1. Company Information
Industry Group - A proprietary classification of stocks into 197 groups, based on acompany's major source of revenue, competitors, products, markets served, etc. Stock prices forstocks in the same Industry Group tend to trend together.
Headquarters - The location of a company's main offices.
Web Address - URL Address where a company provides information via the Web.
Company Description - A brief description of the company's operations. Thissummarized item is based on the information provided in the company's annual report. It is updatedannually or when major changes in company operations occur.
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2. Stock Information
Market Capitalization - The total market value of the company, which is calculatedby multiplying shares outstanding by the stock price. Companies with more than one class of commonstock will display two sets of figures: The first data item is the market capitalization for allclasses of common stock. The second figure (inside parentheses) is the market capitalization of theclass that is being viewed, and not necessarily the "primary" class.
Sales - Annual sales as of the company's most recently completed fiscal year.
Shares in Float - Number of shares owned and available to the public for trading.This amount represents the total capitalization less restricted shares, insider positions, andshares held by management. If this data field is blank, all company shares outstanding areconsidered to be available for public trading (Float Supply will equal Shares Outstanding.)
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3. Annual Earnings
Fiscal Year End - The end date of the 12 month period used by a company foraccounting purposes. Does not necessarily correspond to the calendar year end. Indicated under theYear label.
Earnings Per Share, Annual Results - When available, up to eight years of annualearnings per share results will be displayed. Results are adjusted for stock splits, restatement ofearnings, and/or related items in order to provide truly comparable data.
Price Range, 52-Week High/Low - Indicates the highest and lowest price the stock hasreached in the last 52 weeks of trading. Price range data includes intra-day highs and lows.
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4. Stock Ratings
Master Score - The MarketSmith Master Score incorporates earnings growth, relativeprice strength, price-volume characteristics, industry group relative strength, and other factors tocreate one easy to use rating of stocks that share similar characteristics of the most successfulstocks in our historical studies. In general, concentrate your investment research on stocks with arating of B (60) or better.
Earnings Per Share (EPS) Rating - The EPS Rating compares a company's earnings pershare growth with all other domestically traded companies in our database. Stocks are rated on a 1to 99 scale (best), based on a calculation that combines the company's two most recent quarters ofearnings per share growth with its three-year to five-year annual growth rate. Strong earnings areessential to propel a stock upward in the market. Based on our studies of history's greatestoutperforming stocks, we prefer stocks with an EPS rating of 80 or better.
Price Strength = Relative Strength (RS) Rating - The Relative Strength Rating showsyou which stocks are the best price performers over the previous 12 months. The performance is thencompared with the performance of all other publicly traded companies in India on a 1 to 99 scale,with 99 being the best. Based on our studies of history's greatest outperforming stocks, we preferstocks with an RS Rating of 80 or better.
Accumulation/Distribution (Acc/Dis) Rating® - TheAccumulation/Distribution Rating measures the degree to which the market is buying (accumulation) orselling (distribution) a particular stock over the past 13 weeks. Since stock prices are directlyaffected by how many investors are buying or selling it, this rating helps you determine a stock'smost likely future direction. A=Heavy buying, B=Moderate buying, C=Equal amount of buying andselling, D=Moderate selling, and E=Heavy selling. Based on our studies of history's greatestoutperforming stocks, we prefer stocks with an Investor Demand rating of "C-" or better.
Group Strength = Industry Group Rank - The Industry Group Rank measures a stock'sindustry group performance over the past six months. History shows that the biggest advances comefrom quality stocks in the strongest industries. The upward movement of a whole industry boosts thepotential of stocks within the group. This rating grades all 197 Industry Groups from 1 (best) to197 (worst), so you can focus on the best groups. Based on our studies of history's greatestoutperforming stocks, we prefer stocks with an Industry Group Ranking of 1 to 40.
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5. Key Financial Stats
Yield - This figure represents the relationship of an annualized dividend to astock's price. To create this figure, we "annualized" (multiply by pay frequency) the most recentlypaid dividend and divide it by the prior day's closing price. When a stock does not pay a dividend,the data item will be reported as NONE.
Book Value x (Value) - Calculated by dividing the current price by the per sharebook value (total shareholders equity for fiscal year-end divided by common shares outstanding.)
Up/Down Volume Ratio - A 50-day ratio that is derived by dividing total volume on updays by the total volume on down days. A ratio greater than 1.0 implies positive demand for a stock.
EPS Growth Rate, 3-5 Year - The average earnings per share growth rate over the last3-to-5 year period based on a trailing four-quarter count. The amount of time used for thiscalculation will consist of at least three years but no more than five years of positive earningsper share. The biggest stock market winners historically showed an annual earnings growth rate of25% or more before they made their huge gains.
Earnings Stability - Lower numbers represent more stable company earnings history.Higher numbers represent a tendency for more volatile or unpredictable earnings history.
Price/Earnings (P/E) Ratio - The P/E ratio is computed daily using the most recentclosing price and the latest trailing 12 months of earnings.
Price/Earnings (P/E) Ratio, 5-Year Low/High Range - Represents the lowest andhighest Price/Earnings Ratio range a stock experiences over a period of up to 5 years. A P/E ratiois derived by dividing a closing price by the summation of the latest four quarters of earnings.
Return on Equity - Presented as a percentage figure, it is derived by dividingannual income by an average of the latest fiscal year and the prior year's stockholders equity.Brackets [ ] will surround the ROE percentage if the net income being used to derive the data is notfrom the most recently completed fiscal year and will indicate the year the percentage figurecorresponds to. As an indicator of a company's financial performance, it measures how efficient acompany is with its money. The biggest stock market winners historically showed an ROE of 17% to 50%before they made their huge gains.
Cash Flow Per Share From Operations - Derived by adding depreciation, depletion andamortization to the company's net income and dividing this figure by the shares outstanding.Brackets [ ] will surround the Cash Flow figure if the net income being used to derive the data isnot from the most recently completed fiscal year and will indicate the year the figure correspondsto.
Debt - Expressed in percentage, this figure is based on fiscal year-end values,dividing the long-term debt (including lease obligations, convertible debt and mortgages) byshareholders equity.
Alpha - An expression of how much a stock would have appreciated or depreciated onaverage on a daily basis over the last year, assuming the market index remained unchanged during theperiod. For example, an ALPHA of 0.1 means the stock's price would have appreciated at the rate of0.1% per day over the last year, assuming an unchanged market index. At least 260 days of pricehistory are needed to compute the Alpha data item. It is updated daily after the market close.
Beta - Measures a stock's price volatility relative to price performance of themarket index, over a 12-month period. Beta values range from 9.99 (positive) to -9.99 (negative). Astock with a high beta coefficient (in absolute terms), such as 2.50 or -2.50, is likely to havegreater price percentage movement relative to the market index. Conversely, a stock with a low Betacoefficient (in absolute terms), such as 0.75 or -0.75, will have the tendency to rise or fall inprice more slowly than the market index. At least 260 days of price history are needed to computethe Beta data item. It is updated every day after the market close.
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6. Quarterly Earnings
Earnings Per Share, Interim Period Comparison - Interim period earnings per sharecompared to earnings in the same interim period of the previous year. Amount is based on continuingoperations.
Earnings Per Share Percentage Change - Percentage change in earnings per sharecompared to the same interim period of the previous year. Figures in blue represent an increase inearnings from prior year interim period, whereas figures in magenta indicate a decrease in earningsper share. The biggest stock market winners historically showed an interim period earnings growthrate of 25% or more before they made their huge gains.
Sales, Interim Period Comparison - Most recent interim period sales amount versussales amount of same interim period in the previous year.
Sales, Percentage Change - Percentage change in sales compared to the same interimperiod of the previous year. Figures in blue are equal to, or greater than sales from prior yearquarter, whereas figures in magenta indicate a decrease in sales.
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