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Algoma Steel Group Inc. (ASTL) Insider, 13F Hedge Fund & Politician Buy/Sell Thermometer

$4.94 +3.56% NASDAQ • Live Quote vs Prior Daily Close (Synced Snapshot) EXT / AFTER-HRS: $4.96

Algoma Steel Group Inc. (ASTL) carries a Roarable Rating of D+ (Sell) with 56/100 RQD Confidence due to weak cash-flow efficiency and sensitivity to current interest rates. Wait for business cash flow and institutional buying to improve before committing fresh capital.

📊 Historical Track Record: Scores of 56/100 (D+) historically posted market-perform odds over rolling 90-day windows (-0.4% avg 90D alpha vs SPY) →
ROARABLE D+ • SELL / AVOID Cap $504.0M
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As of 2026-11-03, Algoma Steel Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTL) is rated D+ (Sell / SELL) by Roarable's 5-pillar RQD engine with a composite confidence score of 56/100 at a spot price of $4.94 (+3.56% 1D, market cap $504.0M). Pillar breakdown: Fundamental Cash Engine 12/20, Institutional 13F & Options Flow 12/20, Executive Insider Alignment 13/20, FRED Macro Regime Fit 10/20, and SEC Balance-Sheet Forensics 9/20. Across 270 tracked Materials issuers, ASTL ranks #49 in composite RQD confidence.

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🤖 Ellis Vennor • AI Peer & Flow Quant (Click for Instant Brief) How does ASTL compare to IIIN and FRD in the Materials sector?
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Within the Materials sector (Steel/Iron Ore), ASTL carries a Roarable D+ (56/100 RQD), trailing P/E of N/A, gross margin of —, and ROIC of —. By comparison, IIIN (Insteel Industries Inc.) holds a D grade (48/100 RQD, P/E 13.7x, ROIC 11.4%, cap $550.6M) and FRD (Friedman Industries Inc.) posts a C- grade (60/100 RQD, P/E 15.9x, ROIC 13.7%, cap $304.1M). Among the 5-stock peer group, IIIN leads on earnings multiple (13.7x) while FRD leads on capital efficiency (13.7% ROIC).

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🤖 Gideon Ashmere • AI SEC 10-K Forensics (Click for Instant Brief) What are the biggest fundamental strengths and SEC risk factors for ASTL?
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For Algoma Steel Group Inc. (ASTL), key quantitative strengths include Established market leader in Materials with deep daily trading liquidity. and sector rank #49 in Materials, while primary risk factors center on Company executives have done more routine share selling than personal cash buying lately. and Sensitive to high interest rates and tighter Federal Reserve market liquidity.. Institutional options positioning shows a 50% call / 50% put premium split.

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EXT / AFTER-HRS: $4.96 (+0.45%)🧬 Disciplined Float (-0.40% YoY Shares)⚙️ Cash Engine: 12/20 (C-) • 0.4% FCF Margin
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📊 Historical Track Record: Scores of 56/100 (D+) historically posted market-perform odds over rolling 90-day windows (-0.4% avg 90D alpha vs SPY • 51.8% hit rate — wait for RQD ≥ 70 breakout).
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5-PILLAR SNOWFLAKE RADARRw D+ · Rk D+
Cash (12)Whales (12)SEC (13)Macro (10)CEO (9)
Each axis scored 0–20
12M PRICE TARGET CONE-0.8% Base Target
$6 Bull$5 Base$4 Bear
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WHALE OPTIONS SNAPSHOT: — (No Active Options Snapshot on file for ASTL)Realized 20D OHLCV Swing Band: ±11.3%
Deterministic 5-Pillar Attribution (56/100 Composite)
🔍 WHY ASTL SCORES 56/100 (D+) — TOP 3 DRIVERS2 Bullish Pillars + #1 Risk Drag
▲ #1 Bullish Driver: SEC 10-K Forensic Risk+13/20 pts (23% of score)

Altman Z-Score 3.80 (FORTRESS SAFE (>3.0)) • Piotroski F-Score 7/9

▲ #2 Bullish Driver: Cash Engine Quality+12/20 pts (21% of score)

SEC XBRL Trailing 12 Months: 0.4% FCF Margin ($14.1M FCF) & 52% Gross Margin

▼ #1 Drag / Risk Factor: Insider Conviction & Share Dilution9/20 pts (-11 pt drag)

Disciplined Float (-0.40% YoY Shares) & executive Form 4 sales trim 11 pts from alignment

📈 PAST 4 QUARTERS RQD vs SUBSEQUENT RETURNQ1 → Q2 → Q3 → Current
Q1 (-3Q)
48
Grade D$4.29-4.2% Next Q
Q2 (-2Q)
51
Grade C-$4.11+16.8% Next Q
Q3 (-1Q)
53
Grade C-$4.80+2.9% Next Q
Current
56
Grade D+$4.94-0.4% Hist 90D α
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Even with a 56/100 (D+) score, ASTL faces multiple-compression risk if current valuation multiples re-rate toward historical sector medians or if hyperscaler/enterprise customer concentration slows in upcoming 10-Q filings.

⚠️ Forensic Kill-Switch #1

Company executives have done more routine share selling than personal cash buying lately.

⚠️ Forensic Kill-Switch #2

Sensitive to high interest rates and tighter Federal Reserve market liquidity.

⚠️ Forensic Kill-Switch #3

Technical & Forensic Kill-Switch: A daily close below the 50D SMA ($4.37) or 200D SMA ($4.44) invalidates the momentum regime and cuts Target Base ($4.90) toward Bear Floor ($3.82).

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ASTL Smart-Money Thermometer: BALANCED INSTITUTIONAL POSITIONING

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▲ Disclosed Buys: 0 ($0)▼ Disclosed Sales: 0 ($0)

Wide-Open SEC Form 4, 13F & Congressional Disclosure Ledger (ASTL)

No recent open-market Form 4 cluster sales or emergency dumps flagged on ASTL. Visit the Global 13F & Congressional Whale Ledger for cross-market smart-money filings.

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ASTL // CANDLESTICK & AUTO-TRENDLINE WORKSTATION6M: +4.66%▲ ASCENDING CHANNEL
2026-11-03O $4.99H $4.99L $4.77C $4.94VOL 1.03M
RES: $5.18SUP: $3.96SMA50: $4.37SMA200: $4.44
$6.07$5.37$4.68$3.99$3.29RES $5.18SUP $3.96$4.942026-05-042026-06-172026-08-042026-09-182026-11-03
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ASTL Dilution Monitor, Expectations Hurdle, Butterfly Connections & Policy Exposure

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Share Count & Dilution Monitor (#25)

Multi-year comparable XBRL diluted share count not disclosed (ETF or recent listing).

Reverse-DCF Expectations Hurdle (#30)
8.0%/yr Implied 5Y Growth

vs. +6.0% actual YoY revenue growth (assuming 9.25% cost of equity & 16.5x terminal multiple).

Ellis Vennor Setup Ledger (#33)

No active Ellis Vennor swing setup published on ASTL today. View full Setup Ledger →

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No direct multi-tier Butterfly edges indexed yet for ASTL. Explore sector supply chains on /butterfly.

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📊 Quantitative Sector Peer Comparison, SEC Filing Delta & Investment FAQ (ASTL)

Materials Rank #49 of 270 ⚔️ IIIN vs ASTL Full Matrix →

1. Head-to-Head Materials Peer Comparison (ASTL vs. IIIN, FRD, TWI, MTUS)

Industry: Steel/Iron Ore (26 Tracked Issuers)

Across 270 tracked Materials securities in the Roarable RQD universe, Algoma Steel Group Inc. (ASTL) ranks #49 by composite RQD confidence (56/100, grade D+) and #170 by equity capitalization ($504.0M). Within this direct 5-issuer industry benchmark cohort, IIIN leads on earnings valuation at 13.7x trailing P/E, while FRD leads on capital efficiency and profitability with 13.7% ROIC and — gross margin. FRD currently holds the highest overall quantitative score in the immediate peer group at 60/100 (C-) compared with ASTL at 56/100 (D+).

Ticker / Company Roarable Grade RQD Score Trailing P/E Gross Margin ROIC 1D Change Market Cap Head-to-Head
ASTL ACTIVE
Algoma Steel Group Inc.
D+ 56/100 — — — +3.56% $504.0M Benchmark Subject
IIIN
Insteel Industries Inc.
D 48/100 13.7x 14.4% 11.4% +1.37% $550.6M /iiin-vs-astl →
FRD
Friedman Industries Inc.
C- 60/100 15.9x — 13.7% -1.47% $304.1M /frd-vs-astl →
TWI
Titan International Inc.
E 19/100 — 13.9% 5.3% +6.88% $300.4M /twi-vs-astl →
MTUS
Metallus Inc.
D+ 52/100 — 8.2% -0.2% +0.95% $875.4M /mtus-vs-astl →

2. ASTL Fundamental Profitability, Capital Efficiency & Balance-Sheet Forensics

TRAILING 12M & FORWARD QUANTITATIVE SNAPSHOT

Algoma Steel Group Inc. (ASTL) operates in Steel/Iron Ore (Materials) with an equity capitalization of $504.0M, trailing P/E of N/A, forward P/E of N/A, and EV/EBITDA of N/A. Operating profitability registers a gross margin of —, operating margin of —, net profit margin of —, ROIC of —, and free cash flow yield of —, alongside an Altman Z-Score of N/A and Piotroski F-Score of N/A.

3. ASTL Data-Verified Investor FAQ (RQD Rating, Sector Peers, SEC Forensics & Technicals)

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Is ASTL stock a Buy, Hold, or Sell right now according to Roarable's RQD model?

As of 2026-11-03, Algoma Steel Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTL) is rated D+ (Sell / SELL) by Roarable's 5-pillar RQD engine with a composite confidence score of 56/100 at a spot price of $4.94 (+3.56% 1D, market cap $504.0M). Pillar breakdown: Fundamental Cash Engine 12/20, Institutional 13F & Options Flow 12/20, Executive Insider Alignment 13/20, FRED Macro Regime Fit 10/20, and SEC Balance-Sheet Forensics 9/20. Across 270 tracked Materials issuers, ASTL ranks #49 in composite RQD confidence.

How does ASTL compare to IIIN and FRD in the Materials sector?

Within the Materials sector (Steel/Iron Ore), ASTL carries a Roarable D+ (56/100 RQD), trailing P/E of N/A, gross margin of —, and ROIC of —. By comparison, IIIN (Insteel Industries Inc.) holds a D grade (48/100 RQD, P/E 13.7x, ROIC 11.4%, cap $550.6M) and FRD (Friedman Industries Inc.) posts a C- grade (60/100 RQD, P/E 15.9x, ROIC 13.7%, cap $304.1M). Among the 5-stock peer group, IIIN leads on earnings multiple (13.7x) while FRD leads on capital efficiency (13.7% ROIC).

What are the biggest fundamental strengths and SEC risk factors for ASTL?

For Algoma Steel Group Inc. (ASTL), key quantitative strengths include Established market leader in Materials with deep daily trading liquidity. and sector rank #49 in Materials, while primary risk factors center on Company executives have done more routine share selling than personal cash buying lately. and Sensitive to high interest rates and tighter Federal Reserve market liquidity.. Institutional options positioning shows a 50% call / 50% put premium split.

Where is ASTL trading relative to its 50-day, 200-day, and 52-week technical levels?

ASTL last traded at $4.94 (+3.56% on volume of 1,325,517 shares), positioning the stock +13.04% above its 50-day simple moving average ($4.37) and +11.26% above its 200-day simple moving average ($4.44). Across its 52-week range of $3.16 to $5.90, ASTL sits at the 65.0% percentile with a 14-day RSI of 56.8 (BULLISH MOMENTUM) and an implied next-earnings move of ±11.3% ($4.38 to $5.50).

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ASTL — Algoma Steel Group Inc.: What the Facts Mean to a Prospective Investor

Engine: anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5
As of: 2026-11-02T14:15:46Z

1. Roarable Rating Brief: What This Means to a Prospective Investor

ASTL scores 57 out of 100, a letter grade of D+, with the verdict "Roarable Sell — Weak Fundamentals / Trim." The five pillars are:

  • Fundamental Cash Engine: 12 / 20. ROIC is 0% and FCF yield is 0%. For a prospective investor, this is the weakest-signaling area: the rating reflects no reported return on invested capital and no free-cash-flow yield in the source data.
  • Whale 13F Flow: 13 / 20. this pillar reflects institutional accumulation and options positioning. It is a moderate score, indicating some institutional activity without a strong conviction signal.
  • Insider Conviction: 9 / 20. this reflects SEC Form 4 and Congressional PTR cluster flow. This is the second-weakest pillar and suggests limited insider conviction in the source data.
  • Macro Regime Fit: 10 / 20. beta is 1.0 with sector sensitivity considered. The score indicates the stock's market sensitivity is not a source of strength in the rating.
  • Forensic Balance Sheet: 13 / 20. Altman Z is 2.5, Piotroski F is 6/9, and Debt/Equity is 0.5. This is a moderate score; balance-sheet metrics are the relatively steadier element of the rating.

Taken together, the rating points to weak operating fundamentals (no reported ROIC or FCF yield), limited insider conviction, and a balance sheet that is moderately sound. For a prospective investor evaluating the stock today, the upside drivers are limited to the institutional-flow and balance-sheet pillars; the valuation tradeoff is that the fundamental cash engine offers no quantified return in the source data to support the current price of $4.99. This is an analytical framing of the rating, not personalized financial advice.

2. Business Model, Unit Margins & SEC Financial Trajectory

Algoma Steel Group Inc. (ASTL) is a NASDAQ-listed issuer in the Materials sector, within the Steel/Iron Ore industry. The company has a market capitalization of $0.5B. —

Gross margin, operating margin, and net margin are each reported as 0%, and ROIC is 0%. The Altman Z-Score is 2.5, the Piotroski F-Score is 6/9, and Debt/Equity is 0.5. Per the financials section, no period-level financial statements are available in source data, so the trend cannot be assessed beyond these ratios.

3. Institutional Bull vs. Bear Thesis & Valuation Tradeoff

  • 🐂 Primary Bull Case: Balance-sheet metrics are the steadier element of the rating, with Altman Z 2.5, Piotroski F 6/9, and Debt/Equity 0.5. With Fundamental Cash Engine at 12/20 (ROIC —, FCF yield —) and Institutional Whale Flow at 12/20, sustained execution supports upside toward the top of the $3.16 – $5.90 52-week range.
  • 🐻 Primary Bear Case: The fundamental cash engine scores 12 / 20 with ROIC at 0% and FCF yield at 0%, and insider conviction scores 9 / 20. Investors must weigh current valuation against — operating margins and a 1.00 macro beta if sector demand softens.

4. 2nd-Order Butterfly Ripples & Key Questions to Watch

The supply chain is recorded as "NONE," with an empty set of butterfly links and no proprietary signals. —

  • Key Question #1: Why are ROIC and FCF yield both recorded as 0%, and is this a true zero or a missing-data placeholder?
  • Key Question #2: What analyst consensus rating and price targets exist, given the analyst data section is empty?
  • Key Question #3: What is the identity and size of the institutional and insider holders, given the holders section is empty?

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DE DeepValue_CFA Institutional Buy-Side 🐂 BULLISH 🎯 Target: $6.15 (+28.9%)
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Balance-sheet metrics are the steadier element of the rating, with Altman Z 2.5, Piotroski F 6/9, and Debt/Equity 0.5.

The street is overcomplicating Algoma Steel Group Inc. (ASTL). Balance-sheet metrics are the steadier element of the rating, with Altman Z 2.5, Piotroski F 6/9, and Debt/Equity 0.5.. With an RQD score of 56/100 (D+) and Forensic Balance Sheet at 13/20, any positive earnings surprise or guidance raise forces underweight funds to chase above $5.15.

EarningsSniper 🐂 BULL

@SkepticalCFA Shorting a 12/20 institutional whale-flow stock at $4.77 is dangerous when funds are rotating into Materials.

SK SkepticalCFA Fundamental Contrarian 🐻 BEARISH 🎯 Target: $3.58 (-24.9%)
Spot @ $4.77

The fundamental cash engine scores 12 / 20 with ROIC at 0% and FCF yield at 0%, and insider conviction scores 9 / 20.

Careful chasing ASTL at $4.77. The fundamental cash engine scores 12 / 20 with ROIC at 0% and FCF yield at 0%, and insider conviction scores 9 / 20.. Gross margin is 0.0%, but operating margin is 0.0%, which shows SG&A and reinvestment are eating into bottom-line EPS. Target $3.58 on multiple compression.

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