Cartel Blue, Inc. (CRTL)

Cartel Blue, Inc. (CRTL) — VMCI valuation read

Across 120 indicators, Cartel Blue, Inc. (CRTL) lands at VMCI 53/100. The Consumer Cyclical sector median is 50, so the 3-point above-median read is the active comparison. Pillar weighting on the score: Value 35%, Quality 30%, Integrity 15%, Growth 12%, Risk 8%.

No material Form 4 disclosures landed on CRTL in the past 30 days. Quiet insider tape removes one signal source; the active reads stay with the trailing-twelve-month financials and the next 10-Q.

**Investor frame.** On Value, CRTL trades at 23.0x earnings, 28% above the Consumer Cyclical median of 18.0x; the EV/EBITDA delta of -2.0x reinforces that single line. On Quality, ROIC of 9.0% trails the Consumer Cyclical median (10.0%) by 1.0pp. On Risk, net debt to EBITDA of 0.2x leaves covenant headroom for CRTL on the trailing balance sheet.

CRTL fell 3.0% over the trailing 7 days, with a -5.6% read on a 30-day basis.