Fabrinet (FN) — Quality & forensics

As of 2026-09-18 — refreshed nightly. Closelook readings from an investment research diary, not ratings or advice.

The Closelook module scores

40 /100 composite · 7 modules · semis-cyclical weight set

Valuation 37
Quality 42
Growth 60
Balance sheet 84
Cash quality 17
Capital allocation 40
Momentum 5

Scores are computed nightly across the coverage universe and read relative to it — the methodology lives in the company-scoring explainer.

Financial forensics — the academic screens

8.66 Altman Z-Score

Sits in the safe zone (above 2.99). The Z-Score estimates financial-distress risk from five balance-sheet and earnings ratios.

4/8 Piotroski F-Score

Nine binary fundamental-strength checks across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency.

-1.87 Beneish M-Score

Screens reported earnings for statistical manipulation patterns — below the −1.78 manipulation-risk threshold. A screen, not an accusation.

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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Fabrinet's Closelook quality reading?

The composite reads 40/100 across 7 modules, as of 2026-09-18: valuation 37, quality 42, growth 60, balance sheet 84, cash quality 17, capital allocation 40, momentum 5. Closelook scores are research diary readings, not ratings or investment advice.

What is Fabrinet's Altman Z-Score?

8.66, which sits in the safe zone (above 2.99) as of 2026-09-18. The Altman Z-Score estimates financial distress risk from five balance-sheet and earnings ratios.

What is Fabrinet's Piotroski F-Score?

4 of 8, as of 2026-09-18. The F-Score counts nine binary fundamental-strength signals across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency.

What does Fabrinet's Beneish M-Score indicate?

-1.87 — below the −1.78 manipulation-risk threshold, as of 2026-09-18. The M-Score screens reported earnings for statistical manipulation patterns; it is a screen, not an accusation.

Mentioned on Closelook

Where FN appears in the diary — 9 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

Optical Interconnects — The Toll Nobody KeepsReport · 13 Aug 2026Fabrinet, which reports Monday, rose 8.7% in sympathy without printing anything.

101 and glossary

Networking & Optical Interconnects: The Constraint After Compute101NVIDIA’s networking stack (acquired via Mellanox), Broadcom’s switching silicon, Marvell’s interconnect IP, and the optical transceiver ecosystem (Lumentum, Coherent, Fabrinet) all benefit from the same physical reality: at cluster scale…
Optical TransceiverGlossaryA device converting electrical signals to optical for fiber networking; LITE, COHR, and FN are pure-play beneficiaries.
Strategic Authority Investment: Reading the Jensen Huang Roadmap101Forward watchlist: LITE, COHR, FN (optical), MU (memory), VRT, GEV (power), PSTG, NTAP, WDC (storage).

Dailies

Decision Time for the Semi ComplexDaily Pulse · 25 Aug 2026How the complex got to the line NVDA Mon −2.91% — the only red mega-cap MSFT +0.84% · GOOGL +0.94% · AMZN +1.33% · META +1.66% · AAPL +0.32% DRAM (memory) 54.28 −5.89% COHR 275.49 −4.85% · LITE 830.17 −4.22% · FN 421.14 −3.56% · AMAT…
European ETFs — The Voting Machine and the Weighing MachineDaily Pulse · 21 Aug 2026Print records and the macro — ADI, FN and BIDU windows are open on the print record , and US flash PMIs land at 13:45 UTC.
The buyback rally fades and the 30-year pushes back to 5.25%, but crypto answers louder — Bitcoin above 75,000 toward its best week since March 2024, BITW breaks a year-long wedge, and the yen's first falsifier line goes live at 158.83Morning 10 · 21 Aug 2026LITE +6.24% (879.28), COHR +0.89%, FN −2.13% (444.87), AMAT +0.01% (496.21).
The Treasury buys duration with bills, hard assets read it first — Bitcoin toward 70,000, gold through 4,400, as the minutes turn hawkish and Korea answers its crash with a buybackMorning 10 · 20 Aug 2026SOXX −2.21%, XSD −2.79%, SMH −1.55% Wednesday even as the DRAM ETF held flat +0.07% to 55.14; singles AMAT −3.53% (496.17), LITE −5.23%, COHR −6.19%, FN −5.81% (454.55), NBIS −9.87%, CRWV −2.47%.
Semis get rejected at the overhead line — SOXX -6.1%, SMH back below its 50-day — while the new sovereign-bond watch says this selloff isn't a rates storyMidday 10 · 18 Aug 2026FN falls 20.18% to 477.79 and in doing so has crossed below its 50-day average intraday, a line it was trading above at the open.

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