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Rating Leaders

Overview​

This profile highlights industries and themes with the highest combined fundamental strength based on MarketAlpha’s EPS, Sales, and Profit Ratings. Groups that pass all rating thresholds are then ranked by Year-to-Date return to reveal top-performing leadership areas backed by real quality.

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This profile filters for groups with EPS Rating ≥ 80, Sales Rating ≥ 80, and Profit Rating ≥ 60, surfacing only the strongest fundamental clusters in the market. Results update in real time and are sorted by Year-to-Date return.

Strategy Focus​

  • Surface fundamentally superior groups with strong earnings growth, revenue expansion, and margin performance
  • Combine rating filters with YTD performance to highlight quality-backed leadership
  • Evaluate long-term strength and persistence using 1Y group ratings and relative strength
  • Cross-reference AI setup concentration and recent accumulation/distribution signals
  • Monitor volume and participation trends to confirm real interest and liquidity
  • Identify next-stage breakout or continuation candidates based on fundamental confirmation

Filters Applied​

This profile applies a strict fundamental filter to highlight only high-quality group clusters:

  • EPS Rating ≥ 80: Ensures the group is among the top tier in relative earnings growth and consistency
  • Sales Rating ≥ 80: Requires strong recent and long-term revenue expansion
  • Profit Rating ≥ 60: Confirms healthy margins and efficient capital allocation

All three conditions must be met simultaneously. Only groups that satisfy the full filter set are included.

Metrics Used​

Group Identity & Structure​

  • Industry / Theme: Identifies each group as a core industry or macro theme.
  • Tickers: Total companies in the group, helping assess size and scope.

Price Movement & Participation​

  • Change Pre (%): Pre-market move weighted by market cap — shows early sentiment in leadership names.
  • Change From Close (%): Market-cap-weighted move during the regular session — gauges full-day confirmation.

Fundamental Strength​

  • EPS Rating: Captures recent and long-term EPS trends using normalized earnings data.
  • Sales Rating: Reflects both quarterly acceleration and multi-year expansion.
  • Profit Rating: Measures profitability quality across margins and returns — key in quality screens.

Group Ratings & Momentum​

  • Group Rating 1 Day: Measures real-time leadership across sessions — confirms short-term strength.
  • Group Rating 1 Year: Evaluates long-term outperformance — ideal for durable trend filters.

Relative Strength & Trend Participation​

  • Rel. Strength 1 Day 90+ (%): Percent of companies ranked in the top decile for today’s strength.
  • Rel. Strength 1 Year 90+ (%): Percent of consistent outperformers over the past 12 months.

Volume & Flow​

  • Total Volume (%): Share of daily market volume — indicates group relevance and liquidity.
  • Relative Volume: Intraday volume vs. average — confirms active rotation or accumulation.

Return Trend​

  • Return Year to Date (%): Primary sort metric — shows which high-rated groups are actually performing.

Earnings Catalyst​

  • Reports Earnings Within 1 Week: Flags near-term catalysts that could drive volatility or continuation.

Price Structure​

  • Last Price > Prev. High (%): Percent breaking out past prior highs — a sign of real strength.
  • Last Price < Prev. Low (%): Percent breaking down — can help identify internal bifurcation.

Divergence & Setup Conditions​

  • Positive RSI Divergence 14D (%): Percent of companies with bullish RSI divergence — potential continuation or reversal strength.
  • Negative RSI Divergence 14D (%): Percent with bearish divergence — highlights possible exhaustion or fading leadership.
  • Tight Range (%): Percent of companies showing compression — possible breakout zones forming.

AI Signals​

  • Top Alpha Setups: Number of companies in the group currently flagged with high-confidence AI setups.

Default Sorting Logic​

Results are sorted by Return Year to Date (%) in descending order — highlighting which high-rated groups are also delivering strong market performance.

Practical Use Cases​

  • Focus on industries showing strong alignment between fundamentals and price
  • Build rotational baskets around high-rated, high-return clusters
  • Jump into Ticker Screener to evaluate company-level fundamentals behind group strength
  • Use Multi-Charts to scan for breakout formations in top fundamental groups
  • Explore risk/reward or volume patterns from Group Viewer to assess entry conditions
  • Monitor carryover leadership for swing trading, ETF pairings, or sector rotation strategies