Steel Connect, Inc. (STCN)

Steel Connect, Inc. (STCN) — VMCI valuation read

Steel Connect, Inc. (STCN) carries a VMCI composite of 64/100, 14 points above the Communication Services sector median of 50. Among mid-cap names, that gap places STCN in the top third on the five-pillar weighting (Value 35%, Quality 30%, Integrity 15%, Growth 12%, Risk 8%).

The STCN insider tape has been silent for the past 30 days on Form 4. Where executives neither buy nor sell, the bull and bear cases lean harder on filings cadence and the next earnings line.

**Investor frame.** Value reads STCN trades at 14.0x earnings, 22% below the Communication Services median of 18.0x, which compresses or extends through the 11.0x EV/EBITDA versus a Communication Services 12.0x. Quality: ROIC of 14.0% sits 4.0pp above the Communication Services median (10.0%). Risk: net debt to EBITDA of 0.7x leaves covenant headroom, the line to track on Steel Connect, Inc.'s next 10-Q.

STCN fell 1.6% over the trailing 7 days, with a -21.2% read on a 30-day basis.