Equities

Earnings Quality Agent

Separates durable earnings support from speculative or low-quality price action.

Utility

This agent must be runnable on its own and must produce evidence that supports a decision, an avoidance, or a confidence change.

Decisions Supported

equity exposureiquality preferenceiavoidancei

Questions Answered

Is earnings strength high quality or speculative?i

Data Sources

Yahoo earnings quality proxy basketiquality factor ETFsiequal-weight and small-cap proxiesi

Current Run Market Data

Label	Symbol	Group	Price	Change	Change %	Status
QUAL	QUAL	earnings_quality	54.98	0.19	+0.35%	live
SPHQ	SPHQ	earnings_quality	81.36	0.28	+0.35%	live
QQQ	QQQ	growth_earnings	658.37	11.32	+1.75%	live
RSP	RSP	equal_weight	216.54	-0.33	-0.15%	live
IWM	IWM	smallcap_earnings	273.84	2.86	+1.06%	live
ARKK	ARKK	speculative_earnings	75.11	1.95	+2.67%	live

Computed Signal

Name	Value	Regime	Confidence	Source	Observed
earnings_quality_score	49.8	mixed	100%	Yahoo chart endpoint	2026-11-06T19:32:59+00:00

Declared And Target Feeds

Source	Status	Current Run Data
Yahoo earnings quality proxy basket	current run	6/6 observed rows attached below.
quality factor ETFs	target feed	Not used in the current run yet; listed as the permanent feed this agent should graduate to.
equal-weight and small-cap proxies	target feed	Not used in the current run yet; listed as the permanent feed this agent should graduate to.

Live Status

Quality earnings proxies average +0.81% versus low-quality/speculative +1.86%; RSP -0.15%.

Score

Warnings

• Speculative earnings proxies are leading quality; chase risk is elevated.

Signals

Name	Value	Regime	Confidence	Source	Observed
earnings_quality_score	49.8	mixed	100%	Yahoo chart endpoint	2026-11-06T19:32:59+00:00