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EPS Exploration

Overview​

The EPS Exploration profile displays detailed insights into a company’s earnings-per-share performance, both historically and across forward-looking analyst forecasts. It is designed for users interested in exploring the trajectory and strength of earnings growth, based on normalized quarterly data.

This view is ideal for screening companies with strong or weak earnings momentum, assessing forecast acceleration, and identifying trends in forward expectations — all among liquid, actively traded common shares.

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This profile filters for common shares with a Liquidity Rating > 70, ensuring results represent companies with meaningful price discovery and participation.

Strategy Focus​

  • Explore historical and projected EPS growth trends across multiple timeframes
  • Identify companies with accelerating or decelerating forward earnings
  • Compare near-term and long-term EPS rating strength using MarketAlpha scoring
  • Analyze forecast inflection points or streaks in positive growth
  • Spot fundamental improvement backed by earnings, sales, and profitability
  • Prepare for potential earnings-driven moves by tracking next report timing

Filters Applied​

  • Ticker Type = Common Shares
  • Liquidity Rating > 70: Ensures sufficient trading volume, spread efficiency, and chart structure

Metrics Used​

EPS Growth and Ratings​

  • EPS Rating: Tracks earnings strength based on short-term momentum and long-term growth. Scores from 1 to 99 reflect relative EPS performance across all stocks.
  • EPS Growth – Latest Quarter (%), EPS Growth – 2Q Ago (%), EPS Growth – 3Q Ago (%): Show quarterly year-over-year growth rates, giving visibility into recent EPS trends.
  • EPS Growth – Next/2/3 Quarters Forward (%): Based on analyst forecasts, these values estimate upcoming growth momentum — key to anticipating future earnings trends.
  • Avg. EPS Growth – 3 Years (%): Captures multi-year performance for identifying consistently growing companies.
  • Avg. EPS Growth – 3 Years Forward (%): Smooths forward projections across three quarters to assess expected earnings sustainability.

Institutional and Composite Metrics​

  • Accumulation/Distribution Score: Helps confirm whether price/volume behavior supports the fundamental trend. Accumulation (scores ≥ 2) may signal quiet institutional conviction behind EPS trends.
  • MarketAlpha Rating: Combines technical structure, trend quality, and fundamentals — offering a high-level signal to support or question earnings strength.
  • Sales Rating, Profit Rating: Provide supporting context. Strong earnings are often backed by revenue momentum and margin expansion. These scores complete the earnings growth picture.

Event Timing and Momentum​

  • Next Earnings In Days: Tracks how soon the company will report — useful for managing event risk or preparing for potential volatility
  • 52 Week High (%): Highlights proximity to breakout levels — relevant when earnings momentum fuels price discovery
  • Return Year to Date (%): Offers performance context and helps distinguish between consistent compounders and new growth breakouts
  • Dollar Volume Rank: Sorts results by liquidity to prioritize names with strong institutional visibility and order flow

Default Sorting Logic​

Results are sorted by Dollar Volume Rank (ascending) to highlight the most liquid names for exploration and further filtering.

Practical Use Cases​

  • Evaluate short- and long-term EPS performance side by side
  • Identify stocks with strong forecast momentum or accelerating growth
  • Analyze earnings stability using multi-quarter averages and historical baselines
  • Monitor stocks with upcoming earnings reports and high relative earnings momentum
  • Confirm EPS setups with institutional accumulation or composite strength
  • Use in combination with sales and profit metrics to build a fundamental trend screen