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Nobility Homes (NOBH): analysis traps
Where its figures could mislead a reader, and what to check before taking them at face value · Data: Q3 FY26, to Aug 1, 2026, filed Sep 15, 2026; rules v1.1
Nobility Homes (NOBH): 0 rules of 10 triggered on the filings to Aug 1, 2026. 1 to review; 4 with insufficient data; 2 not applicable. Each is a question to verify, with the normal explanation that would produce the same figures.
Check these first
Receivables growing = future cash is certain To review · confidence medium
Receivables outgrew revenue in Q3 FY26 (55% against 1%) and DSO is 28 against a median of 24; one quarter can be timing, so this is one to watch rather than a pattern.
Every rule
A01 FCF growth = the business improved Not triggered confidence high
Free cash flow did not rise ($7M → $4M): the trap does not arise.
The figures and how they are read
| Fiscal year before | FY24 |
| Fiscal year | FY25 |
| Operating cash flow, year before | $7M |
| Operating cash flow | $4M |
| Capex, year before | $182K |
| Capex | $180K |
| Free cash flow, year before | $7M |
| Free cash flow | $4M |
| Change in FCF | −$3M |
| Change in capex | -2,359 |
| Working capital: change in its cash contribution | −$1M |
FCF = operating cash flow − cash capex; ΔFCF = ΔOCF − ΔCapEx; the working-capital part is the change in the cash-bridge items (receivables, inventory, payables, accruals), with the sign of the cash flow statement
Source: FY25 (cash flow statement, fiscal year) · FY24 (cash flow statement, fiscal year before)
A07 Stock compensation added back = no economic cost Not triggered confidence high
Stock compensation is 0.3% of revenue: small enough that adding it back changes little.
The figures and how they are read
| Fiscal year | FY25 |
| Stock compensation | $178K |
| Revenue | $53M |
| SBC / revenue | +0.3% |
| Buybacks | $420K |
| Buybacks / SBC | 2.4 |
| Diluted shares, year before | 3.3M shares |
| Diluted shares | 3.3M shares |
| Diluted shares: change | -0.2% |
SBC / revenue from the cash flow statement's add-back; the diluted weighted share count year over year; buybacks from the financing section
Source: FY25 (stock compensation, buybacks and the diluted share count, fiscal year)
B02 Receivables growing = future cash is certain To review confidence medium
Receivables outgrew revenue in Q3 FY26 (55% against 1%) and DSO is 28 against a median of 24; one quarter can be timing, so this is one to watch rather than a pattern.
The figures and how they are read
| Quarter | Q3 FY26 |
| Revenue, year over year | +1.0% |
| Receivables, year over year | +55.4% |
| Quarter before | Q2 FY26 |
| Revenue y/y, quarter before | -15.9% |
| Receivables y/y, quarter before | -12.4% |
| Days sales outstanding | 28.3 |
| DSO, median of eight quarters | 24.5 |
| Receivables | $4M |
| Revenue | $12M |
receivables and revenue against the same quarter a year earlier; DSO = receivables / quarterly revenue × days, against the median of the eight quarters before
Source: Q3 FY26 (receivables and revenue) · Q3 FY25 (the same quarter a year earlier)
What would show the trap does not apply
- Receivables fall back in line with revenue in the next quarter and DSO returns to its history
- The 10-Q attributes the increase to a disclosed one-off (a large customer's timing, an acquisition) and the allowance for doubtful accounts did not rise
Look again: next filing.
B08 Adjusted profit = economic profit Insufficient data
no reconciliation table read from the releases yet and fewer than three quarters with both an adjusted and a GAAP EPS
C02 Low net debt = no refinancing risk Insufficient data
no debt figure could be read from the balance sheet (the filing may tag it in other lines)
D03 EPS growth = profit growth Not triggered confidence high
EPS rose 8% and net income rose 4% in Q3 FY26; the share count fell 3.5%: EPS growth follows profit growth.
The figures and how they are read
| Quarter | Q3 FY26 |
| Quarter before | Q3 FY25 |
| EPS, year before | $0.56 |
| EPS | $0.60 |
| Net income, year before | $2M |
| Net income | $2M |
| Diluted shares, year before | 3.3M shares |
| Diluted shares | 3.2M shares |
| EPS growth | +7.7% |
| Net income growth | +3.9% |
| Diluted shares: change | -3.5% |
| eps from profit | $0.02 |
| eps from share count | $0.02 |
EPS and net income against the same quarter a year earlier; the EPS bridge attributes the change to profit first, then to the share count (the order is fixed and disclosed)
Source: Q3 FY26 (net income, diluted shares, EPS) · Q3 FY25 (the same quarter a year earlier)
E02 Low P/E at a cyclical peak = undervalued Insufficient data
no market value or trailing net income in the valuation research
E07 A precise DCF value = the true value Insufficient data
no DCF in the valuation research for this company
J06 A bank's low P/E and high profit = safe Not applicable
not a bank
J08 A REIT's low net income = the dividend is unsafe Not applicable
not a REIT
What the statuses mean
Triggered: the filings show the pattern; read the normal explanations and the missing evidence before concluding anything. To review: one quarter or a weak signal; a reader's judgement, not a pattern. Not triggered: the pattern is absent on these figures. Insufficient data: the filings read so far do not hold what the rule needs; this is not a clean bill. Not applicable: the rule is not meant for this kind of company (a bank's working capital, a loss-making quarter's EPS growth). Out of date: the latest filing is more than fifteen months old.
Severity is what the pattern could mean for cash, value or solvency; confidence is how reliable the inputs and the reading are. The two are kept apart.
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Each rule reads the company's own filings by a fixed formula and says what would explain the same figures innocently. A triggered rule is a question to verify, not a finding of manipulation, and not a view on the stock. Missing data is shown as missing, never as clear. Not investment advice.