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Industrials · ·
$3.12
▼ $0.04 (-1.3%)
Market data updated: 09/30 09:17 PM
News analyzed: 09/30/2026
Market Cap
Not available
Day Range
$3.10 - $3.20
52-Week Range
$2.78 - $5.29
Beta
—
Next Earnings
19.11.2026
Support
$2.85
Resistance
$3.47
VFS is a stock from the Industrials sector — Manufacturing, aerospace, defense, and infrastructure — closely tied to capital-investment cycles and economic growth.
-3.1% (1Y)
🔴 Weak
Strengths: 0/12 factors positiveRisk: High
This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer
Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%
Overall Score
🔴 Bearish
Technical Trend
🔴 Bearish
No notable strengths identified.
Computed directly from the same signals behind the score above — not AI-generated.
Biggest negative driver
Calmar Ratio (return vs. drawdown)
Calmar: -0.42 (3y annualized return -31.8% / max drawdown 75.3%)
Risk
What to watch next
When today echoes the past.
NO RELIABLE ECHO FOUND
Only 3 historical analog(s) found after removing overlapping dates — too few for a statistically meaningful comparison.
Historical matches considered: 3
TIME ECHO identifies historical situations that resemble the current market state. Historical outcomes are not guarantees of future performance. Similarity does not imply causation, and results may change as new data becomes available.
🗓️ What Changed This Week
as of 09/23/202637
This Week
70
7D Ago
↓ -33
Weakening
Technical
14
7D Ago: 71
↓ -57
News
92
7D Ago: 80
↑ +12
Risk
42
7D Ago: 42
→ 0
Biggest Improvements
Biggest Declines
📊 Score History
37
Today
—
30D
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90D
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1Y
🕰️ Signal Timeline
What StockIQ actually saw for this stock, and what happened after each signal — real data, not a forecast.
17d ago · $3.21
Evidence: FOMO score jumped from 5 to 30 day-over-day
What happened after
🐂🐻 Investment Thesis
🐂 Bull Case
⚖️ Base Case
37 / 100
🐻 Bear Case
🔍 What Could Prove This Wrong
This isn't a price-direction forecast — just a synthesis of real, already-computed data, and future conditions that could change the picture.
🕰️ StockIQ Time Machine
What did StockIQ know — and when? Pick a date from the real accumulated history.
As of September 23, 2026
Then
70
$3.23
Now
37
$3.12
What happened since
Signals detected by this date
🧬 STOCK DNA
This stock's profile across 8 real dimensions — a research tool, not a recommendation
Growth
No data available
Quality
No data available
Value
No data available
Momentum
14
Risk
42
Sentiment
92
Fundamental
No data available
Institutional
No data available
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Not enough comparably-scored stocks yet to show similar matches.
This stock hasn't been analyzed by StockIQAI's movement engine yet — coverage is still expanding. Check back soon.
Recent media coverage of VinFast Auto Ltd. has centered on its strategic shifts and market positioning. The company is reviving interest in microcars with its new VF 2 model, while pausing India manufacturing plans for its VF3 SUV due to cost reassessments. VinFast’s stock remains volatile despite an 82% drop over three years, sparking debates over its valuation amid strong EV sales. Additionally, its VF 8 and VF 9 SUVs gained traction in Canada for long-range and comfort features, and its rideshare affiliate, GSM, announced plans to enter the U.S. market this year.
AI summary based on English-language news sources only — not investment advice.
Everyone's writing about VinFast Auto Ltd.. News trend score: 92. Reason: 9 of the last 20 articles are positive, versus 2 negative.
News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer
🌡️ Emotional Temperature
16
🎯 Conviction (vs. Emotion)
50
Psychology
52
Fundamentals
—
Technical
14
Valuation
—
The stock is moving in lockstep with its peers at the same intensity, rather than on its own data.
Extreme momentum, price far above its moving average, and a large premium over fair value.
Price, volume, and sentiment accelerating together — a sign investors are chasing the price, not just following it.
A sharp drop, unusual volume, and negative news sentiment all at once — selling pressure that looks emotional.
The price rise has far outpaced the actual improvement in fundamental data.
Price (3M)
+2%
Market Narrative
61
Fundamental Reality
50
Narrative Gap
+11
🔀 Psychology Acceleration
News attention/sentiment is running well ahead of the price move itself.
🧠 StockIQ Psychologist
The market behavior for VFS shows a fragmented psychological landscape, with no single dominant state. The neutral RSI (45) and modest volume (0.83x average) suggest a cautious, non-emotional stance, while the stock’s slight outperformance today hints at selective interest. Anchoring may subtly influence traders, given the 7.5% distance from support, but no overt panic or euphoria is evident. The key open question is whether the mild divergence from peers will sustain or fade as momentum remains weak. The narrative gap is nearly neutral, implying no severe misalignment between sentiment and fundamentals.
Updated: 09/09/2026, 03:42 AM
👥 What the crowd believes
"VinFast's new VF 2 offers a glimpse into why this long-overlooked segment is attracting fresh attention again."
"VinFast Auto stock has seen a steep share price decline over the past few years, yet on most standard checks today it still does not screen as a clear bargain."
"VinFast Auto has suspended plans to manufacture three electric vehicles in India and told suppliers to ‘hold all activities’ on those programs while it reassesses costs."
"The VinFast-linked rideshare company GSM plans to enter the U.S. market by the end of this year."
📈 5D Investor Psychology
Signal classification confidence: Medium (confidence in the behavioral read, not a price prediction). Describes observable market behavior, not what any individual investor thinks, and is not a buy/sell signal.
🏛️ Investor DNA — Historical Investors
A Historical Strategy Simulation: assuming each investor follows their documented principles, how would they rate this stock today? This is not a prediction of what they would actually do.
🟢 Best match
Samuel Armstrong Nelson — 78/100
🔴 Weakest match
Morgan Housel — 19/100
🗣️ Why do they disagree?
The stark divide in verdicts for VFS reflects deep methodological differences in how these investors assess risk, valuation, and market psychology. Charles Mackay and Samuel Armstrong Nelson, both focused on crowd behavior and cyclical positioning, rate the stock highly—Mackay sees no mania-driven bubble, while Nelson finds it oversold relative to its cycle. In contrast, trend-followers like Jesse Livermore and volatility-sensitive investors like Morgan Housel reject it outright, with Livermore citing a negative trend and Housel flagging instability that could deter patient investors. Meanwhile, fundamentalists like Benjamin Graham, Philip Fisher, and Peter Lynch are stymied by insufficient data, while risk-averse voices like Gerald Loeb and the efficient-market proponents dismiss it as either too risky or unselectable. The split underscores whether VFS is a cyclical opportunity (for Nelson/Mackay) or a speculative or structurally flawed bet (for Livermore/Housel), with middle-ground thinkers like Howard Marks torn between its business merits and already high expectations.
Samuel Armstrong Nelson
The ABC of Stock Speculation (1903)
🟢 78
Cycle position looks favorable — closer to oversold than overbought
Key question
Is the price overextended, or is there still room to move?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Charles Mackay
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
🟢 75
No obvious signs of crowd mania
Key question
Am I being swept along with the crowd, or thinking for myself?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Jack Schwager
Market Wizards (1989)
🟡 56
No clear edge either way
Key question
What's the risk/reward here, and where is my exit point?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham
Security Analysis (1934) / The Intelligent Investor (1949)
🟡 50
Not enough balance-sheet/valuation data for a real Graham read
Key question
Where is my margin of safety?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 0%
Philip Fisher
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits (1958)
🟡 50
Not enough fundamentals data for a real Fisher read
Key question
How exceptional is this business, really?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 0%
Peter Lynch
One Up on Wall Street (1989)
🟡 50
Not enough growth data for a real Lynch read
Key question
Is the growth worth the price?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 0%
Walter Bagehot
Lombard Street (1873)
🟡 50
Not enough balance-sheet data for a real Bagehot read
Key question
Does this company have enough liquidity to survive real stress?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 0%
Thorstein Veblen
The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904)
🟡 50
Mixed signal on whether growth translates to real profit
Key question
Is management building real value, or just building itself?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 30%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham (Enterprising Investor)
The Intelligent Investor (1949) — the Enterprising Investor chapters
🟡 50
Not enough valuation data for a real Enterprising-Graham read
Key question
Is the stock statistically cheap enough to justify the extra risk?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 0%
Howard Marks
The Most Important Thing (2011) / Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟡 49
Mixed — a good business, but expectations may already be high
Key question
What is the market probably misunderstanding about the risk here?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Howard Marks (Market Cycle)
Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟡 49
Somewhere in the middle of the cycle
Key question
Where are we in the cycle right now — near a hot extreme, or a cold one?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Burton Malkiel & John Bogle
A Random Walk Down Wall Street (1973) / The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (2007)
🟡 42
Mixed case — the evidence for picking this stock over an index is not strong
Key question
Do I actually have an edge here, or do I just think I do?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Gerald M. Loeb
The Battle for Investment Survival (1935)
🟡 38
Risk profile Loeb would flag as a real threat to capital
Key question
How much capital could I lose here if I'm wrong?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Jesse Livermore
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923) / How to Trade in Stocks (1940)
🔴 31
Negative trend — against Livermore's core rule of trading with the trend
Key question
What is the price telling me right now?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Morgan Housel
The Psychology of Money (2020)
🔴 19
The kind of volatility that tends to shake patient holders out
Key question
Could I live with this volatility long enough for compounding to actually work?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 30%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Edgar Lawrence Smith
Common Stocks as Long-Term Investments (1924)
🔴 15
Not enough dividend/growth data for a real Smith read
Key question
Is this a stock I'd be happy to hold and forget about for a decade?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 25%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Based on the last 288 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.
🔴 Most indicators support a downtrend (0 bullish · 9 bearish · 1 neutral)
A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.
A trading range after a decline, but still without clear (volume-based) confirmation of an accumulation phase.
Low confidence
$2.85
Range Bottom
$3.47
Range Top
50
Trading Days in Range
The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.
Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 9 positive, 9 neutral, 2 negative out of the last 20 articles.
Yahoo · 28.9.2026
Yahoo · 25.9.2026
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MT Newswires · 22.9.2026
PR Newswire · 21.9.2026
Yahoo · 21.9.2026
Benzinga · 21.9.2026
Insider Monkey · 17.9.2026
Yahoo · 17.9.2026
PR Newswire · 17.9.2026
Yahoo · 17.9.2026
Benzinga · 17.9.2026
Benzinga · 17.9.2026
MT Newswires · 16.9.2026
Benzinga · 14.9.2026
Yahoo · 14.9.2026
PR Newswire · 14.9.2026
SeekingAlpha · 13.9.2026
Yahoo · 12.9.2026
StockIQ doesn't currently have enough real data to compute a reliable score for VinFast Auto Ltd. (VFS) — only 3 of 7 categories are available right now. Rather than show a misleading number, this page shows which data is missing instead.
StockIQ doesn't give buy/sell recommendations — and for VFS specifically, there currently isn't enough real data (only 3 of 7 categories available) to state even a factual score reliably. Check back once more data is available.
VFS's technical score is 14/100, which currently reads as bearish — based on real price/volume signals (moving averages, RSI, MACD, and more), not a prediction of what happens next.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: Calmar: -0.42 (3y annualized return -31.8% / max drawdown 75.3%); Price is below the 50-day average; Price is below the 200-day average.
StockIQ has no recorded dividend payment history for VFS.
Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 0 sales out of the last 25 filings.
| Name | Transaction Type | Date | Shares | Change | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 26.9.2026 | 1,204,667,875 | +500,000,000 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 30.6.2026 | 500,000,000 | +500,000,000 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 30.6.2026 | 704,667,875 | +500,000,000 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 29.6.2026 | 771,118,471 | -771,118,471 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 29.6.2026 | 101,166,305 | -101,166,305 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 29.6.2026 | 4,337,975,510 | -4,337,975,510 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 29.6.2026 | 0 | -4,337,975,510 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 19.6.2026 | 102,589,457 | +102,589,457 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 19.6.2026 | 4,773,078 | +4,773,078 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 19.6.2026 | 807,500,229 | -807,500,229 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 19.6.2026 | 4,542,643,385 | -4,542,643,385 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 19.6.2026 | 101,166,305 | +101,166,305 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 19.6.2026 | 771,118,471 | +771,118,471 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 19.6.2026 | 36,381,758 | +36,381,758 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 19.6.2026 | 204,667,875 | +204,667,875 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 19.6.2026 | 4,337,975,510 | +4,337,975,510 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 19.6.2026 | 102,589,457 | -102,589,457 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 19.6.2026 | 105,939,383 | -105,939,383 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 19.6.2026 | 0 | -4,542,643,385 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 19.6.2026 | 101,166,305 | +101,166,305 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 19.6.2026 | 771,118,471 | +771,118,471 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 19.6.2026 | 4,337,975,510 | +4,337,975,510 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 19.6.2026 | 4,773,078 | +4,773,078 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 19.6.2026 | 102,589,457 | +102,589,457 | — |
| Vuong Pham Nhat | Other Transaction | 19.6.2026 | 36,381,758 | +36,381,758 | — |
Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.
2,702,713 shares short as of 2026-09-15 · vs. 2,331,578 on 2026-08-31
Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.
57.8% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 57.3% the prior week
Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.
Full breakdown of every data type and its source: Data Sources · Methodology