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	220.66	-1.92	-0.86%	live
SPHQ	SPHQ	earnings_quality	85.05	-0.27	-0.32%	live
QQQ	QQQ	growth_earnings	719.21	0.25	+0.03%	live
RSP	RSP	equal_weight	217.27	-1.73	-0.79%	live
IWM	IWM	smallcap_earnings	295.35	-0.66	-0.22%	live
ARKK	ARKK	speculative_earnings	86.51	0.29	+0.34%	live

Computed Signal

Name	Value	Regime	Confidence	Source	Observed
earnings_quality_score	38.3	weak	100%	Yahoo chart endpoint	2026-09-08T16:43:43+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 -0.38% versus low-quality/speculative +0.06%; RSP -0.79%.

Score

Warnings

• No active warnings.

Signals

Name	Value	Regime	Confidence	Source	Observed
earnings_quality_score	38.3	weak	100%	Yahoo chart endpoint	2026-09-08T16:43:43+00:00