RegimeRank turns a lot of market and financial data into a few clear signals. This page explains what each number means and the ideas behind it — not a recipe. Three things sit at the core: the market regime, the fundamental rating, and analyst readings.

The market regime

Markets behave very differently depending on the environment. RegimeRank summarizes today's environment along two intuitive dimensions:

• Trend — is the market broadly rising or falling, and is that move broad or narrow?
• Stress — how much fear and financial strain is in the system?

Together these place the market in a named regime — for example healthy bull, recovery, bull under pressure, grinding bear, or crash. The regime also suggests a broad posture (more growth-oriented vs. more defensive) and changes which fundamental strengths matter most right now.

The fundamental rating

Every covered company gets a single score from 0 to 100, blending several dimensions of business quality:

• Quality — how durable and efficient the business is.
• Growth — whether it's expanding in ways that actually matter.
• Valuation — whether it's reasonably priced.
• Financial strength — whether it can withstand a downturn.
• Profitability trend — whether margins are improving or slipping.
• Shareholder discipline — how well management treats owners.

Two principles make the score meaningful:

• Judged against sector peers. A company is compared with others in its own sector — a strong margin means something different for a software firm than a grocer — so the score reflects relative standing.
• Point-in-time. Historical figures are only used once they were actually public, so the rating never benefits from hindsight.

Scores roll up into easy bands — Excellent, Strong, Acceptable, Weak, and Avoid — and a regime-adjusted view re-emphasizes the qualities that the current environment rewards.

Red flags

Beyond the score, specific dangers are badged directly — things like shrinking sales, losses, heavy share dilution, excessive debt, or persistent cash burn — so the biggest risks are never hidden behind a single number. Flags are applied sensibly by sector.

Analyst readings

For context only — and deliberately kept separate from the rating — each stock also shows what Wall Street thinks: the consensus rating (Strong Buy to Sell), how many analysts cover it, the average price target versus today's price, and recent upgrade/downgrade activity.

Coverage

RegimeRank covers a broad universe of liquid, US-listed operating companies, refreshed every weekday.

Not investment advice. RegimeRank is a quantitative screen for research and education only. Scores describe relative standing, can contain data errors, and are not a recommendation to buy or sell. Always do your own research.