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Upgrades to our Site and Models

April 4, 20240Comments

Scheduled Site Maintenance: April 7, 2024

On Sunday, 4/7/24, beginning at 10pm central time, our site will be undergoing a planned maintenance activity.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
November 28, 20230Comments

Improving Our Company Models: Suspended Ratings for Changes in Required Cash

We are adding a new reason for suspending Stock and Credit Ratings that relates to our calculation of Invested Capital.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
Overstated Earnings
November 15, 20230Comments

Equity Model Adjustments For Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Companies

This report explains the differences in our models for real estate investment trust (REIT) companies compared to standard industrial company models.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
November 2, 20232Comments

Introducing the Stock Tracker 50 Membership

We’re excited to announce Stock Tracker 50. This new membership offers streamlined access to our Stock, ETF, and mutual fund ratings.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
August 29, 20230Comments

Equity Model Adjustments for Financial vs. Non-Financial Companies

This report explains why certain calculations in our company valuation models are different for financial companies.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
August 29, 20230Comments

Improving our Interest Coverage Ratio and Overall Credit Rating

We are improving the Interest Coverage ratio calculation, one of the five criteria that drive our Credit Ratings.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
August 21, 20230Comments

Improving our Total Debt Calculation and Credit Rating

We are improving the Total Debt calculation used in our Credit Ratings for all companies under coverage.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
July 25, 20230Comments

Improving our Models and our Credit Ratings

We have made an improvement to our models for the Total Debt metric used in our Credit Ratings for Financial and REIT companies.
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
July 21, 20230Comments

Primary Coverage – Expanding our Coverage Universe

We are increasing our coverage universe by adding Primary Coverage companies.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
July 13, 20230Comments

Updating our Pension Expense Estimates

We are improving our Company Models for pension expense estimates in periods where we receive incomplete disclosures in quarterly periods
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
May 17, 20230Comments

Improvements to Our Company Models and Dynamic Data Screener

We’re excited to announce that we’ve made additions to our Company Model, Excel Company Model, and Dynamic Data Screener per client feedback.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
April 19, 20232Comments

Join our Online Community

Get free access to our new (beta) community platform designed to engage you with our experts and fellow investors and much more.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
March 30, 20230Comments

Our Company Models In Excel – Now Even Better

We’re excited to announce that we updated the Excel models to be 100% dynamic; so clients can operate our Reverse DCF model in Excel.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
Update to our Site
March 22, 20230Comments

Updating Our Minority Interest Calculation

This report details improvements we’re making to our Company Models to better handle the impact of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-01.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
Update to our Site
February 10, 20230Comments

Updating Our Models to Close New Off-Balance Sheet Debt Loopholes

We’re updating our models to ensure they capture all liabilities related to operating leases, both on and off-balance sheet.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
Update to our Site
December 20, 20220Comments

Updating the Minimum Tax Rate in our Company Models

Get details on the changes we're making to our Company Models based on the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
December 16, 20229Comments

Changes to Gold, Platinum, and (old) Pro Memberships

We are moving access to all of our Model Portfolios and ad-hoc research to the new Professional membership (previously known as Unlimited).
by David Trainer, Founder & CEO
August 4, 20220Comments

Get All Our Reports on a Stock with Just 1 Click

To make our #1-ranked Long Ideas and Danger Zone picks easier to find on our website, we’ve added a new “Company Report Index”.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
July 19, 20220Comments

Coverage Universe History

We explain our coverage universe history and data collection policies since our founding.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
July 19, 20220Comments

Coverage Universe Methodology

Explanation of how our coverage universe was selected historically, an explanation about our current coverage criteria, and a description of our current coverage universe.
by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA
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