Stock market investors seeking the best stocks for their strategy often begin with screeners like the one available on InvestingPro.
These tools help identify stocks that meet specific criteria, marking the initial step in the investment process. However, the next crucial phase involves delving deeper into the individual profile of each screened stock to ascertain its true potential.
In this article, we'll introduce you to InvestingPro's 'Overview' tab, dissecting each section to unveil the valuable insights it offers to investors. For every stock in the market, this tab consolidates critical data onto a single page, facilitating a rapid assessment of each opportunity and saving precious time.
The first exchange data section, in the left-hand column, provides the real-time price of the stock under review, as well as its daily variation and 52-week range:
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Below this first section is the historical chart of the share price, which can be displayed on various time scales.
Next comes the «company profile», which provides a text summary of the company's activity, as well as the date of its latest and next quarterly results.
This block also includes a list of the stock's main strengths and weaknesses, in the form of an automatically updated summary list:
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The next section, called «Data Explorer», displays information on the stock's main metrics, as well as historical mini-graphs for each metric. It is of course possible to configure this block to display the metrics of your choice:
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The next block allows you to compare the stock under study with its peers and sector, for various metrics, in terms of market data, value, size, growth, and earnings:
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