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Ratings Exploration

Overview​

The Ratings Exploration profile displays long-term strength and institutional behavior metrics for companies that meet a minimum Liquidity Rating threshold. It focuses on MarketAlpha’s proprietary scoring models for earnings, sales, profit, and overall technical/fundamental performance.

This view is ideal for exploring quality signals across liquid common shares — especially when researching compounders, identifying strong fundamental trends, or filtering setups for further analysis.

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This profile only includes common shares with a Liquidity Rating greater than 70 to ensure tradeable results with sufficient price discovery.

Strategy Focus​

  • Evaluate companies with strong or weak ratings in key financial and momentum areas
  • Identify compounders, outperformers, or laggards based on core MarketAlpha ratings
  • Screen stocks by EPS, Sales, Profit, or overall MarketAlpha Rating
  • Detect institutional accumulation or distribution using price/volume behavior
  • Monitor long-term leadership trends via industry and theme ratings
  • Spot setups with strong rating foundations and upcoming earnings events

Filters Applied​

  • Ticker Type = Common Shares
  • Liquidity Rating > 70: Ensures all names meet minimum thresholds for real-time visibility and execution quality

Metrics Used​

Core Ratings​

  • MarketAlpha Rating: A composite score combining multiple structural, technical, and fundamental signals. High ratings suggest broad leadership strength across disciplines.
  • EPS Rating: Tracks both short- and long-term EPS growth using normalized data. Useful for identifying earnings-driven leaders or laggards.
  • Sales Rating: Captures acceleration and consistency in revenue performance. Helpful for spotting early growth names and top-line compounders.
  • Profit Rating: Measures profitability via margin trends and capital efficiency. Surfaces high-quality businesses and financially durable models.

Institutional Behavior and Sentiment​

  • Accumulation/Distribution Score: Flags whether recent volume and price behavior shows signs of institutional buying (+3) or selling (-3). Helps confirm setups or highlight quiet exits.

Relative Strength and Momentum​

  • Relative Strength 1 Month, Relative Strength 1 Year: Quantifies short- and long-term performance versus the market. Use to confirm momentum or evaluate durability of trends.
  • Industry Rating 1 Year, Theme Rating 1 Year: Show how the company’s group or theme has performed over the past 12 months — useful for aligning with long-term macro or sector strength.

Price Action and Fundamentals​

  • Last Price ($), Change From Close (%): Provide basic price action context during the session
  • 52 Week High (%): Measures distance from the yearly high — supports breakout or reversion scans
  • Return Year to Date (%): Tracks total performance since the beginning of the year
  • Next Earnings In Days: Displays how soon the next earnings report is due — relevant for avoiding event risk or preparing for a catalyst

Liquidity and Sorting​

  • Dollar Volume Rank: Ensures that results are sorted by capital flow and liquidity to prioritize tradeable tickers

Default Sorting Logic​

Results are sorted by Dollar Volume Rank (ascending) to surface liquid, high-interest names with valid structural data.

Practical Use Cases​

  • Explore stocks with strong or weak EPS, Sales, or Profit trends
  • Identify long-term outperformers across industry and theme groupings
  • Confirm whether a ticker is showing accumulation or distribution behavior
  • Build quality watchlists based on rating strength and institutional flows
  • Compare valuation and strength across high-liquidity names
  • Monitor for upcoming earnings reports to manage exposure around catalysts