📈 Jumpstart Signal Watchlist — August 06, 2026

🏢 What they do: El Pollo Loco is a restaurant chain that specializes in fire-grilled, citrus-marinated chicken and Mexican-inspired entrees. It operates company-owned and franchised locations, primarily in the Southwestern United States, especially Southern California.
- 🎯 Current $16.37 is 5% below 3yr high $17.20 · ⏳ SMA200 $12.71 (current price $16.37 is above) · 💰 Market Cap $499M
- LOCO shows decent technicals supported by positive sentiment.

💎 Quality (Q): 51/60
- 🏦 Low drawdown (10.2% max); EMA21 above EMA50; EMA uptrend sustained 5+ days; EPS growth 42% (>20%); Low LT D/E 0.15 (<1.0); PEG ratio 0.40 (<1.5).
⏰ Entry (E): 2/20
- 📈 RSI at 52 in healthy mid-range
📢 Sentiment (S): 9/10
- 🗞️ News sentiment is positive.
✅ El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results — Finance Yahoo / GlobeNewswire.
🤖 El Pollo Loco reported higher revenue, stronger comparable restaurant sales, improved operating income, and adjusted EPS of $0.30, while also raising its full-year 2026 outlook. Those results and guidance updates are favorable for the stock.
✅ El Pollo Loco Q2 Earnings Call Highlights — MarketBeat.
🤖 The earnings-call coverage centers on the company’s Q2 results, including improved sales and raised guidance. That combination is generally supportive for LOCO shares.
⚪️ El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO) Reports Non-GAAP EPS ... — Finance Yahoo.
🤖 This report says Q2 adjusted EPS beat expectations, but revenue slightly missed estimates. The mixed earnings reaction makes the news only moderately favorable overall.
🍭 Bonus (B): 0/10 — Restaurants

🏢 What they do: Pitney Bowes is a technology-driven shipping, mailing, and financial services company. It provides tools and services such as postage meters, mailing equipment, shipping software, presort mail services, and parcel/shipping management solutions for businesses of all sizes.
- 🎯 Current $17.95 is 3% below 3yr high $18.51 · ⏳ SMA200 $12.77 (current price $17.95 is above) · 💰 Market Cap $3.6B
- PBI shows decent technicals supported by positive sentiment.

💎 Quality (Q): 44/60
- 🏦 Low drawdown (11.9% max); EMA21 above EMA50; EMA uptrend sustained 5+ days; EPS growth 112% (>20%); PEG ratio 0.13 (<1.5).
⏰ Entry (E): 0/20
- 🔔 VWMA trending up (5 consecutive days)
- 📈 RSI at 52 in healthy mid-range
📢 Sentiment (S): 10/10
- 🗞️ News sentiment is positive.
✅ Pitney Bowes stock hits 52-week high at 18.62 USD — Investing.com.
🤖 The article says PBI reached a 52-week high, reflecting strong recent price momentum. It also cites a recent earnings beat, higher full-year guidance, credit facility extensions, and a reiterated Market Outperform rating, all of which are supportive for the stock.
✅ Pitney Bowes Q2 2026 slides: margins expand despite revenue pressure — Investing.com.
🤖 This piece highlights improved profitability, higher adjusted EBIT, stronger cash flow, and raised full-year guidance after Q2 results. Revenue was still under pressure, but the market reaction and outlook revision were favorable for PBI.
✅ Pitney Bowes beats Q2 2026 estimates, lifts outlook — Investing.com.
🤖 Pitney Bowes reported adjusted EPS and revenue above expectations and lifted full-year guidance for adjusted EBIT, adjusted EPS, and free cash flow. The article says the shares rose in premarket trading, indicating the results were viewed positively.
🍭 Bonus (B): 0/10 — Office Machines

🏢 What they do: Bioventus Inc. is a global medical device company that develops and commercializes clinically proven, minimally invasive products to relieve pain and address musculoskeletal challenges by enhancing the body's natural healing process .
- 🎯 Current $13.98 is 8% below 3yr high $15.26 · ⏳ SMA200 $8.92 (current price $13.98 is above) · 💰 Market Cap $945M
- BVS shows decent technicals supported by positive sentiment.

💎 Quality (Q): 43/60
- 🏦 EMA21 above EMA50; EMA uptrend sustained 5+ days; EPS growth 327% (>20%); ROE 24% (>15%); Near-high ROE setup (52wk high + ROE); PEG ratio 0.06 (<1.5).
⏰ Entry (E): 0/20
- 🔔 Strong above EMA21 (10.8%)
- 🔔 Strong above EMA50 (22.5%)
- 🔔 VWMA trending up (5 consecutive days)
- 📈 RSI at 64 showing strength
📢 Sentiment (S): 8/10
- 🗞️ News sentiment is positive.
✅ Bioventus Reports Second Quarter Financial Results — GlobeNewswire.
🤖 Bioventus reported Q2 revenue of $153.2 million, up 4% year over year, and non-GAAP EPS of $0.22, with cash from operations of $19.9 million. The release also said the company reaffirmed full-year guidance, which is generally supportive for the stock.
✅ Bioventus Inc. 2026 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation — Seeking Alpha.
🤖 The presentation highlights in-line adjusted EPS, revenue growth, and management's stated 2026 net leverage below 1.5x while the board reviews strategic options. The stock reacted strongly upward around the release, suggesting investors viewed the update favorably overall.
⚪️ Earnings call transcript: Bioventus posts Q2 2026 EPS beat ... — Investing.com.
🤖 Bioventus beat adjusted EPS expectations but revenue was slightly below forecasts, making the quarter mixed. The article also says the stock fell in premarket trading, indicating investors were not fully satisfied despite reaffirmed guidance.
⚪️ Bioventus (BVS) Q2 Earnings Meet Estimates — Yahoo Finance.
🤖 The article says Bioventus matched consensus EPS but missed revenue estimates modestly. That combination is usually neutral to slightly mixed for the stock because the earnings beat offsets the top-line miss.
🍭 Bonus (B): 0/10 — Surgical & Medical Instruments

🏢 What they do: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Wiley) is a global research and learning company that publishes over 1,900 peer-reviewed scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals along with academic and professional books, encyclopedias, and digital content .
- 🎯 Current $53.65 is 4% below 3yr high $55.72 · ⏳ SMA200 $38.43 (current price $53.65 is above) · 💰 Market Cap $2.8B
- WLY shows decent technicals supported by positive sentiment.

💎 Quality (Q): 56/60
- 🏦 Low drawdown (7.7% max); EMA21 above EMA50; EMA uptrend sustained 5+ days; EPS growth 103% (>20%); ROE 26% (>15%); Low LT D/E 0.81 (<1.0).
⏰ Entry (E): 5/20
- 🔔 Strong above EMA50 (10.3%)
- ⚠️ RSI reversing from overbought (59) — BEARISH
📢 Sentiment (S): 10/10
- 🗞️ News sentiment is positive.
✅ INFQ Stock Surges After Three DOE Awards In $5B ... — Yahoo Finance.
🤖 The article says Wiley shares climbed in midday trading after the company announced a new role in the Department of Energy's Genesis Mission. A stock move on fresh company-specific contract/news flow is generally positive for sentiment.
✅ John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) Sets New 52-Week High — MarketBeat.
🤖 This report notes WLY hit a new 52-week high, which reflects strong recent price momentum. It also references the company’s prior earnings and dividend, but the core news is the stock’s breakout to a new high, which is typically positive for the stock.
✅ John Wiley & Sons A stock hits 52-week high at 53.28 USD — Investing.com.
🤖 The article says WLY reached a 52-week high and ties that move to recent operating performance, including a quarterly EPS beat and a dividend increase. Both the earnings surprise and shareholder return support a positive read-through for the stock.
🍭 Bonus (B): 0/10 — Book Publishing

🏢 What they do: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is an enterprise technology company that provides compute, storage, networking, and software solutions designed for hybrid IT environments and AI infrastructure.
- 🎯 Current $52.43 is 7% below 3yr high $56.15 · ⏳ SMA200 $29.77 (current price $52.43 is above) · 💰 Market Cap $69.4B
- HPE passed all filters and shows favorable conditions.

💎 Quality (Q): 49/60
- 🏦 EMA21 above EMA50; EMA uptrend sustained 5+ days; EPS growth 154% (>20%); Revenue growth 40% (>15%); Low LT D/E 0.86 (<1.0); PEG ratio 0.31 (<1.5).
⏰ Entry (E): 0/20
- 🔔 Strong above EMA21 (8.6%)
- 🔔 Strong above EMA50 (16.8%)
- 🔔 VWMA trending up (5 consecutive days)
- 📈 RSI at 63 showing strength
📢 Sentiment (S): 5/10
- 🗞️ News sentiment is neutral.
⚪️ Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. stock underperforms Thursday when compared to competitors — MarketWatch.
🤖 This partnership news is favorable because it highlights HPE's role in a supercomputer project, which can support its positioning in AI and high-performance computing. Strategic collaboration news like this can improve investor sentiment around future revenue opportunities.
🤖 This article is positive because it frames HPE as benefiting from AI-driven growth and discusses the stock as testing a buy point. Coverage that emphasizes growth momentum and technical strength is typically supportive for the stock.
🤖 This is neutral because it mainly reports relative share-price performance on a trading day rather than a company-specific fundamental development. It does not add new information about earnings, guidance, contracts, or analyst action.
🤖 This is neutral for the same reason: it is a market-performance update, not a new operating or strategic development. The article does not appear to change the investment thesis on HPE by itself.
🤖 This is mildly negative because it signals weaker relative price action versus peers. However, it is still mostly a trading-day comparison rather than evidence of a deterioration in HPE's business fundamentals.
🍭 Bonus (B): 10/10 — Computer & Office Equipment (Technology sector)

🏢 What they do: Steven Madden, Ltd. (SHOO) designs, sources, markets, and sells fashion-forward footwear, along with accessories and apparel. It sells products under its own brands and also licenses certain brands, distributing through retail stores, e-commerce, and wholesale channels.
- 🎯 Current $48.26 is 3% below 3yr high $49.70 · ⏳ SMA200 $39.98 (current price $48.26 is above) · 💰 Market Cap $3.5B
- SHOO shows decent technicals supported by positive sentiment.

💎 Quality (Q): 48/60
- 🏦 EMA21 above EMA50; EMA uptrend sustained 5+ days; EPS growth 168% (>20%); Revenue growth 19% (>15%); Low LT D/E 0.13 (<1.0); PEG ratio 0.14 (<1.5).
⏰ Entry (E): 6/20
- 🔔 Strong above EMA21 (7.1%)
- 🔔 Strong above EMA50 (11.7%)
- 🔔 SMA20/SMA50 bullish crossover
- 🔔 VWMA trending up (5 consecutive days)
- 📈 RSI at 65 showing strength
📢 Sentiment (S): 10/10
- 🗞️ News sentiment is positive.
✅ Williams Trading raises Steven Madden stock price target on strong Q2 results — Investing.com.
🤖 Williams Trading raised its price target to $56 and kept a Buy rating after Steven Madden’s second-quarter results beat expectations on revenue, gross margin, and EPS. The firm also pointed to stronger full-price selling and higher full-year guidance, both of which are favorable for SHOO.
✅ Steven Madden shares rise after earnings beat, higher 2026 outlook — Seeking Alpha.
🤖 The article says SHOO rose after second-quarter results came in above analysts’ forecasts and management lifted fiscal 2026 projections. Better-than-expected earnings plus higher guidance are generally positive for the stock.
✅ Steven Madden, Ltd. Q2 2026 Earnings Call Summary — Finance Yahoo.
🤖 The summary highlights 19% revenue growth, stronger demand across key brands, and a raised full-year revenue outlook. It also notes that the guidance increase reflected confidence in the business despite freight-cost pressure.
🍭 Bonus (B): 0/10 — Manufacturing

🏢 What they do: Sonoco Products Company (SON) is a global manufacturer of packaging for consumer and industrial markets, including metal, fiber, paper, plastic, and flexible packaging products. Its products and services include items such as rigid containers, tubes and cores, closures, protective packaging, and packaging supply-chain solutions for brands in food, beverage, healthcare, and other industries.
- 🎯 Current $57.07 is 7% below 3yr high $61.45 · ⏳ SMA200 $49.37 (current price $57.07 is above) · 💰 Market Cap $5.6B
- SON shows decent technicals supported by positive sentiment.

💎 Quality (Q): 50/60
- 🏦 EMA21 above EMA50; EMA uptrend sustained 5+ days; EPS growth 24% (>20%); ROE 28% (>15%); Low LT D/E 0.39 (<1.0); Near-high ROE setup (52wk high + ROE).
⏰ Entry (E): 5/20
- 📈 RSI at 53 in healthy mid-range
- ⚠️ RSI reversing from overbought (53) — BEARISH
📢 Sentiment (S): 9/10
- 🗞️ News sentiment is positive.
✅ Sonoco Products stock hits 52-week high at 58.47 USD — Investing.com.
🤖 The article says SON reached a new 52-week high after reporting stronger-than-expected second-quarter results and maintaining full-year 2026 guidance. It also highlights improved cash flow and strong operating performance, both supportive for the stock.
✅ Sonoco Products (NYSE:SON) Hits New 12-Month High After Analyst Upgrade — MarketBeat.
🤖 Truist raised its price target to $68 and kept a buy rating, and the piece notes that Bank of America and Citigroup also recently increased their targets. The article is positive because analyst sentiment improved after the company’s beat-and-raise-style quarterly update and dividend announcement.
⚪️ Sonoco Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results — Yahoo Finance.
🤖 The company announced its Q2 results and provided a conference call date, but the headline itself is primarily a results release rather than a separate catalyst. The underlying report is positive overall, but this item is more of a neutral factual earnings announcement than a distinct market-moving story.
🍭 Bonus (B): 0/10 — Paper & Allied Products

🏢 What they do: Proto Labs, Inc. is a digital manufacturing company that provides rapid prototyping and on-demand production services for custom parts. It offers manufacturing methods such as CNC machining, injection molding, 3D printing, and sheet metal fabrication, with online quoting and design-for-manufacturability feedback to help customers move from prototype to production.
- 🎯 Current $87.91 is 3% below 3yr high $90.31 · ⏳ SMA200 $62.49 (current price $87.91 is above) · 💰 Market Cap $2.1B
- PRLB shows decent technicals supported by positive sentiment.

💎 Quality (Q): 45/60
- 🏦 EMA21 above EMA50; EMA uptrend sustained 5+ days; EPS growth 106% (>20%); Low LT D/E 0.00 (<1.0); PEG ratio 0.67 (<1.5).
⏰ Entry (E): 8/20
- 🔔 Strong above EMA21 (10.1%)
- 🔔 Strong above EMA50 (14.5%)
- 🔔 SMA20/SMA50 bullish crossover
- 🔔 VWMA trending up (5 consecutive days)
- 📈 RSI at 65 showing strength
📢 Sentiment (S): 10/10
- 🗞️ News sentiment is positive.
✅ Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) Hits New 12-Month High After Analyst Upgrade — MarketBeat.
🤖 Needham upgraded Proto Labs from hold to buy and set an $87 price target, which is supportive for the stock. The article also notes the shares hit a new 52-week high, reinforcing positive market momentum.
✅ Protolabs Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2026 — Yahoo Finance / Business Wire.
🤖 Proto Labs reported record quarterly revenue of $149.3 million, beat EPS estimates, and raised full-year 2026 revenue growth guidance to 8%–10%. Those results and guidance revisions are favorable for sentiment and valuation.
✅ Proto Labs signals 8%-10% 2026 revenue growth outlook as injection molding — Seeking Alpha.
🤖 This coverage highlights the company’s Q2 beat and improved full-year outlook, both of which are generally supportive for the stock. It frames the update as evidence of operational momentum rather than a one-time result.
🍭 Bonus (B): 0/10 — Fabricated Structural Metal