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Rackspace Technology (RXT): analysis traps
Where its figures could mislead a reader, and what to check before taking them at face value · Data: Q2 2026, to Jun 30, 2026, filed Aug 10, 2026; rules v1.1
Rackspace Technology (RXT): 0 rules of 10 triggered on the filings to Jun 30, 2026. 1 to review; 1 with insufficient data; 4 not applicable. Each is a question to verify, with the normal explanation that would produce the same figures.
Check these first
Adjusted profit = economic profit To review · confidence low
Adjusted EPS was 10% or more above GAAP in 2 of the last 3 quarters: read the reconciliation before taking the adjusted figure.
Every rule
A01 FCF growth = the business improved Not triggered confidence medium
Free cash flow rose $162M to $91M; working capital and lower capex explain 31% of it, so most of the gain is in operating cash flow itself.
The figures and how they are read
| Fiscal year before | FY2024 |
| Fiscal year | FY2025 |
| Operating cash flow, year before | $40M |
| Operating cash flow | $151M |
| Capex, year before | $111M |
| Capex | $61M |
| Free cash flow, year before | −$71M |
| Free cash flow | $91M |
| Change in FCF | $162M |
| Change in capex | −$50M |
| Working capital: change in its cash contribution | −$2M |
| Of which: capex cut | $50M |
| Of which: working capital released | 0.00 |
| Share of the increase that need not repeat | +31.1% |
| Operating cash flow before working capital: change | 113900000.00 |
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: FY2025 (cash flow statement, fiscal year) · FY2024 (cash flow statement, fiscal year before)
A07 Stock compensation added back = no economic cost Not triggered confidence high
Stock compensation is 1.7% of revenue: small enough that adding it back changes little.
The figures and how they are read
| Fiscal year | FY2025 |
| Stock compensation | $45M |
| Revenue | $2.7B |
| SBC / revenue | +1.7% |
| Buybacks | 0 |
| Buybacks / SBC | 0.0 |
| Diluted shares, year before | 224.8M shares |
| Diluted shares | 238.7M shares |
| Diluted shares: change | +6.2% |
SBC / revenue from the cash flow statement's add-back; the diluted weighted share count year over year; buybacks from the financing section
Source: FY2025 (stock compensation, buybacks and the diluted share count, fiscal year)
B02 Receivables growing = future cash is certain Not triggered confidence medium
Receivables grew 10% against revenue 1% in Q2 2026; DSO 37 against a median of 36: collections are keeping pace with sales.
The figures and how they are read
| Quarter | Q2 2026 |
| Revenue, year over year | +0.6% |
| Receivables, year over year | +9.8% |
| Quarter before | Q1 2026 |
| Revenue y/y, quarter before | +1.9% |
| Receivables y/y, quarter before | -1.2% |
| Days sales outstanding | 37.0 |
| DSO, median of eight quarters | 36.4 |
| Receivables | $279M |
| Revenue | $670M |
receivables and revenue against the same quarter a year earlier; DSO = receivables / quarterly revenue × days, against the median of the eight quarters before
Source: Q2 2026 (receivables and revenue) · Q2 2025 (the same quarter a year earlier)
B08 Adjusted profit = economic profit To review confidence low
Adjusted EPS was 10% or more above GAAP in 2 of the last 3 quarters: read the reconciliation before taking the adjusted figure.
The figures and how they are read
| Quarter / adjusted EPS / GAAP EPS / gap | 2025-09-30 / -0.05 / -0.28 / 4.6; 2026-03-31 / -0.06 / 0.03 / -1.5; 2026-06-30 / -0.08 / -0.27 / 2.375 |
| Quarters with adjusted ≥ 10% above GAAP | 2 |
| Quarters compared | 3 |
| Latest gap | +237.5% |
the analysts' 'actual' (usually the company's adjusted EPS) against GAAP net income ÷ diluted shares for the matching quarter; a gap of 10% or more counts (the stand-in until three releases' reconciliation tables are on file)
Source: 2025-09-30 (adjusted -0.05 vs GAAP -0.28) · 2026-03-31 (adjusted -0.06 vs GAAP 0.03) · 2026-06-30 (adjusted -0.08 vs GAAP -0.27)
What would show the trap does not apply
- The reconciliation shows the excluded items ending (a restructuring with its final charge, a settlement paid) and the gap to GAAP closes in the next quarters
- The excluded items are only amortisation of acquired intangibles and the cash paid for the deals is in the investing cash flow
Look again: next filing.
C02 Low net debt = no refinancing risk Not triggered confidence medium
$20M comes due within a year, 7.5× covered by cash and investments of $111M plus $41M of free cash flow.
The figures and how they are read
| Cash and investments | $111M |
| Debt | $2.8B |
| Net debt | $2.7B |
| Due within a year | $20M |
| Read from | the debt maturity table |
| Free cash flow, twelve months | $41M |
| Cash plus free cash flow | $152M |
| Coverage of what is due | 7.5 |
| Due in the second year | $20M |
| Balance sheet date | 2026-06-30 |
due within a year from the maturity table (else the current portion of debt), against cash and investments plus free cash flow over the last twelve months (zero if negative); no credit lines assumed
Source: FY2025 (debt maturities, cash and investments)
D03 EPS growth = profit growth Not applicable
a loss in one of the quarters: EPS growth has no meaning
E02 Low P/E at a cyclical peak = undervalued Not applicable
a loss on a trailing or mid-cycle basis: the P/E has no meaning
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.