Everything behind the call on Nokia Oyj. 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 — NOKBF trades on its home exchange only.
The bottom linestart hereAs of 2026-09-25
Chart pattern
Above both averages
The 50-day sits above the 200-day
50-day $10.10 · +3.5% 200-day $9.86 · +6.0%
Earnings
In 25 days
22 Oct 2026
cohort P(beat) 61% · n=139,854
Dividend
1.53%
Forward annual yield at today's price
Risk flags
1 on watch
5 checks run, 4 clear
beta 1.67 · vol 54% ann. worst drawdown -50%
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 does195 chars
Nokia Oyj, together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile, fixed, and cloud network solutions in North and Latin America, Greater China, India, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
OTC Markets OTCPK · USDCommunication Equipment
$10.45-0.11 · -1.04%CLOSED · vol 585
52-week range↑ 130% off low · ↓ 39.9% off high
$4.55now $10.45$17.40
Quote Sep 25, 2026 · time not on file Tape 2026-09-25 Factors 2026-09-25
01
Survival & solvency
and 4 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.
Piotroski F-score
F 5/9WATCH
Piotroski F-score 5 of 9. Nine pass/fail tests covering profitability, leverage and operating efficiency; seven or more is strong.
Balance sheetSep 26, 2026
Solvency and liquidity ratios
Current ratioshort-term assets against short-term bills1.58×healthy >2
Debt / equityborrowings against shareholder capital0.21
Net cashcash on hand in excess of every borrowing$1.05B
Your ownership stake
Share-count growth vs peersHIGH DILUTION
54th pctile
Where this name's share-count growth ranks among peers. Lower is less dilutive.
Accounting forensicsSEC filings
Red-flag x-rayGRADE A
90 / 100
0 critical · 1 watch · 4 clear of 5 scored tests
4 of 5 checks clear
Red-flag x-ray · every check, passes included
CheckStatusValueWhat it looks for
Bankruptcy distressCLEARZ 3.88Altman-Z in the Safe · fundamentals
Earnings manipulationCLEARM -2.62M-score in range · fundamentals
Profitability qualityWATCHF 5/9Piotroski F-score 5 of 9 · fundamentals
Filing forensicsCLEAR0 flagsno filing red flags on the latest 10-K · forensic
5 checks, 4 clear and 1 watch. The passes are shown because a score built from five checks means something different from one built from three.
02Refreshed · Sep 26, 2026POOR · 34/100
Business quality
3% net margin, 3% return on equity, +3% revenue growth, and capital earning 3% against a 12% 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
34 / 100POOR
Profitability · net margin 3%
Growth · revenue +3% YoY
Balance strength · debt/equity 0.21
Profitability, growth and balance strength scored separately, then blended.
ProfitabilityRefreshed · Sep 26, 2026
Net marginOF EVERY SALES DOLLAR
3.3%
The share of revenue that survives every cost and becomes profit.
Gross marginPRICING POWER
43.5%
What is left of a sales dollar before overhead — the clearest read on pricing power.
Operating marginAFTER RUNNING COSTS
3.9%
What survives the cost of running the whole business.
Return on equityPER $1 OF EQUITY
3.1%
Annual return on each dollar of shareholder equity.
ROIC − WACC spreadDESTROYS VALUE
-9.2pp
Earns 3% on invested capital that costs about 12%. A positive spread means every retained dollar compounds rather than leaks.
Growth & relative strength
Trailing return by period
1 month
-0.2%
3 months
-18.6%
6 months
+32.8%
Year to date
+61.0%
1 year
+123.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)GROWING
+3.5%
Revenue against the same period a year ago.
EPS growth (YoY)IN LINE
-47.8%
Earnings per share against a year ago. Running ahead of revenue means margins are widening.
12-1 momentumEX LAST MONTH
+121.1%
Return over the last year excluding the most recent month — the standard momentum factor, which drops the short-term reversal.
Relative-strength rankBOTTOM 24%
24 / 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
Next reportIN 25 DAYS
22 Oct 2026
Reports amc · consensus EPS $0.06 · revenue 5.1 B
Dividends & income
Dividend yieldforward annual
1.53%
The cash return the payment alone provides at today's price.
Cash coveragefree cash flow
1-2x
Whether the payment is funded out of the cash the business generates.
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.
low below two ≈-equal shoulders — bullish reversal
Ascending triangle · leans bullish
HorizonHigherMedianObservations
10d50%0.0%646,584
21d51%+0.1%303,544
63d53%+0.5%96,103
flat resistance, rising support
Cup and handle · leans bullish
HorizonHigherMedianObservations
10d46%-0.2%701,064
21d47%-0.4%328,275
63d47%-1.4%104,377
U-base + small handle pullback
Bollinger squeeze
HorizonHigherMedianObservations
10d43%0.0%764,373
21d45%0.0%357,385
63d47%0.0%112,620
bands at a multi-month tight — breakout pending
03
Price & timing
Price $10.45, RSI 50.
↳ 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
Above 50 & 2003 OF 3 AVERAGES
50-day $10.10 · 200-day $9.86. Price above both is the structural definition of an uptrend.
The setup right now
Price · 504 sessions2024-09-23 → 2026-09-25
price50-day200-day
How to read this
Down 1.04% 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$60.01B
Day range$10.45 – $10.74
Above 52-week low+130%
Realized volatility54% ann.
Worst drawdown-49.6%
Momentum (RSI-14)COOL
50
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)±4.5%
$0.47
The average true range — how far this stock moves on an ordinary day. It sets the scale a stop has to clear.
MACDABOVE SIGNAL
+0.07
The short-term trend against its own signal line. The sign is the read; the size is not a target.
Bollinger position52% 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 BELOW
$10.46
The volume-weighted average of the last month. Price above it means recent buyers are, on average, in profit.
Chandelier exitLONG INTACT
$9.81
A volatility-based trailing stop, set a few average ranges below the recent high.
22 Oct 2026 · in 25 daysNext earningsThe next scheduled catalyst. The forward guide usually moves the tape more than the printed number. Date as the vendor last stated it on 29 Jul; companies confirm about three weeks ahead, so it can still move.
2026-09-29 · in 2 daysJob Openings (JOLTS)A scheduled macro release. It moves this stock independently of anything the company does.
Setup & oddsNightly
Pullback riskoverstretch read
In line1.23× segment rate · n=5,861
Historically, large names in this tape state saw a ≥10% pullback within 63 trading days in 81% of cases (n=5,861).
Overstretchvs the 20-day mean
0.2σ
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
$10 – $103 supports
Where prior demand appeared: S1 at $10.43, Pivot low at $9.87, Sma 200 at $9.86.
Slide scorefalling-knife check
0 / 100Neutral
A composite of consecutive down days, gap risk and volume expansion. Low means any decline is orderly.
Valuation
Earnings yield vs cashBELOW CASH
-3.88pp
Cash pays more than the earnings yield today, so what you are buying is future growth rather than a current return.
Net cash per shareCASH BACKING
$0.18
Cash less every borrowing, per share. It is the part of the price that is not a claim on future profits.
Multiples
Trailing P/Eearnings already reported76.7×
Price / salesprice against revenue, before any of it becomes profit3.0×
Price / bookprice against the accounting value of the assets2.9×
EV / EBITDAthe multiple an acquirer would pay26.2×
EV / free cash flowenterprise value against the cash the business throws off40.2×
FCF yieldfree cash flow per dollar of market value2.44%
3 of the 6 priced multiples above sit 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 & timingSep 25, 2026
Entryzone of pivot low + S1 + sma 200
$10.43In zone
Where the composer's entry sits, on its own stated basis.
Target52-week high
$17.31$17–$17
A zone, not a price. It is where the composer expects supply, not a forecast.
Stop2× ATR below entry
$9.49risk $0.94/sh
The level that says the setup is wrong, on the basis named beside it.
Risk / rewardtarget vs stop
7.32:1
Reward against risk on the composer's own levels.
Measure from a price$
To the 50-day
-3.4%
short-term trend line · $10.10
To the 200-day
-5.6%
primary trend line · $9.86
To the composer's target
+65.6%
52-week high · set Sep 25, 2026 · $17.31
To the composer's stop
-9.2%
2× ATR below entry · set Sep 25, 2026 · $9.49
To the 52-week high
+66.5%
highest print of the past year · $17.40
To the 52-week low
-56.5%
lowest print of the past year · $4.55
A typical day (ATR)
$9.98 – $10.92
±$0.47 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
The levels line up.
Entry $10.43 · stop $9.49 · target $17.31, a 7.32:1 ratio. The composer flagged: elevated distress, fair-value reference, far target.
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 37%.
↳ 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
37.2%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
6.7%
The share held by the people running the company.
Free float77% OF SHARES
4.44B
Shares actually available to trade, excluding insider and restricted holdings.
Dollar volume (ADV)64th PCTILE
$10.24M/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
-1.04%
NOKBF fell −1.04% since the last close — no identified catalyst in our coverage.
Matched · Sep 25, 2026
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.
Disclosed lawmaker trades, with their legal reporting lag.
0511 graded callsHIGH VOLATILITY
Risk & track record
Beta 1.67, 54% annual volatility, a -50% 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)
−10.1%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
−18.4%
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
1.2×
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
-49.6%
The deepest peak-to-trough fall in the measured window. Only hold a position you can watch do this.
Beta (vs the market)AMPLIFIES
1.67
Moves about 1.7× the market over the past year.
3-year beta 0.67
Annualized volatilityELEVATED
54%
How far it swings over a year, from its own realized returns.
Tactical phaseNIGHTLY READ
Neutral
Selling pressure1
Buying pressure8
Overheat8
State: neutral — No dominant short-horizon pressure in the tape.
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
3.2%tail cap binds
max defensible size 3.2% - tail binds
Avoid score6-month distress
16.6%1.9× 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 1.9× 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 53.5% · tail cap 3.2% · category cap 90.1%. The tail cap binds, so 3.3% is the number (n=15,197). We show which one binds rather than the friendliest.Sizing
LowLottery-ticket behaviourIts best 21-day return sits at 6.3% against a 7.8% cohort 90th-percentile threshold — below the line where forward returns have historically turned negative.Behaviour
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
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 -50%
That is this name's deepest measured fall, on 54% annualized volatility. A drawdown of that size is normal here, not exceptional.
You're already heavy in this market
A 1.67 beta means you would be stacking the same bet rather than spreading it.
You'd be buying into earnings
A report lands in 25 days.
Our track record11 resolved
Track recordBUILDING IN THE OPEN
26 logged
26 calls logged on this name, 11 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.
11 resolved · 15 open
Calls on NOKBFTHIS NAME
26
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 11.
0610-K disclosed linksCOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
The wider context
5 mapped peers, 3 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
-3.2% 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
CSCOPeer$106.70-0.25%
HPEPeer$62.94-0.91%
LITEPeer$941.65+1.36%
NOKPeer$10.39-0.38%
MSIPeer$456.88+0.43%
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 -0.3% · A week later +0.6% · Two weeks later +2.2% · Rose on 15 of 39 report days
Across the last 39 Core PCE (the Fed's gauge) reports since Jun 28, 2023, NOKBF moved -0.3% on average on the day and was 2.2% higher 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 +0.2% · A week later +0.9% · Two weeks later +1.4% · Rose on 15 of 39 report days
Across the last 39 FOMC decision reports since Jul 1, 2023, NOKBF moved +0.2% on average on the day and was 1.4% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved -0.1% on those days.
PCE inflation is due in 3 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 -0.3% · A week later +0.6% · Two weeks later +2.2% · Rose on 15 of 39 report days
Across the last 39 PCE inflation reports since Jun 28, 2023, NOKBF moved -0.3% on average on the day and was 2.2% higher 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 +1.0% · A week later +0.3% · Two weeks later +1.0% · Rose on 18 of 38 report days
Across the last 38 Core inflation (core CPI) reports since Jun 12, 2023, NOKBF moved +1.0% on average on the day and was 1.0% 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 +1.0% · A week later +0.3% · Two weeks later +1.0% · Rose on 18 of 38 report days
Across the last 38 Inflation (CPI) reports since Jun 12, 2023, NOKBF moved +1.0% on average on the day and was 1.0% 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 0.0% · A week later +0.5% · Two weeks later +1.1% · Rose on 72 of 170 report days
Across the last 170 Initial jobless claims reports since Jun 8, 2023, NOKBF moved 0.0% on average on the day and was 1.1% 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 +1.0% · A week later 0.0% · Two weeks later +0.7% · Rose on 18 of 39 report days
Across the last 39 Producer prices (PPI) reports since Jun 12, 2023, NOKBF moved +1.0% on average on the day and was 0.7% higher two weeks later. The S&P 500 moved +0.3% on those days.
Job openings (JOLTS) is due in 2 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 +1.5% · Two weeks later +0.8% · Rose on 13 of 38 report days
Across the last 38 Job openings (JOLTS) reports since Jul 5, 2023, NOKBF moved -0.6% on average on the day and was 0.8% 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.
Connections3 links · none confirmed
Direct connections · 3 edges
CompanyRelationSessionProvenance
TSM · Suppliersupplier-0.12%Rumored · manual
MSFT · Customercustomer+3.66%Rumored · manual
ORCL · Competitorcompetitor-1.75%Rumored · manual
0 of 3 edges are named in a filing; the rest come from reporting we have not matched to one yet, and are labelled as such.