📂 TUESDAY – Single-Stock Deep Dive: “Margin Expansion Credibility Test”

Margin expansion is one of the most powerful earnings drivers—but also one of the easiest to fake temporarily.

Today’s Intel Drop pressure-tests a single stock’s margin improvement story, separating sustainable operating leverage from one-time noise.

Use this before buying into “margin expansion” narratives during earnings season.

💡PROMPT TEXT:

(copy & paste the below into your preferred AI model: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, Meta, etc.)

You are conducting a “Margin Expansion Credibility Test” on a single U.S. stock as of January 20, 2026.

User provides:
TICKER + brief earnings context.

Tasks:

1) Margin Trend Analysis
- Gross and operating margin trends over last 8 quarters
- Consistency vs volatility
- One-time items vs structural changes

2) Drivers of Expansion
- Pricing vs volume
- Cost reductions vs revenue leverage
- Mix shift contributions

3) Sustainability Check
- Are cost savings repeatable?
- Is pricing power durable?
- Sensitivity to revenue slowdown

4) Market Expectations
- How much margin expansion is priced in?
- Analyst margin assumptions vs history

5) Build a MARGIN TABLE:
- Margin Type
- Historical Range
- Recent Change
- Sustainability Rating (Low/Med/High)
- Risk if margins revert

Finish with 3–5 sentences explaining:
- Whether margin expansion is real
- What would invalidate the thesis
- How to size exposure responsibly

Output in a clean table + 3–5 sentence explanation why this matters right now.

END PROMPT

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