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Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (RELL)

Technology

No action
Fundamental
3
Sentiment
3
Technical
2

Do Nothing: no run-date source in a partial run (runDate absent; inherited currentDate 2026-08-11 untrusted); cannot anchor chart or event windows.

Analysis as of 2026-09-10· more than 2 trading days ago

Company overview

Richardson Electronics, Ltd. provides engineered solutions and components for power grid and microwave applications across multiple regions. Its segments include Power and Microwave Technologies, Green Energy Solutions, Canvys, and Healthcare, serving diverse markets such as energy, healthcare, and industrial sectors. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in LaFox, Illinois.

Fundamental

fair
Fundamental3
Mixed fundamentals

Richardson Electronics shows strong liquidity and recent earnings improvement, but faces challenges with thin margins and volatile cash flow.

Strong balance sheet (net cash, current ratio ~4.75; Altman Z ~7.18) and FY2026 earnings rebound, but margins and cash conversion are still modest/volatile. Valuation is rich (P/E ~44.66; EV/EBITDA ~24.72) and discounted-cash-flow estimates imply downside vs $20.20. Overall: mixed fundamentals → score 3/5.

Sentiment

fair
Sentiment3
Mixed sentiment

Recent product expansion news is offset by insider selling, leading to a mixed sentiment outlook.

Last ~14d media tone is lightly bullish on Richardson Electronics’ commercial BESS product expansion (announced 2026-08-04), but near-term sentiment is tempered by multiple insider-sale headlines (2026-08-03 to 2026-08-06); sentiment delta vs the prior 30–90d window is indeterminate due to sparse coverage. Conflicting actionable catalysts trigger a moderate Red-Flag Screen cap (score ≤3).

Technical

weak
Technical2
Data limitations

Technical analysis is inconclusive due to the absence of a reliable run-date source.

The stage envelope contains no runDate and the input is a partial run (analysis_type=sentiment, company.cached=true). Under the run-date rule (case 3) this fails closed: the inherited currentDate 2026-08-11 is the cached upstream stage's date and is untrusted, and no date may be inferred from the priceAsOf quote timestamp (2026-09-10) or tool timestamps. With no trustworthy 'today', no chart window, indicator lookback, calendar range, or staleness lag can be computed honestly, so no indicators were fetched; all values are emitted as 0 (unavailable, not market readings) and technicalScore is capped at 2. No chart-quality judgement is made.

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