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ChronoScale Holdings Corporation stock analysis
Everything behind the call on ChronoScale Holdings Corporation. 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
Global tape
No overseas listings — CHRN trades on its home exchange only.
The bottom linestart hereAs of 2026-09-18
Chart pattern
Between the averages
The 50-day sits above the 200-day
50-day $21.49 · -5.0% 200-day $14.20 · +43.8%
Valuation
-11.8× forward
Against consensus earnings
FCF yield -0.29%
Dividend
0.00%
A rounding error against cash — this is a capital-gains position
Risk flags
1 on watch
5 checks run, 1 clear
beta 2.96 · vol 85% ann. worst drawdown -40%
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 does144 chars
ChronoScale Holdings Corporation designs and develops a compute platform to support artificial intelligence (AI) workloads in the United States.
↳ 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.
Piotroski F-score
n/aNA
Piotroski F-score not available. Nine pass/fail tests covering profitability, leverage and operating efficiency; seven or more is strong.
Balance sheetAug 3, 2026
Solvency and liquidity ratios
Current ratioshort-term assets against short-term bills0.04×healthy >2
Debt / equityborrowings against shareholder capital2.89
Net debtborrowings in excess of cash on hand$217.52M
Your ownership stake
Stock-based comp / revenueELEVATED
20.1%
Stock comp is the dilution pressure a buyback has to outrun. We read up to 5% of revenue as modest and above 12% as heavy — our own reading band, not a measured peer statistic.
Diluted vs basic share gapOVERHANG
434.30%
Options and awards already granted, expressed as the gap between the diluted and basic counts.
Accounting forensicsSEC filings
Red-flag x-rayGRADE B
75 / 100
0 critical · 1 watch · 1 clear of 2 scored tests
1 of 5 checks clear
Red-flag x-ray · every check, passes included
CheckStatusValueWhat it looks for
Bankruptcy distressNAn/aAltman-Z not available · fundamentals
Earnings manipulationNAn/aBeneish-M not available · fundamentals
Profitability qualityNAn/aPiotroski F-score not available · fundamentals
Filing forensicsWATCH2 flags2 filing red flags on the latest 10-K · forensic
5 checks, 1 clear and 1 watch. The passes are shown because a score built from five checks means something different from one built from three.
02Refreshed · Aug 3, 2026POOR · 20/100
Business quality
-86% net margin, -96% return on equity.
↳ 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
20 / 100POOR
Profitability · net margin -86%
Balance strength · debt/equity 2.89
Profitability, growth and balance strength scored separately, then blended.
ProfitabilityRefreshed · Aug 3, 2026
Net marginOF EVERY SALES DOLLAR
-86.2%
The share of revenue that survives every cost and becomes profit.
Gross marginPRICING POWER
-36.7%
What is left of a sales dollar before overhead — the clearest read on pricing power.
Operating marginAFTER RUNNING COSTS
-68.3%
What survives the cost of running the whole business.
Return on equityPER $1 OF EQUITY
-95.5%
Annual return on each dollar of shareholder equity.
Asset growth vs peersIN LINE
12th pctile
The balance sheet grew -25% on the year. Fast asset growth is usually a ramp; occasionally it is the start of an inventory problem.
As of · Aug 16, 2026
Growth & relative strength
Trailing return by period
1 month
-15.1%
3 months
-13.7%
6 months
+93.6%
Year to date
+156.8%
1 year
+416.2%
12-1 momentumEX LAST MONTH
+491.2%
Return over the last year excluding the most recent month — the standard momentum factor, which drops the short-term reversal.
Relative-strength rankBOTTOM 46%
46 / 100
Where this name's 3-month return against the S&P 500 ranks across the market — a quarter's standing, not the year's.
Typical earnings moveData unavailableRealized move magnitudes are not published for this name yet — no measured print on file.
Reaction: beat vs missData unavailableThe beat-versus-miss reaction gap is not computed for this name — undetermined — needs ≥12 measured beats.
Consensus biasVALIDATED
Persistent
insufficient surprise history
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.
↳ 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.
Trend
Mixed2 OF 3 AVERAGES
50-day $21.49 · 200-day $14.20. Price above both is the structural definition of an uptrend.
The setup right now15-min delayed
Price · 504 sessions2024-09-13 → 2026-09-17
price50-day200-day
How to read this
Up 1.44% 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.
Market cap$2.98B
Day range$19.50 – $20.57
Above 52-week low+483%
Realized volatility85% ann.
Worst drawdown-40.4%
Momentum (RSI-14)COOL
52
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.
Typical day (ATR-14)±8.8%
$1.79
The average true range — how far this stock moves on an ordinary day. It sets the scale a stop has to clear.
MACDABOVE SIGNAL
+0.13
The short-term trend against its own signal line. The sign is the read; the size is not a target.
Bollinger position56% OF RANGE
Mid band
Where price sits inside its own volatility band. The edges are where a move is stretched, not where it reverses.
20-day VWAPPRICE ABOVE
$20.40
The volume-weighted average of the last month. Price above it means recent buyers are, on average, in profit.
Chandelier exitLONG INTACT
$19.64
A volatility-based trailing stop, set a few average ranges below the recent high.
2026-09-25 · in 7 daysConsumer SentimentA scheduled macro release. It moves this stock independently of anything the company does.
Setup & oddsNightly
Pullback riskoverstretch read
Elevated1.22× segment rate · n=342
Historically, mid names in this tape state saw a ≥10% pullback within 63 trading days in 96% of cases (n=342).
Overstretchvs the 20-day mean
0.1σ
How many standard deviations price sits from its 20-day mean. Beyond 2σ is genuinely stretched; inside it is ordinary.
Bottom zoneif it breaks down
$16 – $203 supports
Where prior demand appeared: S1 at $19.08, Pivot low at $18.93, Pivot low at $17.30.
Slide scorefalling-knife check
20 / 100Bottoming
A composite of consecutive down days, gap risk and volume expansion. Low means any decline is orderly.
Signal
The odds lean, the stretch qualifies it.
Not enough fundamental coverage to score this name's red-flag cohort — no 12-month odds shown.
Valuation
Net cash per shareNET DEBT
$-1.52
Cash less every borrowing, per share. It is the part of the price that is not a claim on future profits.
Multiples
Forward P/EAnalysts expect a loss over the next twelve months, so there are no earnings for the price to be a multiple of.Not meaningful
Price / salesprice against revenue, before any of it becomes profit35.3×5yr median 1.4×
Price / bookprice against the accounting value of the assets39.1×
EV / EBITDAthe multiple an acquirer would pay126.1×
FCF yieldfree cash flow per dollar of market value-0.29%
4 of the 4 priced multiples above sit in the richer half of its band. 1 is marked not meaningful because the figure it divides into is negative — shown as absent rather than as a low, cheap-looking number. 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 & timingSep 17, 2026
Entryzone of pivot low + S1
$19.97Approach
Where the composer's entry sits, on its own stated basis.
TargetDaily pivot + round + sma 50
$21.19$21–$22
A zone, not a price. It is where the composer expects supply, not a forecast.
StopTucked under the entry zone
$16.00risk $3.97/sh
The level that says the setup is wrong, on the basis named beside it.
Risk / rewardtarget vs stop
0.31:1flagged low
Less reward than risk at these levels. The composer publishes it rather than hiding it, because a sub-1 ratio is the argument against the trade.
Measure from a price$
To the 50-day
+5.2%
short-term trend line · $21.49
To the 200-day
-30.5%
primary trend line · $14.20
To the composer's target
+3.8%
Daily pivot + round + sma 50 · set Sep 17, 2026 · $21.19
To the composer's stop
-21.6%
Tucked under the entry zone · set Sep 17, 2026 · $16.00
To the 52-week high
+46.9%
highest print of the past year · $30.00
To the 52-week low
-82.9%
lowest print of the past year · $3.50
A typical day (ATR)
$18.63 – $22.21
±$1.79 average true range
Type any price to re-measure every distance from it. Each row is a level this page already states somewhere else, so nothing here is a new number — and none of it is a recommendation to trade at that price.
Signal
Less reward than risk at this level.
Entry $19.97 · stop $16.00 · target $21.19, a 0.31:1 ratio. The composer flagged: elevated distress, low reward to risk.
Gamma map
Data unavailableThis name has no listed options chain, so there is no dealer gamma to map. Regime, flip level, walls and the implied move all need a chain to exist.
Options tape
Data unavailableNo options chain is connected for this ticker. Max pain, the put/call ratio, the implied move and the open-interest ladder all need the chain feed.
0413F quarterly · Form 4 dailyNET SIGNAL 0
Ownership & flow
Institutions hold 2%.
↳ 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.
Institutional ownership
1.6%RETAIL-HEAVY
The share held by 13F filers. It describes last quarter's positioning, not today's — filings land up to 45 days after quarter end.
The QTick signal
Data unavailableNo factor in the model scored for this name, so there is no net signal to show. The signal appears once the nightly factor run covers it.
Cross-category read
Data unavailableFewer independent evidence families are ready than the engine's minimum, so there is nothing to check for agreement. A cross-category read over two categories is not a read.
Wall Street
Data unavailableNo sell-side firm publishes research on this name. There is no consensus rating, no price target and no estimate revisions to weigh — for a company this size that is the norm rather than a gap in our data.
Who owns it13F quarterly · Form 4 daily
Insider ownershipOFFICERS & DIRECTORS
100.3%
The share held by the people running the company.
Free float0% OF SHARES
81.7K
Shares actually available to trade, excluding insider and restricted holdings.
Dollar volume (ADV)58th PCTILE
$5.24M/day
Average dollars traded per day, and where that ranks cross-sectionally. Thin liquidity is a cost you pay on the way out, not just on the way in.
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.
The story · news & sentimentRolling window
Why it moved todayNONE
+1.44%
CHRN rose +1.44% in after-hours trading — no identified catalyst in our coverage.
Matched · Sep 18, 2026
Congress
Data unavailableNo congressional trades in this name have been disclosed under the STOCK Act. Lawmakers' disclosed trades cluster heavily in large caps, so an empty list is the usual state.
050 graded callsHIGH VOLATILITY
Risk & track record
Beta 2.96, 85% annual volatility, a -40% worst drawdown, and 3 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.
A very bad day (EVT)
−21.1%1-IN-200 DAY
Fitted to the tail of the return distribution rather than assuming a bell curve. Size the position so a day like this is survivable.
What it does to a portfolio5-year window
Beyond the tail (ES)1-IN-1,000 DAY
−41.9%
The average loss on a 1-in-1,000 day or worse — deeper in the tail than the 1-in-200 figure above and further than the measured history reaches, so it reads as the scale of a crash, not a forecast of one.
Tail understatementNEAR-NORMAL
1.1×
The tail runs close to what a normal curve would predict, so volatility is a reasonable proxy for risk here — which is not true of every name.
Max drawdownWORST FALL
-40.4%
The deepest peak-to-trough fall in the measured window. Only hold a position you can watch do this.
Beta (vs the market)LOW FIT
2.96
The market explains about 7.1% of its daily moves, so this beta says little about how it tracks the index — most of its movement is its own.
3-year beta 1.24
Annualized volatilityELEVATED
85%
How far it swings over a year, from its own realized returns.
Tactical phaseNIGHTLY READ
Bottoming
Selling pressure49
Buying pressure8
Overheat0
State: bottoming — A basing/reversal pattern is printing: capitulation volume has dried and a higher low is in (confirmation 80%).
0-100 · high = active · lit = the engine's own phase, cohort-banded
What votes against
Data unavailableNo factor in the model currently votes against this name. That is a statement about the model's inputs today, not a claim that nothing could go wrong.
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
Suggested position capmax defensible size
1.6%tail cap binds
max defensible size 1.6% - tail binds
Avoid score6-month distress
35.3%4.1× its cohort · mid-volume names
Observational 6-month large-drawdown risk ranking — not a forecast, not alpha. Historical distress rate for this mid-volume names segment: 8.7%. This name reads 4.0× 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
MedPosition size, not conviction, is the binding constrainthalf-Kelly 12.4% · tail cap 1.6% · category cap 54.6%. The tail cap binds, so 1.6% is the number (n=109,931). We show which one binds rather than the friendliest.Sizing
LowLottery-ticket behaviourIts best 21-day return sits at 7.9% against a 10.8% cohort 90th-percentile threshold — below the line where forward returns have historically turned negative.Behaviour
HighCash runwayAbout 1.1 quarters of cash at current burn ($2M cash against $9M a year of burn) - names in this bucket: 28.6% catastrophe rate within a year.Solvency
LowPost-earnings driftDrift odds at full strength (+3.21% / 63-day spread reference from measured post-earnings drift).Timing
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
3 of 8 surfaces clear.
8 surfaces checked, 3 clear. The binding constraint is position size — the tail cap is the one that binds. 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 can't sit through -40%
That is this name's deepest measured fall, on 85% annualized volatility. A drawdown of that size is normal here, not exceptional.
You want income
A 0.00% yield is a rounding error against cash. This is a capital-gains position.
You're already heavy in this market
A 2.96 beta means you would be stacking the same bet rather than spreading it.
You'd size it like a core holding
The binding cap is 1.6% of a portfolio. Above that the tail stops being survivable.
Our track record0 resolved
Track recordBUILDING IN THE OPEN
3 logged
3 calls logged on this name, 0 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.
0 resolved · 3 open
Calls on CHRNTHIS NAME
3
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 0.
0610-K disclosed linksIT SERVICES & CONSULTING
The wider context
5 mapped peers, 2 connections.
↳ 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
-38.3% per +1ppSECTOR
This is the SECTOR prior, not a measurement of this name — the regression did not clear its own bar. The verdict beside it (headwind) comes from the prior too, so the two agree by construction rather than by evidence.
Versus peersLatest session
Peer set · 5 names
SymbolRelationshipPriceSession
8056.TPeer$4,831.00-0.33%
IBMPeer$229.55-3.45%
ACNPeer$181.29-4.73%
INFYPeer$10.82-2.26%
WITPeer$1.66-1.19%
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.
Hotter inflation means higher interest rates for longer, and that hits fast-growing tech companies hardest because most of their value sits in profits years away.
Typical for the Technology sector
On the day +0.8% · A week later 0.0% · Two weeks later -1.9% · Rose on 22 of 39 report days
Across the last 39 Core PCE (the Fed's gauge) reports since Jun 28, 2023, CHRN moved +0.8% on average on the day and was 1.9% lower two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.2% on those days.
FOMC decisionUsually hurts when the Fed sounds more hawkish than expected
Higher rates for longer hit tech hardest, because so much of its value is profits years away.
Typical for the Technology sector
On the day -3.1% · A week later -3.9% · Two weeks later -3.2% · Rose on 13 of 39 report days
Across the last 39 FOMC decision reports since Jul 1, 2023, CHRN moved -3.1% on average on the day and was 3.2% lower two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved -0.1% on those days.
PCE inflation is due in 12 days.
PCE inflationUsually hurts when inflation runs hotter than expected
Hotter inflation means higher interest rates for longer, and that hits fast-growing tech companies hardest because most of their value sits in profits years away.
Typical for the Technology sector
On the day +0.8% · A week later 0.0% · Two weeks later -1.9% · Rose on 22 of 39 report days
Across the last 39 PCE inflation reports since Jun 28, 2023, CHRN moved +0.8% on average on the day and was 1.9% lower two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.2% on those days.
Hotter inflation means higher interest rates for longer, and that hits fast-growing tech companies hardest because most of their value sits in profits years away.
Typical for the Technology sector
On the day -0.1% · A week later +3.3% · Two weeks later +7.1% · Rose on 17 of 38 report days
Across the last 38 Core inflation (core CPI) reports since Jun 12, 2023, CHRN moved -0.1% on average on the day and was 7.1% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.3% on those days.
Inflation (CPI)Usually hurts when inflation runs hotter than expected
Hotter inflation means higher interest rates for longer, and that hits fast-growing tech companies hardest because most of their value sits in profits years away.
Typical for the Technology sector
On the day -0.1% · A week later +3.3% · Two weeks later +7.1% · Rose on 17 of 38 report days
Across the last 38 Inflation (CPI) reports since Jun 12, 2023, CHRN moved -0.1% on average on the day and was 7.1% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.3% on those days.
Rising joblessness pushes the Fed toward lower rates, which lifts growth-priced tech.
Typical for the Technology sector
On the day -0.2% · A week later +0.5% · Two weeks later +0.5% · Rose on 77 of 169 report days
Across the last 169 Initial jobless claims reports since Jun 8, 2023, CHRN moved -0.2% on average on the day and was 0.5% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved 0.0% on those days.
Hotter inflation means higher interest rates for longer, and that hits fast-growing tech companies hardest because most of their value sits in profits years away.
Typical for the Technology sector
On the day +0.2% · A week later +2.7% · Two weeks later +6.6% · Rose on 18 of 39 report days
Across the last 39 Producer prices (PPI) reports since Jun 12, 2023, CHRN moved +0.2% on average on the day and was 6.6% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.3% on those days.
Job openings (JOLTS) is due in 11 days.
Job openings (JOLTS)Usually hurts when job openings come in higher than expected
Strong hiring tells the Fed it can keep rates high, which weighs on growth-priced tech.
Typical for the Technology sector
On the day +0.6% · A week later -1.3% · Two weeks later +1.7% · Rose on 19 of 38 report days
Across the last 38 Job openings (JOLTS) reports since Jul 5, 2023, CHRN moved +0.6% on average on the day and was 1.7% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved 0.0% 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.
Connections2 links · none confirmed
Direct connections · 2 edges
CompanyRelationSessionProvenance
NVDA · Suppliersupplier+1.34%Rumored · manual
APLD · Partnerpartner+6.60%Rumored · manual
0 of 2 edges are named in a filing; the rest come from reporting we have not matched to one yet, and are labelled as such.