APL
ASSOCIATEG FPO [APL]
Financial Services · ASX Small Cap
$0.2500 +0.0%
Updated 23 Mar 2026 · Scores refresh every scan
Appeared in 2 consecutive scans→ Score -14First seen: 2026-03-11
Score Breakdown
Technical52
Catalyst61
Sentiment50
Fundamental87
Momentum72
Risk Gate40
Active Signals
Bullish Signals
- Trading above both moving averages — the trend is your friend here
- Beating the Small Ords index — relative strength of 1.55, so it's outpacing the pack
- Trading above the 200-day average — the long-term trend is on your side
- Cash positive / operating cashflow positive
- Low P/S ratio (2.0x)
- Moderate revenue growth (+10%)
- Piotroski F-Score strong (7/9, low-confidence approx)
- Near 52-week high (94% of range)
- Micro-cap ($5-20M) - high risk
- New substantial holder(s) (1)
- CANSLIM N: Near 52-week high (breakout territory)
- CANSLIM S: Tight float (21%)
- Sentiment is mixed — no strong consensus either way
- Positive long-term momentum — up 38% over the past year
- The bigger volume days are the up days — volume-weighted momentum is positive (3.65%/day)
- Liquidity risk: 15 zero-volume days in last 20
- RBA hiking (-5pts)
- Overseas risk_off (-3pts, S&P500 down, VIX 27)
Risk Signals
- RSI is running hot — overbought territory, so expect some pullback risk
- Stochastic is stretched into overbought — could need a breather
- Not enough chatter to gauge sentiment — defaulting to neutral
- ASX200 bearish (-1.8% 5d)
Recent Catalysts
NONE Change of Director's Interest Notice - M Switzer
NONE Change of Director's Interest Notice - M Switzer
NONE Change of Director's Interest Notice - M Switzer
HIGH Becoming a substantial holder
Announcement tone +5pts
Recent ASX Announcements
| 2026-03-19 | Change of Director's Interest Notice - M Switzer |
| 2026-03-16 | Change of Director's Interest Notice - M Switzer |
| 2026-03-03 | Change of Director's Interest Notice - M Switzer |
| 2026-03-03 | Becoming a substantial holder |
| 2026-03-03 | Change in substantial holding |
Key Metrics
$14.4M
Market Cap
N/A
Avg Volume
N/A
Vol Ratio
$0.10 — $0.26
52-Week Range
N/A
Short Interest
N/A
Cash Runway
2.8%
ROE
2.9%
Profit Margin
CANSLIM Analysis
| Factor | Rating | Detail | |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Current EPS | fail | EPS Growth: 0% |
| A | Annual Earnings | fail | CAGR: 0% |
| N | New Highs / Catalysts | pass | Near 52w High |
| S | Supply & Demand | pass | Float: 21% |
| L | Leader vs Laggard | pass | RS: 10 |
| I | Institutional Sponsorship | weak | Inst: 3% |
| M | Market Direction | caution | Bearish |
Sector: Financial Services
Ranked #30 of 119 · Sector avg: 44
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