Analyzing the stock…
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Gathering technical, fundamental, and market data — a few seconds
Industrials · ·
$1.99
▲ $0.09 (+4.7%)
Market data updated: 10/01 01:39 AM
News analyzed: 10/01/2026
Market Cap
$13.16M
Day Range
$1.87 - $1.99
52-Week Range
$1.00 - $3.11
Beta
—
Next Earnings
02.02.2027
Support
$1.00
Resistance
$2.62
ZKIN is a stock from the Industrials sector — Manufacturing, aerospace, defense, and infrastructure — closely tied to capital-investment cycles and economic growth.
-9.5% (1Y)
⚠️ Insufficient data for a reliable StockIQ Score
Only 3 of 7 categories available — Fundamental, Growth, Valuation, Quality unavailable.
Strengths: 11/14 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
🟢 Bullish
Technical Trend
🟢 Bullish
Computed directly from the same signals behind the score above — not AI-generated.
Biggest positive driver
Price vs. SMA 50
Price is above the 50-day average
Technical
Biggest negative driver
Daily volatility (ATR)
ATR: 11.4% of price
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.
ZKIN’s overall investor score of 78 reflects a strong technical foundation but is tempered by mixed external and risk factors. The technical category dominates with a near-perfect score of 94, driven by consistent bullish signals: the stock sits firmly above both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, signaling sustained upward momentum. The MACD histogram’s positivity and an RSI of 66.4 further validate this momentum, while the %K reading of 60.4 suggests neutral short-term volatility. However, the news category drags the score down to 56, primarily due to a single headline warning of potential declines among top materials stocks—an isolated but notable risk. Risk factors, scoring 42, highlight volatility concerns with an ATR of 11.4% of price and a historically volatile Calmar ratio (0.59), indicating a 3-year annualized return of 43.9% offset by a severe max drawdown of 74.7%.
The stock exhibits robust bullish momentum, with prices above both the 50-day and 200-day moving averages, a positive MACD histogram, and an RSI of 66.4—all reinforcing upward momentum. The %K reading of 60.4 suggests neutral short-term volatility.
Strong technical indicators typically signal confidence in continued price appreciation and reduced short-term downside risk.
The news category is heavily influenced by a single headline warning of potential declines in materials stocks, despite no other negative or positive news being present in the data.
Even a single cautionary headline can introduce uncertainty, potentially affecting investor sentiment and short-term trading behavior.
The stock exhibits high volatility, with an ATR of 11.4% of price and a Calmar ratio of 0.59, reflecting a 3-year annualized return of 43.9% but a max drawdown of 74.7%.
Such volatility and drawdown risk suggest potential for significant price swings, which could impact risk tolerance and portfolio stability.
StockIQ conclusion
ZKIN demonstrates strong technical performance with clear bullish signals, supported by relative outperformance and positive momentum indicators. However, elevated volatility and a single cautionary headline introduce notable risk and uncertainty. The overall score reflects a balanced view where technical strength is offset by volatility concerns and limited external news. Investors should weigh the stock’s momentum against its historical volatility and potential sector-specific risks.
Written automatically from the computed data shown on this page only — not investment advice.
🗓️ What Changed This Week
🌱 Building History
We don't have a real data point from a week ago for this stock yet. The weekly comparison will appear once enough history has accumulated.
📊 Score History
78
Today
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30D
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90D
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1Y
🐂🐻 Investment Thesis
🐂 Bull Case
🐻 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.
🧬 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
94
Risk
42
Sentiment
56
Fundamental
No data available
Institutional
No data available
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Recent media coverage of ZK International Group Co., Ltd has primarily focused on its stock performance, highlighting concerns over potential declines. Analysts note the company is among three materials stocks deemed "overbought," with high Relative Strength Index (RSI) readings above 70 following sharp price gains, suggesting a possible correction in the upcoming quarter. The emphasis remains on market volatility and speculative trading risks.
AI summary based on English-language news sources only — not investment advice.
Everyone's writing about ZK International Group Co., Ltd - Ordinary Share. News trend score: 56. Reason: 1 of the last 1 articles are positive, versus 0 negative.
News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer
🌡️ Emotional Temperature
63
🎯 Conviction (vs. Emotion)
50
Psychology
68
Fundamentals
—
Technical
94
Valuation
—
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 stock is moving in lockstep with its peers at the same intensity, rather than on its own data.
The price rise has far outpaced the actual improvement in fundamental data.
Price (3M)
+46%
Market Narrative
70
Fundamental Reality
50
Narrative Gap
+20
🔀 Weak-Conviction Rally
Price is moving, but not accompanied by a matching rise in news attention/sentiment.
👥 What the crowd believes
"Three materials stocks—... ZK International—are overbought, with RSI readings above 70 after sharp gains."
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
Jesse Livermore — 84/100
🔴 Weakest match
Morgan Housel — 0/100
🗣️ Why do they disagree?
The stark contrast in verdicts for ZKIN reflects deep methodological divides between traders and investors. Jesse Livermore’s high score and positive trend verdict suggest the stock exhibits the sharp price movements he sought, while the majority of value-oriented investors—like Graham, Fisher, or Lynch—struggle due to insufficient fundamental or valuation data, leaving them unable to form a clear opinion. Meanwhile, behavioral and cyclical analysts like Mackay, Loeb, and Housel flag red flags: Mackay sees crowd-driven patterns, Loeb warns of capital-threatening risk, and Housel’s near-zero score indicates extreme volatility that could deter patient long-term holders. The middle-ground approaches (Schwager’s neutrality, Marks’ caution) highlight uncertainty—neither bullish nor bearish, but wary of overreach or mispricing.
Jesse Livermore
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923) / How to Trade in Stocks (1940)
🟢 84
Positive trend — the price action Livermore looked for
Key question
What is the price telling me right now?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Jack Schwager
Market Wizards (1989)
🟡 57
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 (Market Cycle)
Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟡 44
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)
🟡 43
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
Howard Marks
The Most Important Thing (2011) / Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟡 42
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
Charles Mackay
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
🔴 35
Pattern consistent with a crowd delusion Mackay would flag
Key question
Am I being swept along with the crowd, or thinking for myself?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Gerald M. Loeb
The Battle for Investment Survival (1935)
🔴 26
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
Samuel Armstrong Nelson
The ABC of Stock Speculation (1903)
🔴 22
Cycle looks stretched toward overbought
Key question
Is the price overextended, or is there still room to move?
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
Morgan Housel
The Psychology of Money (2020)
🔴 0
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
Based on the last 291 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.
🟢 Most indicators support an uptrend (11 bullish · 0 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.
The stock is in a clear uptrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.
High confidence
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) — 1 positive, 0 neutral, 0 negative out of the last 1 articles.
Benzinga · 25.9.2026
StockIQ doesn't currently have enough real data to compute a reliable score for ZK International Group Co., Ltd - Ordinary Share (ZKIN) — 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 ZKIN 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.
ZKIN's technical score is 94/100, which currently reads as bullish — 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: Price is above the 50-day average; Price is above the 200-day average; MACD histogram is positive — rising momentum.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: ATR: 11.4% of price.
StockIQ has no recorded dividend payment history for ZKIN.
Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 0 sales out of the last 0 filings.
No recent insider transaction filings found for this stock.
Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.
17,050 shares short as of 2026-09-15 · vs. 37,461 on 2026-08-31
Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.
17.2% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 52.4% 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