Today’s AI Top Pick: PZZA
8/27/2026 · Highly Shorted Oversold screen · a free sample of K3vl4r’s AI-curated picks.
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Papa John's is the cleanest setup in this pool: it's deeply oversold (RSI 29.45), sitting at the very bottom of its 21-bar range across every timeframe (4h pos 0.15%, 1d 4.85%, 1wk 0.00%), and the Kronos forecasts are the most aggressive of any name here that also has real fundamentals — 4h forecasts +54.4/+59.5/+72.3%, 1d +28.7/+55.7/+48.6%, and weekly +21.8/+88.7/+104.0% across short/mid/long horizons. Bullish_prob is 1.0 and near_term_bullish is 1.0 — full multi-timeframe agreement to the upside from a washed-out base at $23.61 with a -35.8% drawdown from the 21-bar high. This is exactly the 'oversold + forecast confirms' pattern the screen is built for. Fundamentally PZZA is a real, profitable business (profitMargin 1.34%, operMargin 4.69%, PE 29.64 but fwdPe 17.5 signaling earnings recovery) — unlike QCLS/FFAI/CRIS/KPTI which are money-losing micro-caps, or ESTA/GLUE whose forecasts actually point lower. The recent headline flow is constructive-to-neutral: the Aug 25–26 refranchising of 28 Orlando restaurants is a strategic execution step, not a landmine. No guidance cut, no dilution, no short-seller report, no legal overhang. Compare that to the two names that scored higher on the raw board: TRIP has Starboard cutting its stake by 52.7% (Aug 14) plus a fresh insider sale (Aug 25) — a material sentiment overhang for the exact activist thesis holding the stock up. AAP just posted a Q2 miss and got a Citi PT cut to $45 (Aug 21), and its weekly forecast is only +2.95/+3.83/+4.12% — the tape is not confirming. TDUP has great forecasts but is unprofitable (-6.65% margin, -36.76% ROE) and its weekly fc_short is actually negative (-15.15%). TODAY is the entry because PZZA is pinned at the bottom of the range with three timeframes agreeing on upside and no fresh bad news to fade — waiting for a pullback risks missing the mean-reversion move that the -35.8% drawdown and 29 RSI are set up to deliver. The asymmetry (30%+ short target, 100%+ weekly long target vs. a definable stop just below $21) is the best in the pool.
- PEG of 7.17 signals growth is not cheap relative to earnings — a re-rating requires comp improvement
- Sales YoY -5.65% and perfYear -51.48% show the fundamental trend is still deteriorating; refranchising helps margins but shrinks reported revenue
- shortFloat 17.13% can accelerate rallies but also traps late longs if the mid-cycle bounce fails
- Weekly fc_short is only +21.84% while fc_mid jumps to +88.67% — implies chop before the move; be prepared to sit through a retest of $22
- Restaurant/QSR sector remains under consumer-spending pressure; a broader risk-off tape could invalidate the setup even with the clean chart
| # | Symbol | Verdict | Score | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PZZA | BUY NOW | 8.6 | Oversold profitable name at bottom of range with all-timeframe forecast confirmation and no bad headlines. |
| 2 | TDUP | BUY NOW | 7.6 | Massive forecast magnitude and full bullish agreement, but unprofitable and weekly fc_short is negative. |
| 3 | TRIP | BUY PULLBACK | 7.0 | Cheap fwdPe with strong tape, but Starboard cut and insider sale are fresh overhangs — wait for a base. |
| 4 | AAP | BUY PULLBACK | 6.2 | Best fundamentals (peg 0.44, fwdPe 11.2, profitable) but Q2 miss + PT cut and weak weekly forecast (+4%) demand patience. |
| 5 | KPTI | BUY PULLBACK | 6.0 | Huge forecasts (+259/284/316% 4h) from -79% drawdown, but binary biotech with 52.5% short float and $44M cap. |
| 6 | TENX | WAIT | 5.6 | Extreme oversold bounce candidate with 428–476% 4h forecast, but Chardan downgrade and micro-cap risk cap conviction. |
| 7 | UA | WAIT | 5.2 | Multi-TF forecasts positive but UAA revenue cut and Nordstrom partnership end weigh on both share classes. |
| 8 | UAA | WAIT | 5.0 | Same book as UA with slightly weaker weekly fc_short (-2.04%); wait for North America stabilization. |
| 9 | SHMD | WAIT | 4.8 | Huge 4h forecast (+100%) but Q2 margin outlook cut and -112% profit margin make it speculative only. |
| 10 | AIRS | WAIT | 4.4 | Bullish_prob 1 but 4h forecasts are negative (-9 to -11%) — tape not confirming near-term. |
| 11 | QCLS | WAIT | 4.0 | Micro-cap with big 4h forecast (+71%) but bullish_prob 0 and 1d fc_short is -15.7%. |
| 12 | GRPN | AVOID | 3.8 | 4h forecasts all negative (-18 to -25%) despite the narrative — tape is telling you the bounce is done. |
| 13 | ESTA | AVOID | 3.5 | All timeframe forecasts negative (weekly fc_mid -21%) despite Citi upgrade — setup broken. |
| 14 | EH | WAIT | 3.4 | Passed screen but no forecasts shown for evaluation; -63% YTD suggests distressed. |
| 15 | BKD | WAIT | 3.3 | Screen match but expected_return_pct -12.7% and no forecast confirmation. |
| 16 | EYPT | WAIT | 3.2 | Sales YoY -94.6% and PS 154 — screen match masks broken fundamentals. |
| 17 | AMPG | AVOID | 3.0 | Expected return -45%, bullish_prob 0.4 — screen pass without confirmation. |
| 18 | ATOM | AVOID | 2.9 | PS 763 and expected return -26% — valuation is disqualifying. |
| 19 | VERI | WAIT | 2.8 | Deep drawdown micro-cap with -120% profit margin; no forecast confirmation. |
| 20 | LCID | WAIT | 2.6 | 36.6% short float and screen match but no forecast data and -297% profit margin. |
| 21 | KLAR | WAIT | 2.5 | New-issue Klarna with 22% short float and -50% YTD; no forecast data provided. |
| 22 | TTEC | WAIT | 2.4 | Cheap on P/S 0.03 but debt/eq 12.9 and -119% ROE make it a value trap. |
| 23 | CRIS | AVOID | 2.2 | $3.2M market cap, -490% profit margin, sales -62% — de-listing risk. |
| 24 | MVIS | AVOID | 2.1 | Expected return -40%, bullish_prob 0, PS 19.7 — broken setup. |
| 25 | TDAY | AVOID | 2.0 | All 4h forecasts negative and debt/eq 7.23; bullish_prob 0.2. |
| 26 | LGCL | AVOID | 1.8 | $2.4M cap, -97% YTD — untradeable size. |
| 27 | GLUE | AVOID | 1.6 | PS 42.7, -560% profit margin, expected return -7.9%. |
| 28 | FFAI | AVOID | 1.2 | 1057% recent 4h move and forecasts of -65 to -70% — this is the top of a squeeze, not a bottom. |
| 29 | SNBR | AVOID | 0.8 | Bankruptcy filing June 2026 with Nasdaq delisting — the forecasts are noise on a dead security. |
| 30 | ADTX | AVOID | 0.5 | Perf YTD -100%, expected return -100% — do not touch. |
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