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VC

🛍️ Consumer Cyclical

Visteon Corporation

Conservative #515Aggressive #788Moderate RiskHigh 98
$99.59+1.82%
Day High$99.83
Day Low$96.77
Volume0.6M
Mkt Cap$2.7B
52W Low $6552W High $129
Market Cap
$2.5B
P/E Ratio
12.5
Sector avg: 45.1
Rev Growth
-2.5%
Sector avg: 6.3%
Earnings Growth
-26.6%
Profit Margin
5.3%
Sector avg: -6.5%
Debt/Equity
0.34

Why This Score

VC scores 51.7 on the Conservative profile, blending a fundamental score (80% weight, emphasizing quality and stability (84% of fundamental weight)) with a machine-learning signal (20% weight) trained on 82 features across 30 years of data.

Strengths
  • Attractively valued at 12.5x earnings, below the market average.
  • Positive but moderate momentum (22%) — steady appreciation without overheating.
  • High conviction (98/100) — fundamental and ML signals agree on this stock.
Risk Factors
  • Liquidity concern: Limited trading volume or float results in a 2-point penalty for execution risk.

Minor adjustments (-2.6 points) applied. VC's rank of #515 primarily reflects its factor profile relative to the conservative weight vector.

Score Breakdown

Overall Score51.7
Fundamental Score48.7
ML Score57.0

Score by Horizon

3 Month
69.4
6 Month
77.5
Primary
1 Year
81.6

Quality Assessment

B
Earnings Grade
Solid fundamentals with minor quality concerns

Position Sizing

Suggested Allocation
5%
Confidence
high

Score Composition Waterfall

How each component affects the final score
Backtested Scoring Levers (IC-calibrated from 30y ElasticNet)
Weinstein (12.1%)
0
Declining
Sentiment (2.5%)
67
Positive
Analyst (6.4%)
66
Favorable
Tradability (post-hoc)
77
Grade B
Base
47.7
SHAP
+1.6
Factors
+0.8
Conviction
+1.7
Final
51.7
Positive adjustment
Negative adjustment
Base blend
Final score

Signal SegmentsComputed from ML features

Fundamental (Valuation, Quality, Growth)47.0
Technical (Momentum, Weinstein, Volatility)51.0
External (Sentiment, Analyst, Macro)83.0
Scores below 50 indicate weakness in that segment relative to the universe.

Data Quality

Score
Features
Confidence
Feature Coverage89%

Growth Estimates

Short-term
-5.2% to +1.2%
Medium-term
-7.8% to +1.8%
Long-term
-10.4% to +2.4%

ML Model Core Features100 trained inputs → ML Score: 57

These features are direct inputs to the machine learning model. The model was trained on these signals alongside 100 features (including 12 momentum/technical indicators) to produce the ML percentile score.

Analyst Intelligence
Consensus Score66.3/100
Target Upside+35.0%
Coverage23 analysts
Market Sentiment
Sentiment Score66.5/100
News Volume1 articles
Technical Stage
Weinstein Stage4 — Declining
12M Momentum+0.2%
6M Momentum-0.1%
Volatility+0.1%
Momentum & Technical
Momentum Acceleration+36.5%
Momentum ConsistencyDivergent (-0.69)
Relative Strength vs Sector+20.5%
Trend Strength (ADX Proxy)Moderate (2.2)
Momentum Quality+0.159
Momentum BreadthNarrow
Macro Regime
Bull RegimeYes
High Vol RegimeNo
S&P 500 Return+25.0%
Yield Curve-0.1bp

Sector-Relative AnalysisIn-model features

Value Trap Signal
46%
High risk — cheap + stagnating
Sector RevGr Rank
P20
Revenue growth vs Consumer Cyclical peers
Sector PE Rank
P68
Valuation vs Consumer Cyclical peers
Sector FCF Rank
P84
Free cash flow vs Consumer Cyclical peers
Growth Deviation
-0.4σ
Z-score vs sector median
Stagnation Flag
YES
Below-sector growth + cheap PE
Value trap warning: This stock scores in the top quartile for value trap risk. The combination of below-sector-median revenue growth, low PE, and high free cash flow yield suggests the market is pricing in stagnation. The ML model's sector-relative features (trained on 30 years of data) reduce this stock's score accordingly.

Analysis Signals

Scoring Factors
Fundamental score of 88 relative to sector peers88/100
Machine learning model ranks this stock at the 82th percentileP82
ML model weight reduced to 9% due to macro conditions: market in extended rally phase; yield curve inverted (recession indicator); late-cycle economic indicators detected9% ML weight
SHAP feature alignment: +3.1pt (features align with model priorities)
Blend: 91% fund (87.6) + 9% ML (81.7) + SHAP(+3.1) = 90.2
Factor quality: +1.5pt (multi-factor composite)
Risk assessment: moderate. Annualized volatility 9.9%. Max drawdown 26% (-7.3 pts)Moderate
Market cap adjustment: -4.0 points ($2.5B market cap)-4.0 pts
Conviction bonus: +3.4pt (conviction=98)
Risk Factors
Earnings quality grade B: adequate earnings quality with minor concerns. Score adjusted by -5 pointsGrade B
Quality concern: High accrual ratio (-52.4%) — earnings quality concernFlag

Sector Peer Comparison(Consumer Cyclical — Rank #45 of 114 stocks)

StockScoreP/ERev GrowthMarginMkt Cap
VC51.712.5-2.5%5.3%$2.5B
MAR75.937.24.3%9.9%$93.8B
ABNB75.230.110.3%20.5%$72.8B
ULTA75.126.20.8%10.6%$30.6B
HAS73.016.7-17.3%9.3%$14.4B
ORLY71.932.55.7%14.3%$81.6B
ROST71.130.73.7%9.9%$63.9B
DPZ70.621.95.1%12.4%$12.7B
GTX69.711.83.1%8.6%$3.8B
CART69.119.911.0%13.5%$9.6B
EBAY68.518.31.7%19.3%$37.6B
GNTX68.214.30.6%17.5%$5.5B
AMZN65.327.712.4%10.8%$2.1T
CASY65.141.07.3%3.4%$24.7B
TXRH65.027.616.0%8.1%$12.0B
URBN63.213.37.7%7.3%$6.3B
Sector Average46.245.16.3%-6.5%

Market Sentimentvia FMP

Analyst Consensus
Buy23 analysts
Buy: 15Hold: 8
Price Target
$126consensus
Low $114Median $120High $145
+26.6% to consensus target

Company Overviewvia FMP

Visteon Corporation, an automotive technology company, engineers, designs, and manufactures automotive electronics and connected car solutions for vehicle manufacturers worldwide. The company provides instrument clusters, including analog gauge clusters to 2-D and 3-D display-based devices; information displays that integrate a range of user interface technologies and graphics management capabilities, such as 3-D, active privacy, TrueColor enhancement, cameras, optics, haptic feedback, and light effects; and Phoenix, a display audio and embedded infotainment platform, as well as onboard artificial intelligence-based voice assistant with natural language understanding. It also offers wired and wireless battery management systems; telematics control unit to enable secure connected car services, software updates, and data; and head-up displays. In addition, the company provides SmartCore, an automotive-grade, integrated domain controller; DriveCore, a platform for addressing multiple levels of vehicle automation; and body domain modules, which integrate various functions, such as central gateway, body controls, comfort, and vehicle access solutions into one device. Visteon Corporation was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Van Buren, Michigan.

CEO
Sachin S. Lawande
Employees
10,000
Beta
1.16
Industry
Auto - Parts
FMP-Identified Peers

Technical Picturecomputed from daily prices

RSI (14)
48.5
Neutral
Trend
Bullish
10-day vs 50-day MA
From 52W High
-22.9%
High: $129.1
From 52W Low
+53%
Low: $65.1
Moving Averages
10-Day
$99.50
Above
20-Day
$98.10
Above
50-Day
$98.00
Above
200-Day
$105.00
Below
60-Day Support
$89.68
60-Day Resistance
$107.43
Weinstein Stage Analysisbased on 200-day SMA framework
Stage 4 — DecliningScore: 1/100

Stock is in a downtrend below the 200-day moving average. Price is below both the 50-day and 200-day SMAs, indicating sustained selling pressure.

Unfavorable technical position; wait for Stage 1 basing
Price vs 200 SMA
-5.2%
200 SMA Slope (60d)
+5.57%
Rising
Volume Ratio
1.57x
10d avg vs 50d avg
Days in Stage
5
Confidence: 40%
Key Reversal Detected (2026-02-12)Recent Gap Down

Financial Statementslast 4 quarters via FMP

MetricQ4 2025Q3 2025Q2 2025Q1 2025
Revenue$948M$917M$969M$934M
Gross Profit$122M$131M$141M$138M
Operating Income$68M$78M$93M$91M
Net Income$14M$57M$65M$65M
EPS (Diluted)$0.51$2.04$2.36$2.36
Gross Margin12.9%14.3%14.6%14.8%
Operating Margin7.2%8.5%9.6%9.7%
Net Margin1.5%6.2%6.7%7.0%

Why This Stock

Consumer CyclicalP/E ratio of 12.5Earnings quality grade BValuation below sector median (P/E 12.5)

Tradability FilterGrade B — 77/100Score impact: -5.8pt

Volume
75
450K avg/day
Dollar Vol
95
$43M/day
Float
57
27M shares
Mkt Cap
61
$2.5B
Range
100
98% spread
Composite Liquidity Score77/100
FDCBA

Multi-Year Range Analysis

Sideways: 0/100
YearLowHighRangeStatus
2021$91.61$136.5839.4%Wide
2022$88.82$152.1052.5%Wide
2023$108.66$171.6644.9%Wide
2024$84.01$128.4141.8%Wide
2025$65.10$129.1065.9%Wide
3-Year Range
90%
Narrow Years
0 / 5
Sideways Penalty
None

Growth Projection Adjustment

0.11x dampening
weinstein decliningslight revenue decline

Growth estimates have been dampened based on technical and fundamental signals. This is a post-hoc adjustment to prevent overly optimistic projections for stocks showing declining momentum or deteriorating fundamentals.

Free Float
97.7%
Outstanding Shares
27M
Bid-Ask Spread
98.0%
Institutional Tradable
Yes

Scores are generated by a multi-stage ML pipeline combining fundamental analysis, ensemble predictions, and structural risk signals. All data is for research purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.