What do I do here?
On this portion of the website, you can now search up the stock you want to view and our stock analysis program will give you an analysis of your selected stock.
The program will factor in many things about your selected stock such as what their profits are, how they manage their company, and much more!
The best part is the analysis is free!
How do I get an analysis of a stock
To get an analysis of a stock, make sure you have Python3 installed along with the following libraries, lxml, html, requests, time, sleep, json, argparse, collections,
OrderedDict, and iexfinance(look below for how to install libraries). Make sure you download the program by clicking the blue cloud. Also, make sure the program and python
are in the same file. Then, right click the Windows button and select Command Prompt. Then, type in "python stock-analysis.py" + a stock ticker. For example, to get an analysis of
Apple, you would type,"python3 stock-analysis.py appl". The program will run and give you a lot of info about the stock and how those correlate to the stock being a good
investment. Look below for a definition list of all the terms used in the analysis
How do I install libraries?
To install a library, type "pip install + the library you want to install" in Command Prompt
Stock Definitions:
Price To Sales Ratio:The price-to-sales ratio is a valuation ratio that compares a company’s stock price to its revenues.The price-to-sales ratio is an indicator of
the value placed on each dollar of a company’s sales or revenues.
Dividend Yield: The dividend yield is the ratio of a company's annual dividend compared to its share price. While high dividend yields are attractive, they may come
at the cost of growth potential. Every dollar a company is paying in dividends to its shareholders is a dollar that company is not reinvesting to grow and generate capital gains.
Return on Assets,(ROA): Return on assets (ROA) is an indicator of how profitable a company is relative to its total assets. ROA gives a manager, investor, or analyst an
idea as to how efficient a company's management is at using its assets to generate earnings.
Profit Margin:Profit margin is one of the commonly used profitability ratios to gauge the profitability of a business activity. It represents how much percentage of sales
has turned into profits.
Return on Equity: Return on equity (ROE) is a measure of financial performance calculated by dividing net income by shareholders' equity.
Surprise: An earnings surprise occurs when a company's reported quarterly or annual profits are above or below analysts' expectations. Earnings surprises can have a huge
impact on a company's stock price. Several studies suggest that positive earnings surprises not only lead to an immediate hike in a stock's price, but also to a gradual increase
over time. A negative earnings surprise will usually result in a decline in share price.
Beta: Beta is a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the entire market or a benchmark.
