis security is delisted, so there is no live tape to compose entry, target and stop against.
Gamma mapChain · Jul 17, 2026
Call wallheaviest call OI
$440.00+24.1%
The strike with the heaviest call open interest. It tends to act as a ceiling into expiry.
Put wallheaviest put OI
$400.00+12.8%
The strike with the heaviest put open interest. Dealer hedging tends to cushion price here.
Options tapeLast snapshot before the 2026-07-17 expiry · Chain · Jul 17, 2026
Max pain+24.1%
$440.00
The strike where most open options would have expired worthless on the last snapshot. That expiry has passed; the next chain read replaces it.
Put / call ratio (OI)PUT-HEAVY
1.31
43% calls
57% puts
Open interest in puts against calls. Heavy call interest often caps how far price can run before expiry.
Put / call ratio (volume)TODAY'S FLOW
0.31
Today's traded flow rather than the standing position. It moves faster and means less.
Largest open interest · front expiry
StrikeTypeOpen interest
$400.00PUT482
$350.00PUT63
$390.00PUT56
$370.00PUT56
$290.00PUT51
$340.00PUT39
Large call interest above the price acts as a magnet and a ceiling; large put interest below is a floor of hedges. The biggest strike is the level the market is most committed to defending into the next expiry.
Open interest by strikeexpires 2026-07-17 (expired)CallsPutsMax pain $440.00
11
$430.00
134
$420.00
262
$410.00
267
$400.00
4822
$390.00
565
$380.00
82
$370.00
561
$360.00
71
$350.00
630
$340.00
394
$330.00
30
$320.00
60
$310.00
30
$300.00
300
$290.00
510
$280.00
6
The shaded row is the strike nearest the price. Heavy call interest above acts as a ceiling; heavy put interest below is a floor of hedges.
↑ 52-week high$0.00-100.0%The highest print of the past year.Old highs draw profit-taking on the first attempt.
↑ Call wall$440.00+24.1%Heaviest call open interest on the front expiry.Acts as a ceiling into expiry; a close above usually needs a catalyst.
◇ Max pain$440.00+24.1%Where most open options expire worthless.Price often drifts toward it into the close of the expiry week.
↓ Put wall$400.00+12.8%Heaviest put open interest — a floor of hedges.Dealer buying tends to build as price approaches.
0413F quarterly · Form 4 dailyNET SIGNAL 0
Ownership & flow
Institutions hold 105%, short interest is 9.57% of float, and 24 analysts average $474.
↳ Plain EnglishWho is buying and selling, and what they had to disclose. Institutions file 13F 45 days after quarter end, executives file Form 4 within two days, and Congress discloses under the STOCK Act with a 30–45 day legal lag. Every one of those is a look backwards.
Net signal
0BALANCED · 30d
2 bull / 2 bear factors. The points sum to the net beside the label; nothing here is weighted after the fact.
The QTick signalNightly
Analyst moves90D · TIMING
-1
1 price-target cut in 90d
Earnings4 QUARTERS · TIMING
+2
latest EPS beat by 3%
Quality / valueTTM · CONTEXT
-2
weak Piotroski F-score (3/9)
Sentiment1–30D · TIMING
+1
7d sentiment elevated (100/100)
Signal
2 bull / 2 bear factors
Independent factors scored and netted to 0 over 30d, a balanced reading. 4 of 9 factors carried a direction; the others scored zero and do not vote. The signal describes where the data leans, not what to do about it.
Cross-category readSep 26, 2026
Signal
The evidence families are split down the middle.
Descriptive only — a decorrelated read of where the evidence agrees and conflicts, not a forecast and not advice. Patterns are condition lists, not outcome predictions, and are not yet validated to the proof bar. Dispersion of 0.40 means the disagreement is a genuine split.
Wall Street24 covering firms
Consensus rating24 ANALYSTS
Buy
60% buy · 40% hold · 0% sell, as a share of the 24 covering firms.
Median price target+34%
$474
$433now $355$505
A $433–$505 spread across the panel. A twelve-month view, and a wide spread means real disagreement rather than a consensus.
Forward EPS estimateCONSENSUS
$24.93
What the panel expects the company to earn per share.
Recent analyst moves · last 90 days
FirmTargetDirectionRank
Evercore ISI Group$360↓52/100
Upgrades, downgrades and target changes from covering firms. A cluster of moves in one direction matters more than any single target; the rank is the firm's own credibility score, or a dash below the scoring floor.
Who owns it13F quarterly · Form 4 daily
Institutional ownershipINSTITUTIONALLY HELD
105.0%
The share held by 13F filers. It describes last quarter's positioning, not today's — filings land up to 45 days after quarter end.
Insider ownershipOFFICERS & DIRECTORS
0.5%
The share held by the people running the company.
Short interest (float)LIGHT
9.57%
The share of the tradable float sold short.
Free float99% OF SHARES
27.85M
Shares actually available to trade, excluding insider and restricted holdings.
Dollar volume (ADV)95th PCTILE
$351.45M/day
At this depth, position size is not a constraint for a retail account.
Borrow feeData unavailableWe do not license securities-lending data, so the annualized cost of borrowing shares to short is not something we can show. Short interest and days-to-cover above are the closest read we can source.
Insider filings · Form 4
InsiderTradeAmountPlanTraded
TAYLOR NANCY M · DirectorSellnot on file—01 Jul
TAYLOR NANCY M · DirectorSellnot on file—01 Jul
Machado Luis Francisco · VP, Gen. Counsel, Corp Sec.Sellnot on file—01 Jul
Machado Luis Francisco · VP, Gen. Counsel, Corp Sec.Sellnot on file—01 Jul
Machado Luis Francisco · VP, Gen. Counsel, Corp Sec.Sellnot on file—01 Jul
Machado Luis Francisco · VP, Gen. Counsel, Corp Sec.Sellnot on file—01 Jul
Executives must file within two business days. Sales on pre-set 10b5-1 plans are scheduled months ahead and carry little signal; tax withholding, exercises and awards are compensation mechanics, not trades; the open-market lines are the ones to read.
The story · news & sentimentRolling window
Why it moved on Sep 27, 2026NONE
flat
We don't have a fresh enough quote for BLD to measure its move since the last close.
News tone · 7-day—
100 / 100
Headline polarity over the window, scored from news articles. Above 60 leans positive, below 40 negative. Colour, not a signal.
Newswire · 47 stories
WhenHeadlineSourceTone
WedTopBuild Corp stock holds near its yearly range - AD HOC NEWSAD HOC NEWSnot scored
Sep 4TopBuild stock edges higher as installation demand supports latest results - AD HOC NEWSAD HOC NEWSnot scored
Sep 1TopBuild Corp. (BLD) Slips 1.45% as Shares Navigate Consolidation Range - Dynamic Hedging - vinanet.vnvinanet.vnnot scored
Aug 30British Land Plc - BLD - Stock Price & News - The Motley FoolThe Motley Foolnot scored
Aug 28BLD Q1 2026 Earnings: EPS Beats Estimates by 1.47%, Stock Slips 1.45% - Margin Improvement Report - vinanet.vnvinanet.vnnot scored
Aug 18TopBuild (BLD) EPS and Revenue Review: EPS Beats Its Estimate on the Day; Closing Response: The Stock Ends Down 1.45% in the Latest Session - Profit Inflection Point - VinanetVinanetnot scored
Aug 18TopBuild (BLD) EPS and Revenue Review: EPS Beats Its Estimate on the Day; Closing Response: The Stock Ends Down 1.45% in the Latest Session - Revenue Growth Outlook - dars.gov.etdars.gov.etnot scored
Aug 16TopBuild Corp. (BLD) Pulls Back 1.45% to $354.53 Amid Housing Sector Uncertainty - Bollinger Walk - dars.gov.etdars.gov.etnot scored
Coverage published around the move, newest first. Nothing here measures causation — only the why-it-moved card above is matched to the tape by timestamp.
CongressSTOCK Act · 30–45d lag
Signal
Net selling.
0 of 1 disclosures are buys and 1 is a sale. Lawmakers disclose on a 30–45 day legal lag, so this describes what was done weeks ago, not what is being done now.
0510 graded calls
Risk & track record
a 0% worst drawdown, and 2 of 8 risk surfaces clear.
↳ Plain EnglishWhat owning it does to a portfolio, what the model votes against, and how often our own calls have been right. Every call is graded when it resolves, and the ones still open stay visible.
Max drawdown
0.0%WORST FALL
The deepest peak-to-trough fall in the measured window. Only hold a position you can watch do this.
What it does to a portfolio5-year window
What votes againstNightly
MedQuality / valueweak Piotroski F-score (3/9)TTM · -2
LowAnalyst moves1 price-target cut in 90d90d · -1
Signal
2 of 9 factors vote against.
Ranked by the size of each factor's own point contribution to the net signal — these are the model's stated reasons, not a written bear case. Each one is scored from the source named beside it.
Failure modes · by company type
Data unavailableFailure modes are routed per company type, and only the bank-run and crypto-treasury rulebooks are validated so far. This name routes as growth, so there is no cohort-specific checklist to run. A generic list would read as analysis without being any.
The risk case · why not to buy8 surfaces · nightly
Avoid score6-month distress
0.6%0.1× its cohort · most-traded mega-caps
Observational 6-month large-drawdown risk ranking — not a forecast, not alpha. Historical distress rate for this most-traded mega-caps segment: 9.3%. This name reads 0.1× that base rate.
LowDistress screenThe distress model did not score this name in the latest run, so this surface is unmeasured rather than clear.Not scored
LowPosition sizeThe sizing model has not covered this name, so no defensible cap is published for it.Not scored
LowLottery-ticket behaviourNot scored for this name.Not scored
LowCash runwayNon-burner: catastrophe rate 6.1% (n=297414).Solvency
LowPost-earnings driftNo measured earnings reaction on file, so the drift surface is unmeasured.Not scored
LowDividend riskNot scored for this name.Not scored
LowRestatement historyFiling history is not deep enough to check for restatements.Not scored
LowCrowded shortNot in a warn state: the crowded-short model only publishes when short interest and thin liquidity coincide, and neither condition is met here.Not scored
Signal
2 of 8 surfaces clear.
8 surfaces checked, 2 clear. Each row states which surface it is and what it measured; a surface that could not be scored says so rather than counting as clear.
Who should skip it
Skip it if any of these is you
You want income
A 0.00% yield is a rounding error against cash. This is a capital-gains position.
Our track record10 resolved
Track recordBUILDING IN THE OPEN
33 logged
33 calls logged on this name, 10 resolved so far. Calls are logged the moment they are made, so the open ones are public before anyone knows how they turn out, and a hit-rate is not published until enough of them resolve.
Calls on BLDTHIS NAME
33
This name's own call count. Too few have resolved to publish a rate over them, so none is shown rather than a rate over 10.
0610-K disclosed linksENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION
The wider context
5 mapped peers.
↳ Plain EnglishCompanies do not trade alone. This is the peer set, the supply chain that has to deliver, and the macro variables that move the stock regardless of company news.
Rate sensitivity
-126.6% per +1ppMEASURED
Measured against the 10-year yield: a one-point move in the yield has come with about a 126.6% move here, independent of company news.
Versus peersLatest session
Peer set · 5 names
SymbolRelationshipPriceSession
1963.TPeer$2,314.50+0.63%
5076.TPeer$2,897.00-0.55%
6055.TPeer$2,309.00-0.69%
PWRPeer$649.13+0.87%
FIXPeer$1,658.91+0.94%
The mapped peer set and how each traded in the latest session. A peer moving with this name says the move is the sector's; one moving against it says the move is this company's.
Time machineHistory from 2023-06-01
Signal
2 of 4 backward windows are positive.
Look-back returns describe what happened, not what is likely. They are here to set the scale a future move would be measured on.
Macro driversRolling window
Next macro catalystIN 2 DAYS
Job Openings (JOLTS)
2026-09-29. A scheduled release that moves this stock independently of anything the company does.
Events · what moves this stockSep 24, 2026
Industrial productionUsually helps when factory output comes in stronger than expected
Industrial companies sell into exactly this activity.
Typical for the Industrials sector
On the day -0.2% · A week later 0.0% · Two weeks later -0.8% · Rose on 17 of 37 report days
Across the last 37 Industrial production reports since Jun 15, 2023, BLD moved -0.2% on average on the day and was 0.8% lower two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.2% on those days.
GDP (advance estimate)Usually helps when the economy grows faster than expected
Industrial companies sell into exactly this activity.
Typical for the Industrials sector
On the day +0.8% · A week later +0.6% · Two weeks later +2.9% · Rose on 9 of 12 report days
Across the last 12 GDP (advance estimate) reports since Jul 28, 2023, BLD moved +0.8% on average on the day and was 2.9% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.2% on those days.
Initial jobless claimsUsually hurts when more people file for benefits than expected
Rising layoffs signal factories and builders are slowing.
Typical for the Industrials sector
On the day +0.2% · A week later +0.9% · Two weeks later +1.4% · Rose on 93 of 158 report days
Across the last 158 Initial jobless claims reports since Jun 8, 2023, BLD moved +0.2% on average on the day and was 1.4% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved 0.0% on those days.
Producer prices (PPI)Usually hurts when producer prices run hotter than expected
Factories pay more for materials before they can raise their own prices, and higher rates slow orders.
Typical for the Industrials sector
On the day +0.3% · A week later +1.0% · Two weeks later +0.3% · Rose on 22 of 37 report days
Across the last 37 Producer prices (PPI) reports since Jun 12, 2023, BLD moved +0.3% on average on the day and was 0.3% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.3% on those days.
Retail salesUsually helps when shoppers spend more than expected
Goods have to be made and shipped before they are sold.
Typical for the Industrials sector
On the day -0.2% · A week later 0.0% · Two weeks later -0.8% · Rose on 17 of 37 report days
Across the last 37 Retail sales reports since Jun 15, 2023, BLD moved -0.2% on average on the day and was 0.8% lower two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.2% on those days.
Core PCE (the Fed's gauge) is due in 3 days.
Core PCE (the Fed's gauge)Usually hurts when inflation runs hotter than expectedFactories pay more for materials before they can raise their own prices, and higher rates slow orders.
Typical for the Industrials sector
On the day -0.3% · A week later +0.4% · Two weeks later +2.1% · Rose on 13 of 36 report days
Across the last 36 Core PCE (the Fed's gauge) reports since Jun 28, 2023, BLD moved -0.3% on average on the day and was 2.1% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.3% on those days.
Core inflation (core CPI)Usually hurts when inflation runs hotter than expected
Factories pay more for materials before they can raise their own prices, and higher rates slow orders.
Typical for the Industrials sector
On the day +0.3% · A week later +1.2% · Two weeks later +0.2% · Rose on 21 of 36 report days
Across the last 36 Core inflation (core CPI) reports since Jun 12, 2023, BLD moved +0.3% on average on the day and was 0.2% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.3% on those days.
FOMC decisionUsually hurts when the Fed sounds more hawkish than expected
Costlier financing slows factory and equipment orders.
Typical for the Industrials sector
On the day -0.3% · A week later +0.7% · Two weeks later +3.0% · Rose on 12 of 36 report days
Across the last 36 FOMC decision reports since Jul 1, 2023, BLD moved -0.3% on average on the day and was 3.0% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved -0.1% on those days.
Customer momentum
Data unavailableCustomer momentum needs listed customers that disclose a revenue dependence on this company, and none is on file. The connections below are a different map: competitors and partners, most of them curated rather than filed.
Connections
Data unavailableNo competitor, partner, supplier or customer relationship is on file for this name yet.
Glossary · every term on this page
Survival
Altman Z
Bankruptcy-risk score. Above 3.0 is the safe band.
Piotroski F
Nine pass/fail health tests; 7 or more is strong.
Beneish M
Accrual and growth pattern screen. Clear below −2.22, watch to −1.78, elevated above; a year of very fast revenue growth lifts it by construction.
Merton DTD
Standard deviations of asset value between the company and its debt.
EDF
Default frequency calibrated on what actually happened to similar names.
Price & tape
RSI-14
Momentum gauge 0–100. Above 70 is overbought, below 30 oversold.
ATR
Average true range — the size of a typical day.
VWAP
20-day volume-weighted average price — the average paid over the last month; the page shows no intraday VWAP.
Supertrend
A trend-following stop line. A close through it flips the read.
Chandelier
A trailing stop set a few average ranges below the recent high.
Options & flow
Gamma / GEX
Dealer hedging pressure. Negative gamma amplifies moves both ways.
Call / put wall
The strikes with the heaviest open interest; they act as ceiling and floor.
Max pain
The strike where most options expire worthless.
13F · Form 4
Institutional filings, 45 days after quarter end. Insider trades, within two days.
Scoring
Composite signal
Independent factors scored and netted into one number.
Hit-rate
Share of past calls that resolved in the direction stated.
Brier score
Calibration measure. Lower means stated probabilities track reality.
HHI
Concentration 0–10,000. Above 2,500 means one segment carries the company.
EVT
Fits the tail rather than assuming a bell curve, so bad days are not understated.