Earnings season is in full swing and Wall Street once again wants you chasing the headlines.

Every quarter, the market obsesses over earnings beats, revenue misses, and management commentary. But those headlines don’t tell you whether a stock is actually cheap or expensive.

Getting that answer requires going beyond the headlines, understanding a business’ cash flows, and modeling the expectations for future cash flows baked into the stock price.

In the short-term, the market often rewards mediocre results or even sells off outstanding businesses. The key is knowing what expectations are baked into a stock’s valuation to know if you’re getting a deal or holding the bag.

This week’s research is full of examples. From a data-rich business with a growing competitive advantage, to an IPO designed to benefit insiders, and our latest Earnings Watch Party replay breaking down the market’s biggest names, you’ll find actionable research built on superior fundamental data.

See everything we published this week below.

Long Idea:

As more firms recognize the importance of specialized high-quality data, this company’s proprietary dataset has even more value and so does its stock.

Danger Zone:

This IPO is another lose-lose proposition for public investors that will make many Wall Street insiders rich. In this transaction, the proceeds go to pay off private equity investors without giving public investors any voting control for their money.

Earnings Watch Party Replay:

Earnings season creates more noise than almost any other time of the year. But the headlines rarely tell the full story. We’re here to help make sense of the noise with superior fundamental data in our latest free Earnings Watch Party. Stocks discussed include GOOGL, TSLA, PM, SCHW, IBKR, IBM, T, INTC, TMUS, RTX, and more.

Sector Rankings for 3Q26:

We published our Sector Rankings report for 3Q26 and our best and worst ETFs and Mutual Funds reports for each individual sector. See the recap here.

Style Rankings for 3Q26:

We published our Style Rankings report for 3Q26 – see the best and worst rated styles this quarter.

Model Portfolio Updates:

We updated our Safest  Dividend Yields Model Portfolio.

Danger Zone Podcast:

CEO David Trainer joined Chuck Jaffe to discuss why this restaurant IPO is in the Danger Zone before it even begins trading.

We hope you had a great week!

See a preview of upcoming research below.

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