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Explore company analysis and practical stock-research articles on business results, valuation, funding risks and following the evidence.
How to find growing public companies before they become familiar names
Find growing companies by looking for changes in customer demand, revenue and business economics, then checking the filings behind those changes.
How to research a stock: a complete company walkthrough
Research a stock by connecting the business, financial statements, funding risks and valuation in one written explanation you can challenge later.
What makes a good company a good investment? Business quality, price and risk
A good company can be a disappointing investment if its share price already assumes more progress than the business delivers. Assess the business, the price and the risks separately before bringing them together.
How long should you research a stock before buying?
There is no fixed waiting period that makes a stock ready to buy. Research should continue until you understand the important evidence and remaining uncertainty.
Stock fundamentals explained: the numbers to check before buying
Stock fundamentals describe the business behind the share: how it earns revenue, what it keeps after costs, how cash moves, what it owes and how ownership is divided. Read the numbers together to understand how a change in one affects the others.
Revenue growth, profit growth or EPS growth: what matters most?
Revenue, profit and EPS answer different questions. Read them together to see whether growth reaches the business's owners and what drove the change.
Is a company becoming profitable? How to read an earnings inflection
A first profitable quarter is a starting point for research. Check which profit measure turned positive, what changed and whether the business still needs funding.
What is revenue per share, and why can it fall while revenue grows?
Revenue per share compares a company's sales with its share count. Sales can rise while this measure falls if the share count grows faster.
How to find undervalued stocks and check whether they are really cheap
An undervalued stock trades below your estimate of what each share is worth. Finding one means working out what the business could earn for its shareholders, then checking whether that estimate holds up after allowing for debt and future share issuance.
How to value a stock: fair value, assumptions and a worked example
Valuing a stock means estimating what its future economic benefits could be worth today, then identifying the part attributable to each share. The result depends on assumptions about cash generation, risk, financing and ownership, so changes in those assumptions change the estimate.
What is a good P/E ratio? Why a low number is not enough
There is no universally good P/E ratio. The useful question is what earnings the price assumes, how durable those earnings are and what can change them.
How to compare a stock's valuation with its own history
A historical valuation comparison is useful when you account for changes in the price, financial measure and business.