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DPZ Rule Check

Domino's Pizza, Inc. against the rules: which it passes, where it lags and what to look at next.

Price
$311.72
Market Cap
$10.3 B

Flags First

1Rules Failed6Cautions
  • Current RatioFail
  • Quarterly Sales GrowthCaution
  • Source of GrowthCaution
  • Distance from 52-Week LowCaution
  • Distance from 52-Week HighCaution
  • +2 More

Fit ScoreWorth Researching

Strengths outweigh weaknesses; worth researching why the weak spots exist.

77% of Rules Measured · The ring's slices are the categories: length is weight, fill is score.

Company Analysis

Stock Selection Focus · Tool: Claude

Claude writes a second opinion independent of the site's own analysis; while the market is open it reads the live price.

Categories

Growth75Weight 30 · 4 of 4 Measured
Price Strength50Weight 20 · 2 of 4 Measured
Profitability100Weight 15 · 2 of 2 Measured
Financial Health50Weight 15 · 2 of 3 Measured
Ownership83Weight 10 · 3 of 3 Measured
Catalyst Signals50Weight 10 · 1 of 3 Measured

Elimination · PassTiny or thinly traded stocks move on a handful of orders; a position you cannot exit when needed is not worth holding.

Rule by Rule

77% of Rules Measured

Elimination

3 of 3 Measured
  • Market CapAt least $300M$10.3 BPass
  • Share PriceAt least $5$311.72Pass
  • Liquidity500K shares and $10M traded per day on average911 K SharesPass

Growth

4 of 4 Measured
  • Quarterly EPS GrowthAt least 10% year over year+ 12.6%Pass
  • Quarterly Sales GrowthAt least 10% year over year+ 3.4%Caution
  • Three-Year EPS GrowthAt least 10% annualized+ 11.9%Pass
  • Source of GrowthSales should grow at least 5% while profit grows+ 3.4%Caution

Profitability

2 of 2 Measured
  • ProfitabilityPositive trailing twelve-month EPS$18.17Pass
  • MarginsGross, operating and net margins positive19.7%Pass

Financial Health

2 of 3 Measured
  • Current RatioAt least 1 — current assets cover current liabilities0.49Fail
  • Debt / EquityAt most 1; above 2 fails—No Data
  • Cash RunwayPositive free cash flow or at least two years of cash—Pass

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 low10.5%Caution
  • Distance from 52-Week HighAt most 25% below the high29.5%Caution

Ownership

3 of 3 Measured
  • DilutionShare count up at most 2% a year− 2.6%Pass
  • Famous Fund InterestAmong tracked funds, adders not outnumbered by trimmers1 FundsCaution
  • Insider ActivityNo heavy net selling over six months+33Pass

Catalyst Signals

1 of 3 Measured
  • Analyst TrendShare of buy ratings rising over three months− 4.1 PtsCaution
  • 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

68ScoreWorth Researching
  • 10Passed
  • 6Caution
  • 1Failed
  • 5No Data
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Each lamp is a rule: green passed, amber caution, red failed, grey no data. Tap a station to see its rules.

Weaknesses

  • Current ratio of 0.49; short-term liabilities exceed current assets.
  • Sales changed + 3.4% year over year last quarter, below the 10% floor.
  • Profit is growing but sales grew + 3.4%; growth may not come from the business itself.
  • The price is close to its 52-week low, only 10.5% above it.
  • The price is 29.5% below its 52-week high.
  • Among tracked famous funds, trimmers outnumber adders.
  • The share of buy ratings fell 4.1 points in three months.

Strengths

  • Market cap of $10.3 B, comfortably above the size floor.
  • Share price of $311.72, outside penny-stock territory.
  • About 911 K shares trade a day; positions open and close easily.
  • EPS grew + 12.6% year over year last quarter.
  • EPS has grown + 11.9% a year on average for three years.
  • Earned $18.17 per share over the last twelve months.
  • Gross, operating and net margins are all positive; operating margin 19.7%.
  • Free cash flow is positive; the company funds itself.
  • Share count changed − 2.6% in a year; ownership is preserved.
  • Net insider buying over the last six months.

Next Steps

  1. The price is just leaving its low. Watch for a lasting move above the 50- and 200-day averages to see the trend settle.
  2. Profit is outgrowing sales. Check whether margin expansion is lasting (pricing power) or temporary (cost cuts, one-offs).
  3. 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

  1. Is there a concrete reason for growth, and can you say it in one sentence?
  2. Where does the valuation sit against sector peers?
  3. Does the chart confirm the trend, or are you fighting a falling price?
  4. 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.

Alpaca · SIPUpdated 16:28 NY15 Minutes DelayedMay Be Out Of Date

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