Fundamental analysis of ~3,000 US companies, built from their own SEC filings.
Most stock pages are a database schema with a chart on top: every ratio anyone has ever computed, in no particular order, leaving you to work out which ones matter. QW Research is built the other way round — around the questions an analyst actually asks before putting money into a business, with the evidence for each answer and the gaps named rather than hidden.
It is free, needs no account, and the figures come from primary filings rather than a vendor's summary of them.
Every stock page answers these, in order, and shows its working.
Return on invested capital against its own cost of capital — a company earning less than it pays for money is consuming it, however fast revenue grows.
How much reported profit turns into cash, and what accruals, receivables and share-based compensation do to the gap.
Leverage, interest coverage and liquidity — tested against a downturn, not against last year's good quarter.
The growth today's share price already assumes, worked backwards from cash flow — and how often companies have actually delivered it.
SEC EDGAR, the primary source — the filings themselves, not a reseller.
XBRL financial data from every 10-K and 10-Q — the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow behind questions 1 to 4.
Form 4, classified by what each trade meant rather than its SEC code — most reported “selling” is scheduled plans and payroll.
13F holdings for 8,000+ filers, to show who owns a company and what they did last quarter.
Enter a ticker to see the four questions answered for it.
Or start from Markets and work down to a shortlist.
QW Research is a research tool, not an advisor. Nothing here is investment advice, and no figure on this site is a recommendation to buy or sell.