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How to use the Analyst Ratings Screener

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The screener ranks a broad universe of stocks on where analysts stand today, how that consensus is shifting, and how the price itself is behaving. Each row combines an analyst-sentiment picture with price momentum and a few valuation metrics, so you can spot names where the story and the chart point the same way.

Every metric is sourced from Yahoo Finance and refreshed each time the dashboard is generated. Hover any column header in the screener to see a short reminder; this page is the full version.

Analyst sentiment

The ratings

Analysts covering a stock each publish a recommendation. We group them into five buckets and show the mix.

Ratings donut

The donut shows the current split of analyst recommendations across five levels: Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Sell, Strong Sell. The two big numbers are the share of Strong Buy (green) and Strong Sell (red). A donut that is mostly green means a broad bullish consensus; a meaningful red slice is unusual and worth a closer look.

How to read it: more green = analysts broadly positive. The exact Strong Buy % is what the next two columns track over time.

Strong Buy 3m. 3-month trend

This tracks the change in the share of Strong Buy ratings versus three months ago. It is not the level, but the direction: are analysts upgrading toward Strong Buy, or backing away from it?

How to read it: ↑ rising = the Strong Buy percentage grew over the last 3 months (upgrades, improving sentiment). ↓ falling = fewer Strong Buy ratings than before.

Strong Sell 3m. 3-month trend

The mirror image: the change in the share of Strong Sell ratings versus three months ago. A rising Strong Sell trend means analysts are turning more negative.

How to read it: ↑ rising = more Strong Sell ratings than 3 months ago (a warning sign). Falling = the pessimism is easing.
Price behaviour

Momentum & trend

Two indicators describe what the price has actually been doing, independent of what analysts say.

Z-score momentum 24 months

A single score that blends the stock's 6-month and 12-month price return and normalises it, so names of very different volatility can be compared on the same scale. Higher = stronger recent momentum.

Bands: >2 very strong  |  1–2 strong  |  0–1 moderate  |  -1–0 weak  |  <-1 very weak.

MACD trend monthly

MACD is a classic trend indicator built from moving averages (EMA-12, EMA-26 and a 9-period signal line) on monthly closing prices. We only show its direction.

How to read it: ▲ rising = the MACD line is above its signal line (bullish trend). ▼ falling = MACD below signal (bearish trend). A fresh crossover is flagged as a "cross".
Targets & valuation

Price target and multiples

Price Target consensus

The average of analysts' 12-month price targets versus the current price. Green means the consensus target sits above today's price (upside); red means it sits below (downside).

P/E  ·  Fwd P/E  ·  PEG  ·  EPS gr. valuation

P/E = price divided by trailing 12-month earnings (roughly: <15 cheap, 15–25 fair, >25 expensive). Fwd P/E uses expected earnings for the next 12 months; a forward P/E below the trailing one implies expected earnings growth. PEG puts the P/E in the context of growth (<1 can signal undervaluation). EPS gr. is quarterly earnings growth versus the same quarter last year.

One-click filters

The presets: Top BUYs & Top SELLs

The two preset buttons apply a strict, four-part filter and then rank whatever survives. Every condition must be true at the same time — they are combined with AND, not OR.

▲ Top BUYs

A stock must meet all four conditions:
Ranked by: 0.4 × (Strong Buy %) + 0.3 × (ΔStrong Buy 3M) + 0.3 × (Z-score)

▼ Top SELLs

The mirror image — a stock must meet all four:
Ranked by: 0.4 × (Strong Sell %) + 0.3 × (ΔStrong Sell 3M) + 0.3 × (−Z-score)

ⓘ Why are there often no Top Sells?

This is expected, not a bug. Analyst ratings are heavily skewed toward Buy and Hold: Strong Sell is a rare rating, especially among large, widely-covered stocks. Very few names ever reach the 10% Strong Sell threshold in the first place.

On top of that, the preset demands three more things simultaneously — rising Strong Sell over 3 months, a Z-score at or below -1, and a bearish MACD. The overlap of all four is frequently empty, so an empty Top SELLs list usually means "nothing currently looks like a strong, confirmed sell," rather than a data problem.

If you want to see the softer sell candidates, skip the preset and use the column filters directly — for example sort Strong Sell 3m. by rising, or filter Z-score to very weak (<-1). That relaxes the AND logic and surfaces names that meet some, but not all, of the strict conditions.