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EPS Exploration

Overview​

This profile focuses on group-level earnings strength and growth potential, highlighting industries and themes with exceptional historical and forward EPS metrics. It combines short- and long-term EPS growth with MarketAlpha’s proprietary EPS Rating to surface the highest-quality earnings clusters in the market.

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This is a column-only profile designed to explore EPS trends, acceleration, and quality across groups. All results update in real time and are sorted by EPS Rating in descending order.

Strategy Focus​

  • Identify top-ranked earnings groups using combined quality and growth signals
  • Compare long-term vs. forward EPS growth to detect consistency or acceleration
  • Track structural earnings strength for swing or trend-following strategies
  • Combine with Sales and Profit Ratings for full-picture fundamental screening
  • Surface high-cap, high-volume groups where EPS growth aligns with liquidity
  • Use as a foundation to filter breakout or recovery setups with earnings quality

Filters Applied​

This profile applies no filters — all groups are included and sorted by EPS Rating, with supporting EPS growth columns for full trend evaluation.

Metrics Used​

EPS Growth & Rating​

  • EPS Rating: Measures a group’s earnings-per-share performance relative to all other groups on the platform, on a 1–99 scale.
  • EPS Growth - 3 Years (%): Annualized earnings growth over the past 3 years — reflects long-term trend durability.
  • EPS Growth - Latest Year (%): Trailing 12-month growth — confirms recent trend continuation or slowdown.
  • EPS Growth - Next Year Forward (%): Forecasted EPS growth for the next fiscal year — helps detect acceleration.
  • EPS Growth - Latest Quarter (%): Most recent reported quarterly growth — useful for short-term earnings momentum.
  • EPS Growth - Next Quarter Forward (%): Projected quarterly growth — adds near-term context to setup timing.

Group Identity & Fundamentals​

  • Industry / Theme: Group category — industry or macro narrative lens.
  • Tickers: Number of companies in the group — supports scale and participation analysis.
  • Sales Rating: Reflects revenue consistency — helps validate growth quality beyond earnings.
  • Profit Rating: Measures margin strength and operational efficiency — pairs with EPS growth to confirm sustainability.

Volume & Size Context​

  • Total Market Cap. (%): Share of total market capitalization — helps weigh influence and size.
  • Total Avg. Volume 3 Months (%): Group’s average volume share — indicates structural liquidity.

Performance & Positioning​

  • Return 1 Month (%): Recent price performance — shows how EPS growth translates to price action.
  • Return Year to Date (%): Full-year price trend — confirms long-term alignment.
  • Group Rating 1 Day: Intraday relative strength — detects recent momentum.
  • Group Rating 1 Year: Long-term strength score — highlights consistent leaders.

Behavioral Signals​

  • Accumulation/Distribution Score: Institutional flow patterns — supports sentiment around strong EPS groups.
  • Reports Earnings Within 1 Week: Indicates near-term catalysts that could amplify setups.
  • Top Alpha Setups: Count of AI-confirmed opportunities — validates current trade potential.
  • Tight Range (%): Measures consolidation — useful for breakout scans among high-EPS groups.

Default Sorting Logic​

Results are sorted by EPS Rating in descending order — placing the highest quality and most consistent earnings groups at the top.

Practical Use Cases​

  • Find top EPS performers across different industries or macro themes
  • Jump to Ticker Screener to review companies driving group-level earnings strength
  • Track earnings momentum or acceleration by comparing past vs. forward metrics
  • Scan for breakout or recovery setups among structurally profitable groups
  • Combine with volume or rating overlays for multi-factor screening
  • Use in watchlist workflows for swing trading, earnings strategies, or fundamental alignment