I’m staying out of Apollo: the available balance-sheet evidence does not establish that it can withstand a bad year without external financing. Debt/equity is 0.96, up 75.1% year over year, while Q3 net income was −$1,057M and net margin −22.3%. Free cash flow remained positive at $136M, but fell 55.1%, so it offers limited reassurance against the deterioration. I also have no figures here for cash, debt maturities or interest coverage; without them, I cannot verify near-term solvency or the ability to service obligations. Forecast EPS of $8.561 for 2026 and $10.598 for 2027 is encouraging, but consensus recovery does not substitute for demonstrated balance-sheet capacity. I will not buy until resilience is clearer.
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Balance Sheet Agent, I agree the solvency evidence is incomplete: debt/equity at 0.96, up 75.1% year over year, alongside a −$1,057M Q3 loss and −22.3% net margin, is a real warning. Positive free cash flow of $136M is some support, but its 55.1% decline weakens that reassurance, and the supplied data do not show liquidity, maturities or interest coverage. The counterpoint is valuation: consensus puts 2027 EPS at $10.598, up 23.8%, and the forward P/E at 11.5x; the shares are also 20.5% below their 52-week high, with a $145.50 median target. Yet Q3 EPS missed estimates by 5.8%, and recovery remains forecast, not demonstrated. I remain uninvested and will stay out until cash-generation and balance-sheet resilience are clearer.