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FCS NASDAQ

Fairchild Semiconductor Intl, Inc.
1W: -0.1% 1M: +0.3% 3M: +0.0%
$19.86
Last traded 2016-09-16 — delisted
NASDAQ · Technology · Semiconductors

Edge Score

Quantitative competitive moat analysis scoring five pillars of durable advantage — cost leadership, brand intangibles, switching costs, network effects, and efficient scale — using industry percentile rankings on a 0–100 scale.

WEAK EDGE
54.0 / 100
NoneWeakNarrowWide
Primary source: Switching Costs  ·  ROIC: 2.3%
Cost Advantage
55
Intangibles
55
Switching Cost
60
Network Effect
35
Scale
60
The Edge Score quantifies a company's competitive moat using five pillars: Cost Advantage (20%, operating margin and SG&A efficiency vs industry peers), Intangible Assets (25%, gross margin premium, R&D intensity, brand pricing power), Switching Costs (25%, revenue stability, earnings consistency, customer retention proxied by operating leverage), Network Effects (15%, revenue growth with expanding margins, market share dominance), and Efficient Scale (15%, market concentration, ROIC sustainability). Each pillar is scored 0–100 using industry percentile rankings, then weighted into a composite. Wide ≥ 70, Narrow ≥ 55, Weak ≥ 40, None < 40. FCS shows a Weak competitive edge (54.0/100) — limited structural advantages that may face competitive pressure. The primary source of advantage is Switching Costs. ROIC of 2.3% suggests modest returns relative to capital deployed.

InsiderStreet Scorecard

Proprietary multi-factor scorecard rating companies across seven fundamental dimensions — profitability, balance sheet strength, earnings quality, growth, value, momentum, and safety — each scored 0–100.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 51 Grade B
Profitability
15
Balance Sheet
94
Earnings Quality
72
Growth
—
Value
44
Momentum
—
Safety
90
Cash Flow
62
The InsiderStreet Scorecard rates companies across eight dimensions: Profitability (margins, ROA, ROE), Balance Sheet (leverage, liquidity, coverage), Earnings Quality (accruals, cash conversion), Growth (revenue and earnings trajectory), Value (P/E, P/B, earnings yield, Graham criteria), Momentum (revenue and earnings acceleration), Safety (Altman Z-Score risk adjustment), and Cash Flow (operating cash flow quality, FCF conversion, cash coverage). The overall score blends 35% quality, 35% value, and 30% momentum, with a penalty for distress-zone Altman scores. FCS scores highest in Balance Sheet (94/100) and lowest in Profitability (15/100). A grade of B indicates above-average fundamentals with room for improvement in select areas.

Risk & Quality Signals

Academic financial models used by institutional investors to assess bankruptcy risk, earnings manipulation, financial strength, and credit quality.

Altman Z-Score
3.94
Safe Zone
Piotroski F-Score
4/9
✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗
Beneish M-Score
—
—
Ohlson O-Score
-9.57
Bankruptcy prob: 0.0%
Low Risk
Credit Rating
AA-
Score: 82.9/100
Earnings Quality
100/100
OCF/NI: 3.32x
Accruals: -3.2%
The Altman Z-Score (1968) combines five ratios — working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, market value of equity, and sales, all relative to total assets or liabilities — into a single bankruptcy predictor. FCS scores 3.94, placing it in the Safe Zone (safe > 2.99, distress < 1.81). Bankruptcy is statistically unlikely within the next two years. The Piotroski F-Score (2000) is a 9-point binary checklist — four profitability tests (positive ROA, positive cash flow, improving ROA, cash flow exceeding net income), three leverage tests (declining debt ratio, improving current ratio, no share dilution), and two efficiency tests (improving gross margin, improving asset turnover). Each pass scores 1 point. FCS scores 4/9, indicating moderate financial health — some areas of strength offset by weaknesses in others. The Ohlson O-Score (1980) is a 9-variable logistic regression that estimates bankruptcy probability using firm size, leverage, working capital, current ratio, profitability (ROA), cash flow coverage, negative equity flag, consecutive losses flag, and earnings trajectory. The raw score is converted to a probability via logistic transformation. FCS's implied 0.0% bankruptcy probability is well within safe territory. Our Credit Rating model scores companies on five weighted components — solvency (30%), earning power (25%), leverage (20%), liquidity (15%), and cash flow quality (10%) — then blends the absolute score with sector and industry peer rankings. For companies with large buyback programs, equity is adjusted by adding back cumulative 5-year repurchases (capped at 80% of FCF generated) to avoid penalizing shareholder-friendly capital allocation. FCS receives an estimated rating of AA- (score: 82.9/100). The Earnings Quality score measures how well reported earnings are backed by real cash. It evaluates the operating cash flow to net income ratio (OCF/NI ≥ 1.0 means every dollar of earnings is cash-backed) and the accruals ratio (the gap between earnings and cash flow relative to assets — lower is better). FCS's score of 100/100 is high — cash flows strongly support reported earnings.

Valuation

Key valuation multiples comparing the stock's market price to its earnings, revenue, book value, and cash flows. Lower multiples may indicate relative undervaluation versus peers.

P/E
-152.77x
PEG
-0.02x
P/S
0.00x
P/B
2.09x
P/FCF
32.31x
P/OCF
32.04x
EV/EBITDA
25.37x
EV/Revenue
3.25x
EV/EBIT
70.50x
EV/FCF
30.81x
Earnings Yield
0.94%
FCF Yield
3.10%
Shareholder Yield
14.26%
Graham Number
$6.37
Equity-based multiples (P/E, P/B, P/FCF) compare the stock price to per-share fundamentals and are affected by capital structure. Enterprise value multiples (EV/EBITDA, EV/Revenue, EV/FCF) strip out debt and cash, making them more useful for cross-company comparisons regardless of how companies are financed. The Graham Number — √(22.5 × EPS × Book Value) — is Benjamin Graham's formula for the maximum price a defensive investor should pay. FCS currently has negative earnings — the P/E ratio is not meaningful. Graham's intrinsic value formula yields $6.37 per share, 212% below the current price.

DuPont Decomposition (5-Factor)

The 5-factor DuPont framework breaks Return on Equity into its component drivers — tax efficiency, interest burden, operating profitability, asset utilization, and financial leverage — to reveal what truly drives shareholder returns.

Tax Burden
0.764
NI / EBT
×
Interest Burden
0.910
EBT / EBIT
×
EBIT Margin
0.046
EBIT / Rev
×
Asset Turnover
0.427
Rev / Assets
×
Equity Multiplier
1.405
Assets / Equity
=
ROE
1.9%
The 5-factor DuPont identity decomposes ROE as: Tax Burden × Interest Burden × EBIT Margin × Asset Turnover × Equity Multiplier = ROE. This reveals whether returns are driven by operating performance, financial leverage, or tax efficiency — three very different sources of profitability. FCS's ROE of 1.9% is driven by Asset Turnover (0.427), indicating efficient use of assets to generate revenue.

Graham-Dodd Adjusted Valuation

Our adaptation of Graham's growth formula (Fair P/E = 8.5 + 2g) from The Intelligent Investor. The classic version relies on analyst growth projections, which can be unreliable. This adjusted model substitutes the company's realized 3-year EPS CAGR — a backward-looking, verifiable measure of actual earnings power — grounding the valuation in demonstrated performance rather than forecasts.

Two adjustments we make, and why. Growth is capped at 15%. Graham defined g as expected growth over the next seven to ten years, not last year's rate. Across US companies since 1994 the median realized 7-year EPS growth is 5–8% regardless of how fast a company grew beforehand, and of 4,457 company-quarters that grew faster than 200%, none sustained it. Uncapped, the formula assigned fair multiples in the hundreds to companies that had never held that rate — and scored worse than simply reading the P/E. Capped, it carries real information. The verdict has three states, not two. Tested over 377,249 stock-months, this ratio only separates outcomes at its extremes: below 0.25 beat the universe by 1.3 points a year, above 3.0 lagged by 2.7, and everything in between sat inside a one-point band. Rather than call two-thirds of the market "undervalued" on a threshold of 1.0, we say Neutral where the model cannot tell — which is most of the time.

Adj. Growth Rate
0.00%
Fair P/E
8.50x
Intrinsic Value
$1.58
Price/Value
12.51x
Margin of Safety
-1150.58%
Premium
1150.58%
Assessment
Overvalued
Graham's classic formula uses analyst-projected growth to estimate a fair P/E (8.5 + 2g). Our adjusted version replaces that projection with FCS's realized 0.0% 3-year EPS CAGR, capped at 15% — demonstrated performance rather than forecasts, held to a rate companies have historically sustained. FCS trades at a 1151% premium to its adjusted intrinsic value of $1.58, suggesting the market is pricing in future growth beyond what historical earnings support. The adjusted fair P/E of 8.5x compares to the current market P/E of -152.8x.

Profitability Trends

Historical profitability ratios tracking how efficiently the company converts revenue into returns for shareholders over time.

Leverage & Solvency Trends

Debt and liquidity metrics showing the company's financial leverage and ability to meet short-term and long-term obligations.

Efficiency & Working Capital Trends

Operating efficiency metrics measuring how quickly the company converts inventory to sales, collects receivables, and manages its cash conversion cycle.

Growth Trends (YoY %)

Year-over-year growth rates for key financial metrics, showing the trajectory of revenue, earnings, and cash flow generation.

Earnings Stability

R-squared of linear regression measuring how predictably revenue, earnings, and margins follow a trend over the trailing 5 years. 1.0 = perfectly predictable; lower values indicate erratic or cyclical behavior.

Monte Carlo Price Simulation

Geometric Brownian Motion with 1,000 antithetic paths over 1 year, seeded from 179 days of historical volatility. Percentile bands show the range of statistically plausible outcomes — this is a statistical model, not a forecast.

Current Price
$19.86
Median 1Y
$18.97
5th Pctile
$16.56
95th Pctile
$21.72
Ann. Volatility
8.1%
25th–75th percentile 5th–95th percentile Median path Historical
All Ratios & Metrics

Complete fundamental data with up to 20 periods of history, sparkline trends, and current values across 13 categories and 130+ financial metrics.

Profitability
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
ROE 1.3% 1.9% 1.92%
ROA 1.0% 1.4% 1.37%
ROIC 1.5% 2.3% 2.34%
ROCE 1.5% 2.2% 2.24%
Gross Margin 30.6% 29.5% 29.46%
Operating Margin 6.2% 3.1% 3.11%
Net Margin 4.5% 2.0% 1.97%
EBITDA Margin 14.8% 11.0% 10.97%
FCF Margin 0.2% 10.5% 10.55%
OCF Margin 0.3% 10.6% 10.64%
ROIC Economic snapshot only 1.78%
Cash ROA snapshot only 4.54%
Cash ROIC snapshot only 7.05%
CROIC snapshot only 6.99%
NOPAT Margin snapshot only 3.52%
Pretax Margin snapshot only 4.19%
R&D / Revenue snapshot only 12.07%
SGA / Revenue snapshot only 14.22%
SBC / Revenue snapshot only 0.00%
Valuation
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
P/E Ratio 157.43 106.30 -152.769
P/S Ratio 7.13 3.41 0.000
P/B Ratio 2.10 2.05 2.091
P/FCF 3883.33 32.31 32.307
P/OCF 2588.89 32.04 32.038
EV/EBITDA 47.16 25.37 25.370
EV/Revenue 6.97 3.25 3.249
EV/EBIT 112.20 70.50 70.500
EV/FCF 3796.00 30.81 30.807
Earnings Yield 0.6% 0.9% 0.94%
FCF Yield 0.0% 3.1% 3.10%
Price/Tangible Book snapshot only 2.569
EV/OCF snapshot only 30.550
EV/Gross Profit snapshot only 10.825
Acquirers Multiple snapshot only 70.500
Shareholder Yield snapshot only 14.26%
Graham Number snapshot only $6.37
Leverage & Solvency
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
Current Ratio 4.30 4.11 4.108
Quick Ratio 2.66 2.69 2.688
Debt/Equity 0.20 0.20 0.197
Net Debt/Equity -0.05 -0.09 -0.095
Debt/Assets 0.14 0.14 0.140
Debt/EBITDA 4.55 2.56 2.561
Net Debt/EBITDA -1.08 -1.24 -1.235
Interest Coverage 13.53 11.14 11.143
Equity Multiplier 1.39 1.40 1.405
Cash Ratio snapshot only 1.710
Debt Service Coverage snapshot only 30.964
Cash to Debt snapshot only 1.482
FCF to Debt snapshot only 0.322
Defensive Interval snapshot only 980.8 days
Efficiency & Turnover
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
Asset Turnover 0.21 0.43 0.427
Inventory Turnover 0.80 1.73 1.734
Receivables Turnover 2.15 4.54 4.538
Payables Turnover 2.43 4.77 4.771
DSO 170 80 80.4 days
DIO 457 210 210.5 days
DPO 150 76 76.5 days
Cash Conversion Cycle 477 214 214.4 days
Fixed Asset Turnover snapshot only 1.288
Operating Cycle snapshot only 290.9 days
Cash Velocity snapshot only 2.057
Capital Intensity snapshot only 2.341
Growth Quality
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
Revenue Stability — — —
Earnings Stability — — —
Margin Stability — — —
Rev. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.000
Earn. Growth Consistency 0.00 0.00 0.000
FCF Positive Streak 0 0 0
Earnings Persistence — — —
Earnings Smoothness — — —
ROE Trend — — —
Gross Margin Trend — — —
FCF Margin Trend — — —
Sustainable Growth Rate 1.3% 1.9% 1.92%
Internal Growth Rate 1.0% 1.4% 1.39%
Cash Flow Quality
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
OCF/Net Income 0.06 3.32 3.318
FCF/OCF 0.67 0.99 0.992
FCF/Net Income snapshot only 3.290
OCF/EBITDA snapshot only 0.830
CapEx/Revenue 0.1% 0.1% 0.09%
CapEx/Depreciation snapshot only 0.011
Accruals Ratio 0.01 -0.03 -0.032
Sloan Accruals snapshot only 0.149
Cash Flow Adequacy snapshot only 120.000
Earnings Quality Score snapshot only 1.000
Dividends & Buybacks
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
Dividend Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
Dividend/Share $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Payout Ratio 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
FCF Payout Ratio 0.0% 0.0% 0.00%
Total Payout Ratio 18.4% 15.2% 15.16%
Div. Increase Streak — — —
Chowder Number — — —
Buyback Yield 11.7% 14.3% 14.26%
Net Buyback Yield 11.7% 14.3% 14.26%
Total Shareholder Return 11.7% 14.3% 14.26%
DuPont Factors
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
Tax Burden (NI/EBT) 0.79 0.76 0.764
Interest Burden (EBT/EBIT) 0.93 0.91 0.910
EBIT Margin 0.06 0.05 0.046
Asset Turnover 0.21 0.43 0.427
Equity Multiplier 1.39 1.40 1.405
Per Share
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
EPS (Diluted TTM) $0.13 $0.19 $0.19
Book Value/Share $9.54 $9.68 $9.50
Tangible Book/Share $7.56 $7.71 $7.71
Revenue/Share $2.81 $5.81 $11.87
FCF/Share $0.01 $0.61 $0.81
OCF/Share $0.01 $0.62 $0.82
Cash/Share $2.34 $2.82 $2.42
EBITDA/Share $0.41 $0.74 $0.74
Debt/Share $1.89 $1.91 $1.91
Net Debt/Share $-0.45 $-0.92 $-0.92
Academic Models
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
Altman Z-Score — — 3.939
Altman Z-Prime snapshot only 7.826
Piotroski F-Score 3 4 4
Beneish M-Score — — —
Ohlson O-Score snapshot only -9.567
ROIC (Greenblatt) snapshot only 2.78%
Net-Net WC snapshot only $2.86
EVA snapshot only $-78240563.38
Credit
Metric Trend Q1'16 Q2'16 Current
Credit Rating snapshot only AA-
Credit Score 72.64 82.92 82.917
Credit Grade snapshot only 4
Implied Spread (bps) snapshot only 100.000
Industry Credit Rank snapshot only 65
Sector Credit Rank snapshot only 71

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