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Stock Rank Criteria

  • The system calculates formula values for each stock.
  • The system calculates stock performance relative to S&P 500 index for each stock.
  • The system calculates brokers' rating change in last 90 days for each stock.
  • The system calculates analysts' earnings revisions for each stock.
  • The system calculates EPS trend for each stock.
  • The system calculates sales trend for each stock.
  • The system calculates competitor’s performance for each stock.
  • The system calculates industries performance.
  • The system calculate performance, technical, fundamental, and sector score based on custom weighted algorithm.
  • The system calculates performance rank, technical rank, fundamental rank, and sector rank within same industry group.
  • The system calculate overall rank based on performance rank, technical rank and fundamental rank for each stock within same industry.
  • The stocks are rated based the on following criteria
    1. Top 15% stocks within the same industry group are rated as "A"
    2. The next 15% within the same industry group are rated as "A-".
    3. The next 10% within the same industry group are rated as "B+".
    4. The next 10% within the same industry group are rated as "B".
    5. The next 10% within the same industry group are rated as "B-".
    6. The remaining 40% within the same industry group are rated as G or avoid.