USO Rule Check
USO against the rules: which it passes, where it lags and what to look at next.
- Price
- $163.97
- Market Cap
- –
Flags First
- DilutionFail
Fit ScoreNot Enough Data
Too few rules could be measured; the score does not give a verdict.
27% of Rules Measured · The ring's slices are the categories: length is weight, fill is score.
Company Analysis
- No report for this focus yet.
Claude writes a second opinion independent of the site's own analysis; while the market is open it reads the live price.
Categories
Elimination · No DataTiny or thinly traded stocks move on a handful of orders; a position you cannot exit when needed is not worth holding.
Rule by Rule
Elimination
2 of 3 Measured- Market CapAt least $300M—No Data
- Share PriceAt least $5$163.97Pass
- Liquidity500K shares and $10M traded per day on average5.73 M SharesPass
Growth
0 of 4 Measured- Quarterly EPS GrowthAt least 10% year over year—No Data
- Quarterly Sales GrowthAt least 10% year over year—No Data
- Three-Year EPS GrowthAt least 10% annualized—No Data
- Source of GrowthSales should grow at least 5% while profit grows—No Data
Profitability
0 of 2 Measured- ProfitabilityPositive trailing twelve-month EPS—No Data
- MarginsGross, operating and net margins positive—No Data
Financial Health
0 of 3 Measured- Current RatioAt least 1 — current assets cover current liabilities—No Data
- Debt / EquityAt most 1; above 2 fails—No Data
- Cash RunwayPositive free cash flow or at least two years of cash—No Data
Price Strength
2 of 4 Measured- Versus the MarketSix-month return not behind the S&P 500—No Data
- Versus Its SectorSix-month return not behind the sector fund—No Data
- Distance from 52-Week LowAt least 30% above the low148.5%Pass
- Distance from 52-Week HighAt most 25% below the high3.5%Pass
Ownership
2 of 3 Measured- DilutionShare count up at most 2% a year+ 32.1%Fail
- Famous Fund InterestAmong tracked funds, adders not outnumbered by trimmers—No Data
- Insider ActivityNo heavy net selling over six months+22Pass
Catalyst Signals
0 of 3 Measured- Analyst TrendShare of buy ratings rising over three months—No Data
- Upside to TargetAt least 10% to the average target—No Data
- Quality of the Last ReportEarnings analysis score of at least 60—No Data
In each lane the line is the rule's threshold, the dot is the stock's value and the bar between them is the gap. Market cap, price and volume use a log scale: one step is ten times. A value beyond the end sits at the edge as an open dot.
Rule Bench
- 5Passed
- 1Failed
- 16No Data
Each lamp is a rule: green passed, amber caution, red failed, grey no data. Tap a station to see its rules.
Weaknesses
- Share count up + 32.1% in a year; existing holders are being diluted.
Strengths
- Share price of $163.97, outside penny-stock territory.
- About 5.73 M shares trade a day; positions open and close easily.
- The price is 148.5% above its 52-week low.
- The price is near its 52-week high, 3.5% below it.
- Net insider buying over the last six months.
Next Steps
- The share count is rising. Check how much growth stays per share: buybacks or new issuance?
- Write down the concrete reason for growth: a new product, a contract, management or an industry shift. If you cannot say it in one sentence, waiting may be the better choice.
What You Should Check
- Is there a concrete reason for growth, and can you say it in one sentence?
- Where does the valuation sit against sector peers?
- Does the chart confirm the trend, or are you fighting a falling price?
- Is the position size within the loss you could bear if you are wrong?
The score averages the measurable rules with category weights: growth 30, price strength 20, profitability 15, health 15, ownership 10, catalysts 10. A pass counts in full, a caution half; rules we cannot measure stay out. A stock that hits an elimination rule is capped at 45. Growth above 300% counts as a base effect and is marked as a caution.
Sources: prices from Alpaca, fundamentals and analyst ratings from Finnhub, share counts from SEC filings, famous funds from 13F reports, targets and report scores from the site's own analyses.
This is not investment advice; it is a research tool that measures fit with the rules.
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