Capstone Holding Corp. (CAPS): fair value, margin of safety and Wheel Score

Is CAPS undervalued?

At 2.07 (close of 5 Nov 2026), CAPS has no GLS fair value: every one of the nine models needs a positive input (the company lost money over the last twelve months, EPS -52.43, it pays no dividend and its debts exceed what its assets would fetch), so the margin of safety is blank and the Wheel Score cannot be computed. Our scans leave the stock out at the first filter. What can be said from the nightly row is below.

The nightly engine files CAPS under Speculative - it is losing money or its Piotroski health score is 3 or lower - which caps its Wheel Score at 45 and keeps it out of the Sunday Scan.

Nine valuation models for CAPS

Each model turns the latest filed numbers into a value per share; the GLS fair value is the simple average of the ones that produce a positive number. The last two rows are shown for reference and never enter the average. The Quote page lets you switch any model off and add your own margin of safety.

Quality and financial health

Capstone Holding Corp. scores only 4 of 9 on the Piotroski F-score, which fails the "Piotroski 6 or more" Wheel Trade Filter. A reading this low means several of the basic tests - positive earnings, positive operating cash flow, falling debt, no new share issuance - are not met. A GLS Moat score of 1.3/10 is a weak reading: the accounts do not show returns and margins that competitors have been unable to wear down, so the Moat part of the Wheel Score contributes little.

Returns on capital are thin or negative - ROIC -51.4%, ROE -170.5%, ROA -41.3% - with debt at 2.32 times equity and negative free cash flow. Debt of 2.32 times equity is on the high side for the sector and is worth checking against the cash flow before treating the stock as a long-term hold.

Capstone Holding Corp. pays no dividend, so the DDM model does not apply and a covered-call holder earns only the premium and any price gain.

Institutional ownership scores 5/10, insider activity 5/10 and Congressional trading 5/10 on the GLS smart-money scales.

Wheel Score 13: No options

No options are listed on Capstone Holding Corp. in our nightly snapshot, so it fails the first Wheel Trade Filter (options that actually trade) (it reads 13, under 70) and is left out of every options scan; the fair value and health figures above are still useful for a plain stock position.

Volume runs at 27k shares a day on a market cap of $2M, with a beta of -1.48 - a low beta, so day-to-day moves are smaller than the market's; the Stability part of the Wheel Score rates that fair.

The Wheel Score ranks ~7,400 US stocks for selling cash-secured puts and covered calls: a stock must pass all 9 Wheel Trade Filters to score 70, and the score then ranks the ones that pass; the Sunday Scan is the top 10. It is updated nightly and is not a recommendation. How the Wheel Score works · the walkthrough lesson shows how it fits into a trade, start to finish.

Upcoming events

Capstone Holding Corp. reports earnings on 6 Nov 2026 (before the open) - inside the 14-day window the Sunday Scan avoids, because a put sold now would carry the report's gap risk.

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