Guides to valuation research

Start with the five-year percentile, then use a guide to put the numbers to work.

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7 min read

What Is a Valuation Percentile?

The core idea behind StockResearch: rank a stock’s multiple against its own five-year history instead of against other companies. What a 4th-percentile P/E means, what it doesn’t, and where the method breaks.

Valuation

Percentiles, multiples and the band chart that ties them together.

4 min read

Steel, Copper and the P/E Cycle

Strong commodity prices can lift earnings faster than share prices, making a trailing P/E look low when profits are unusually high.

7 min read

How to Read a Valuation Band Chart

The median line, the interquartile band, and the current marker: how to read multiple compression and expansion, and how to tell price-driven compression from a justified de-rating.

Screening

Turn the ideas into repeatable scans.

8 min read

Screening for Compression Without Deceleration

A two-axis screen: valuation percentile on one axis, growth trend on the other. How to run it in the screener, why forced-selling episodes produce exactly this signature, and the false positives to check for.

Cross-listing

One company, two tickers: ADRs, CDIs, ratios and spreads.

8 min read

ADR and CDI Basics: How Cross-Listed Stocks Work

One company, two tickers, two currencies. Depositary ratios, FX normalization, parity prices, and why premiums and discounts open up between listings, with the mechanics worked through step by step.

Using StockResearch

Workflows across the tools.

7 min read

How to Research a Stock in 15 Minutes

An opinionated triage workflow across StockResearch: search, valuation hub, screener context, comps, and a cross-listing check. Plus an honest account of what 15 minutes cannot tell you.

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