LQAI1.650%
as of Jul 17
KVUE
DefensiveKENVUE INC.
Kenvue Inc. operates as a consumer health company in the United States, rest of North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. It operates in three segments: Self Care, Skin Health and Beauty, and Essential Health. The company offers over-the-counter medicine for cough, cold and allergy, pain care, digestive health, smoking cessation, and eye care, as well as other naturally inspired and self-care products, digital diagnostics, and telemedicine; face and body care, hair, sun, and other care products; oral and baby care, women's health, wound care, and other essential health products; tampons; cosmetics; and vitamins and supplements.
Close · 3M
+4.74%
Held by 2 AI ETFs
PQUS0.060%
as of Jul 21
Signal performance
Each tracked ETF's moves on this stock, grouped by fund. Returns are measured from the signal date to the latest close — hypothetical, no commissions or slippage.
Buy signals9
Win rate78% (7/9)
Avg buy return+3.63%
LQAI · Weight increase · 3d
KVUE's 15.18% ROE and moderate PER of 22.47, combined with its stable revenue growth of -0.07%, present a profile consistent with LQAI's core large-cap selection criteria, which prioritizes a balanced blend without heavy factor tilts. This financial stability became more relevant as the stock's price, currently at $18.98 and 83% of its 52-week high, has seen a 12.4% return over the last 30 days, indicating recent positive momentum following earlier underperformance. Within this context, Qraft's AI engine initiated a clear accumulation trend, specifically increasing KVUE's weight in LQAI from 1.59% on July 15th to 1.65% by July 17th. This precise, consecutive increase in allocation suggests the AI identified a strengthening signal for KVUE within its US large-cap core universe, leveraging the stock's recent upward trajectory from its previous lower price points while still below its 52-week peak.
weight 1.580% → 1.650% (+0.070 pp)·stock up 3.0% in the 30 days before
Jul 17·entry $18.98·now $19.02Fresh
+0.21%
since Jul 17
LQAI · Weight increase · 2d
KVUE, a consumer staples company, exhibits a PER of 22.47 and a PBR of 3.06, supported by a 15.18% ROE, even with -0.07% revenue growth. This financial profile aligns with LQAI’s AI-driven selection engine, managed by the LG-Qraft collaboration, which targets core large-caps without heavy factor tilts. The recent consecutive weight increases in KVUE within LQAI, specifically from 1.58% to 1.63% between July 14th and 16th, coincide with the stock's current price of $18.98, reflecting a +12.4% 30-day return. This upward adjustment by the Qraft AI ranking engine suggests a re-evaluation of the stock's appeal, possibly factoring in its position at 83% of its 52-week high after a -9.2% 1-year return.
weight 1.580% → 1.630% (+0.050 pp)·stock up 4.2% in the 30 days before
Jul 16·entry $19.02·now $19.02Fresh
0.00%
since Jul 16
LQAI · Weight decrease · 4d
KVUE, currently priced at $19.48, trades at 85% of its 52-week high, having delivered a +10.4% return over the past 30 days and +7.3% over 90 days, despite a -6.7% decline over the last year. This recent short-term price strength, for a Consumer Staples company experiencing -0.07% revenue growth, appears to have prompted Qraft's AI to reduce its position in LQAI. As an AI-driven fund midway between broad and concentrated momentum, LQAI's selection engine, the Qraft AI ranking model, likely weighed KVUE's moderate PER of 23.06 and PBR of 3.06 against its tepid growth prospects, making it less compelling relative to other US large-cap core universe components after the stock's run-up. Consequently, the consecutive decreases in KVUE's weight from 1.68% to 1.61% between July 7th and July 9th precisely reflect the weekly rebalancing and continuous adjustments by the Qraft AI as it re-ranked the stock downwards in this specific market environment.
weight 2.040% → 1.610% (-0.430 pp)·stock up 9.3% in the 30 days before
Jul 9·entry $19.18·now $19.02
-0.83%
since Jul 9
LQAI · Weight decrease · 3d
The LG-Qraft collaboration, utilizing Qraft's AI ranking for its approximately 100 US large-cap core holdings, made this specific move on KENVUE due to its systematic re-evaluation processes. With a weekly rebalance cadence, the AI-driven selection engine continuously adjusts its portfolio, leading to the consecutive weight decrease detected in KENVUE over July 7th and 8th. This reduction suggests the Qraft AI may be reacting to KENVUE's -0.07% revenue growth, a metric that could signal a lack of momentum for a core large-cap holding. Even with a recent 30-day return of +10.3%, the AI's complex ranking likely weighed other factors more heavily, leading to this precise recalibration at a price of $19.29.
weight 2.040% → 1.640% (-0.400 pp)·stock up 8.9% in the 30 days before
Jul 8·entry $19.29·now $19.02
-1.40%
since Jul 8
LQAI · Weight decrease · 2d
The LG-Qraft collaboration, specifically its Qraft AI ranking engine, executed this sequential weight reduction in Kenvue as part of LQAI's weekly portfolio rebalancing process. Despite KVUE's recent 30-day return of +12.8%, the AI's core large-cap selection method likely observed a divergence between short-term price performance and underlying business health. This divergence is underscored by KVUE's negative revenue growth, recorded at -0.07%. For a fund holding around 100 US large caps and positioned between broad market and concentrated momentum strategies, the AI's algorithm appears to have deprioritized KVUE as its risk-reward profile shifted. Such a decision suggests the Qraft AI determined Kenvue no longer met its criteria for sustained inclusion at higher weights given its current valuation and growth prospects, leading to the sharp reduction to 1.68% by July 7th.
weight 2.040% → 1.680% (-0.360 pp)·stock up 17.2% in the 30 days before
Jul 7·entry $19.78·now $19.02
-3.84%
since Jul 7
LQAI · Weight increase · 2d
LQAI's allocation to KVUE exhibits a subtle, yet discernible, increase, moving from 1.89% on June 30th to 2.04% by July 2nd after previous minor fluctuations. This measured accumulation aligns with LQAI’s Qraft AI-driven ranking methodology for US large-cap core holdings, balancing broad market exposure with a responsive, AI-selected portfolio that sits between passive and high-momentum strategies. The AI's persistent incremental additions suggest it is detecting sustained positive signals for KVUE, which has posted a 14.5% return over 30 days and trades at 87% of its 52-week high, indicating potential further upside despite flat revenue growth. This measured uptick, facilitated by LQAI’s weekly rebalancing schedule, allows the Qraft engine to steadily build exposure to a consumer staples company demonstrating a 15.18% return on equity and recent price strength. The fund's strategy prioritizes these emerging trends within its universe, without implementing sudden, concentrated shifts.
weight 1.890% → 2.040% (+0.150 pp)·stock up 14.5% in the 30 days before
Jul 2·entry $19.83·now $19.02Fresh
-4.08%
since Jul 2
LQAI · Weight decrease · 2d
KVUE's revenue growth of -0.07%, alongside its 22.25 PER and 3.06 PBR, suggests that for LQAI, a core large-cap ETF leveraging the Qraft AI ranking engine, the stock's fundamental appeal may have become less compelling for continued weighting. Following a 30-day return of +11.2% which pushed the stock to 84% of its 52-week high, the AI system governing LQAI's weekly rebalance initiated its consecutive reduction in KVUE's weight on June 29 and 30. Given LQAI's style as an AI-driven selection model without heavy factor tilts, the re-evaluation likely balanced KVUE's recent price appreciation against its flat revenue growth, signaling a diminished attractiveness within its ~100 US large-cap portfolio at the $19.11 price level.
weight 1.940% → 1.890% (-0.050 pp)·stock up 10.6% in the 30 days before
Jun 30·entry $19.11·now $19.02
-0.47%
since Jun 30
LQAI · Weight increase · 2d
Kenvue currently trades at $18.80, positioning it at 82% of its 52-week high after a significant -14.0% decline over the past year, though it has seen a +7.6% rebound in the last 30 days. This price trajectory, representing a recovery from longer-term underperformance, likely caught the attention of the LG-Qraft collaboration's AI ranking engine, which manages LQAI's approximately 100 US large-cap core holdings with weekly rebalancing. The AI's method, which applies a core large-cap selection without heavy factor tilt, seems to have identified the consumer staples company's valuation (PER 22.25, PBR 3.06) and 15.18% ROE as attractive, particularly as its revenue growth sits at -0.07%. Consequently, as its short-term price strength continued, the Qraft AI increased Kenvue's weight consecutively on June 23rd and 24th, moving it to 1.93% within the fund, signaling growing conviction at this specific price level and timing.
weight 1.770% → 1.930% (+0.160 pp)·stock up 7.2% in the 30 days before
Jun 24·entry $18.80·now $19.02Fresh
+1.17%
since Jun 24
LQAI · Weight decrease · 3d
KVUE's negative revenue growth of -0.07% presents a fundamental concern for LQAI's Qraft AI ranking system, which prioritizes core large-cap selection without a strong tilt towards momentum. While the company maintains a 15.18% ROE, the continuous weight decrease from 1.84% on June 17 to 1.77% on June 22 suggests the AI is signaling a lack of conviction, potentially due to the sub-zero revenue expansion combined with its 90-day return of -3.7% and a 1-year return of -16.2%. This systematic reduction in KVUE's allocation by the LG-Qraft collaboration, even as the stock trades at $17.86 (78% of its 52-week high), indicates the model is de-emphasizing the consumer staples company based on its longer-term performance and growth outlook within the ~100 US large-cap universe. The AI's decisions here reflect its methodology, moving away from companies exhibiting prolonged underperformance in key financial metrics, distinguishing LQAI from more broadly diversified or purely momentum-driven strategies.
weight 1.860% → 1.770% (-0.090 pp)·stock up 3.1% in the 30 days before
Jun 22·entry $17.86·now $19.02
+6.49%
since Jun 22
LQAI · Weight decrease · 2d
The observed weight-change pattern for Kenvue within LQAI reveals a persistent, though not perfectly monotonic, reduction over the recent trading days, ending at 1.81% from an earlier 1.88% at the start of the period. This gradual decrease aligns with LQAI's core large-cap, AI-driven selection approach, which is designed without heavy factor tilts, allowing the Qraft engine to react to a combination of weakening fundamentals and price signals. Kenvue’s reported revenue growth of -0.07% likely contributed to its lower ranking, especially when considered alongside a significant -16.6% one-year return, despite a recent modest 30-day price gain. The weekly rebalancing mechanism of LQAI permits the AI to make these incremental adjustments, progressively scaling back exposure to a stock trading at 79% of its 52-week high and exhibiting negative top-line expansion, rather than executing an abrupt exit.
weight 1.860% → 1.810% (-0.050 pp)·stock up 5.7% in the 30 days before
Jun 18·entry $18.12·now $19.02
+4.97%
since Jun 18
LQAI · Weight decrease · 3d
KVUE's reported revenue growth of -0.07% alongside a PER of 21.37 and PBR of 3.06 likely influenced Qraft's AI ranking for the LQAI portfolio, which targets core large-cap selections without heavy factor tilts. For a strategy balancing broad exposure and a momentum component, as LQAI does between QRFT and AMOM, such flat top-line performance might diminish the perceived value proposition despite a 15.18% ROE. The distinct pattern of consecutive weight reduction for KVUE in LQAI, specifically from 2.28% on June 8th to 1.81% by June 15th, coincided with the stock trading near 80% of its 52-week high at $18.25, after a 30-day return of +6.4%. This suggests the AI-driven selection engine identified a less favorable risk-reward profile for the Consumer Staples stock at its elevated short-term price, against its more subdued fundamental growth characteristics.
weight 1.920% → 1.810% (-0.110 pp)·stock up 6.2% in the 30 days before
Jun 15·entry $18.25·now $19.02
+4.22%
since Jun 15
LQAI · Weight decrease · 2d
KVUE currently trades at $18.14, sitting at 77% of its 52-week high after a challenging year that saw a -23.4% return, despite a recent 30-day uplift of +4.1%. The LG-Qraft collaboration's AI ranking, which applies to a US large-cap core universe and rebalances weekly, likely reassessed KVUE's role within its roughly 100 holdings. Despite a 15.18% ROE, the Qraft AI model appears to have identified the negative revenue growth of -0.07% and the stock's prolonged 1-year underperformance as factors that diminish its appeal for a core large-cap allocation. Consequently, following an earlier brief increase, the fund's weighting in KVUE consistently decreased from 2.28% on June 8th to 1.84% by June 12th, indicating a sustained signal from the AI selection engine for a reduced position.
weight 1.920% → 1.840% (-0.080 pp)·stock up 5.5% in the 30 days before
Jun 12·entry $18.14·now $19.02
+4.85%
since Jun 12
LQAI · Weight decrease · 2d
KVUE's revenue growth of -0.07% alongside a PER of 20.5 presents a challenging profile for LQAI's core large-cap, AI-driven selection engine, which aims for a balanced approach without heavy factor tilts. The Qraft AI, responsible for ranking within the US large-cap universe, likely interprets this flat revenue trend and potentially elevated valuation, especially given a 15.18% ROE that isn't translating into top-line expansion, as less favorable. Following a prior increase, LQAI commenced its consecutive weight decrease in KVUE on 2026-06-08, reducing its allocation from 2.28% to 1.88% by 2026-06-09. This divestment occurs as KVUE, currently priced at $17.92, trades at 75% of its 52-week high despite suffering a 1-year return of -23.9%, suggesting the Qraft engine identified insufficient recovery or continued downside risk at this price level for a company with such a revenue trajectory.
weight 2.340% → 1.880% (-0.460 pp)·stock up 1.9% in the 30 days before
Jun 9·entry $17.92·now $19.02
+6.14%
since Jun 9
LQAI · Weight increase · 2d
weight 2.110% → 2.340% (+0.230 pp)·stock up 0.2% in the 30 days before
Jun 5·entry $17.71·now $19.02Drifting
+7.40%
since Jun 5
LQAI · Weight decrease · 2d
weight 2.170% → 2.110% (-0.060 pp)·stock down 1.9% in the 30 days before
Jun 3·entry $16.83·now $19.02
+13.01%
since Jun 3
+10.07%
since May 29
+8.93%
since May 21
+9.82%
since May 20
LQAI · Weight increase · 2d
stock down 2.4% in the 30 days before
May 18·entry $17.18·now $19.02Chased
+10.71%
since May 18
+8.87%
since May 12
+10.77%
since May 11
+7.34%
since May 7
+9.50%
since May 5
+10.90%
since May 4
AIEQ · Exit · 1d
AIEQ's methodology, leveraging IBM Watson NLP to process news, filings, and social posts across thousands of equities, guides its daily portfolio adjustments. The fund's system likely detected a material shift in sentiment or fundamental outlook for Kenvue, prompting its swift removal despite the stock’s +12.7% 30-day return. Specifically, the Consumer Staples company's flat revenue growth of -0.07% might have contributed to a downgrade by the NLP engine. Given AIEQ’s daily rebalancing cadence and its broad portfolio of 140-180 US stocks, EquBot's risk overlay translated this diminished outlook into an immediate divestment, reducing KVUE's weight to 0.0000% on July 1st.
weight 0.300% → 0 (exited)·stock up 11.4% in the 30 days before
Jul 1·entry $19.33·now $19.02
-1.60%
since Jul 1
AIEQ · Weight increase · 2d
The daily adjustments in KVUE’s weight, culminating in a sequential increase from 0.28% to 0.30% over recent trading days, aligns with AIEQ’s strategy of continuous portfolio calibration. This high-turnover fund, managed by EquBot, leverages IBM Watson’s NLP to detect shifts in market sentiment and underlying fundamentals daily. Given KVUE’s recent 30-day price return of +10.3% following a 1-year decline of 14.0%, and its current position at 83% of its 52-week high, the AI likely identified a strengthening positive narrative emerging from news, analyst commentary, or social posts. The system is incrementally increasing exposure to this Consumer Staples stock, which displays a 15.18% ROE, as its comprehensive data ingestion points to a sustained positive signal for a recovering equity.
weight 0.280% → 0.300% (+0.020 pp)·stock up 8.4% in the 30 days before
Jun 25·entry $18.96·now $19.02Fresh
+0.32%
since Jun 25
AIEQ · New entry · 1d
weight 0 → 0.270% (new)·stock up 0.3% in the 30 days before
May 30·entry $17.35·now $19.02Drifting
+9.63%
since May 30
Sell signals show what the stock did after the AI exited. A negative number means the AI's exit was well-timed.
Buffett-style framework
Fails the frameworkas of May 31
AIEQ recently made a new entry into Kenvue, indicating a positive signal from that AI, while LQAI showed a recent trend of decreasing its weight after a slight increase. This mixed AI sentiment contrasts with the framework's overall 'Fail' verdict, which is primarily driven by the inability to confirm critical financial health metrics and valuation.
- Circle of CompetenceKenvue's position in consumer staples with established brands suggests predictable unit economics suitable for long-term cash flow projections.
- Economic MoatThe company benefits from strong brand power and established market positions for its consumer health products, creating durable competitive advantages.
- ManagementSpecific information regarding management's candor, capital allocation discipline, or ownership stake is not provided.
- Financial HealthInsufficient financial data, including 10-year ROE trend, operating margins, debt profile, and owner earnings, prevents a comprehensive assessment of financial health.
- Margin of SafetyWithout an intrinsic value estimate, it is not possible to determine if the current price offers a margin of safety.
Kenvue, a consumer staples company with strong brands, passes the circle of competence and economic moat stages. However, a comprehensive assessment of its financial health, management quality, and intrinsic value is hindered by insufficient public data for several key criteria, leading to an overall 'Fail' verdict within this framework.
Educational interpretation generated by AI applying frameworks Warren Buffett documented in his shareholder letters and other public writings. Not a statement by Mr. Buffett or Berkshire Hathaway, and not investment advice.