Decode every metric with a smile
This playful primer translates the vocabulary scattered through Fintrinsic reports into everyday language. Jump to the topic you need, skim the highlights, and feel empowered chasing your next thesis.
Report Basics
Start with the phrases that greet you at the top of every VIS report.
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Trailing twelve months (TTM)
TTM pulls the latest four quarters of reported results into a rolling year so seasonal swings are smoothed when you compare companies.
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Revenue (TTM)
The top-line sales a company actually booked over the last twelve months. It is the anchor for growth trends and price-to-sales multiples.
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Earnings per share (EPS, TTM)
Net income divided by diluted shares outstanding across the last twelve months. Fintrinsic pairs it with revenue in charts so you can see whether profitability is pacing growth.
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Sector tag
The GICS-style sector label Fintrinsic uses to benchmark valuation ranges and growth rates against a relevant peer set.
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VIS score
A 0-100 composite that blends valuation, quality, momentum, and narrative alignment. Higher scores tilt toward stronger investment setups and unlock the detailed VIS breakdown cards.
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AI verdict
Fintrinsic's natural-language summary that distills the report into a thesis, highlights key drivers, and flags what deserves follow-up.
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Buy / Hold / Sell rating
A shorthand label derived from the VIS score and verdict language. It points to the current bias without replacing your own judgment.
Data Freshness
Badges under the header explain how fresh every data stream is.
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Price as of
Timestamp for the last quote Fintrinsic ingested. If market data comes with an exchange delay, you will also see a Delayed badge.
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Financials updated
Marks when the underlying financial statements were last refreshed from filings so you know if a recent 10-Q is already baked in.
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Estimates as of
Shows the vintage of sell-side or consensus estimates that power forward-looking metrics such as forward P/E.
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Delayed badge
Signals that the price feed arrives on a 15-minute delay. It does not affect the rest of the fundamentals.
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Cached report
Fintrinsic will serve a recently generated report instantly and regenerate in the background for speed. A cache note appears when that happens.
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Stale cache warning
If the cached copy is older than we like, you get a yellow "Stale cache" callout so you know to regen or wait for the background refresh.
Profitability & Efficiency
These cards explain how well the core business converts sales into profits.
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Gross margin
Revenue minus direct production costs, expressed as a percentage. Healthy gross margins buy room for R&D, marketing, and resilience when the cycle turns.
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Operating margin
Operating income divided by revenue. It folds in overhead spend to reveal how scalable the business model really is.
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Return on invested capital (ROIC)
Measures how much profit the company earns for every dollar tied up in debt and equity capital. Fintrinsic flags high and stable ROIC as a quality signal.
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Net debt / net cash
Total debt minus cash and short-term investments. A negative number gets labeled "Net Cash" and signals balance-sheet optionality.
Cash Flow Signals
Follow the cash that fuels buybacks, dividends, and reinvestment.
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Free cash flow (FCF)
Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures. Rising FCF means the business can self-fund growth, payouts, or M&A without leaning on lenders.
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Operating cash flow
Cash generated by the core business before financing or investing activities. It is the lifeblood that should move in the same direction as earnings.
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Capital expenditures (Capex)
Long-term investments in property, equipment, and tech. Capex is subtracted from operating cash flow to reach free cash flow.
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Free cash flow history chart
Plots several periods of FCF so you can spot acceleration, slowdowns, or lumpy project cycles at a glance.
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Cash flow statement trio
Fintrinsic references operating, investing, and financing cash flows as three streams that explain how liquidity moves through the company.
Valuation Multiples
Snapshot ratios that translate fundamentals into a price tag.
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Price-to-earnings (P/E)
Current share price divided by trailing twelve-month EPS. High P/E numbers imply investors are paying up for growth or perceived safety.
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Forward P/E
Price divided by next-twelve-month EPS estimates. It bakes in analyst expectations and lets you see how quickly valuation could compress or expand.
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Price-to-sales (P/S)
Market cap divided by trailing twelve-month revenue. Useful for earlier-stage or thin-margin companies where earnings are noisy.
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Enterprise value (EV)
Market cap plus net debt. EV represents the takeover price a buyer would effectively pay for the entire operating business.
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EV / EBITDA
Enterprise value divided by earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. It approximates how much you pay for core operating cash generation.
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Free cash flow yield
Free cash flow divided by market cap. The higher the yield, the more cash the company produces relative to its price.
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Sector median bands
Fintrinsic plots sector median valuation multiples alongside the current reading so you can see whether the stock trades at a premium or discount.
Discounted Cash Flow Toolkit
Deconstruct the DCF card and the reverse DCF chart.
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Discounted cash flow (DCF)
Values a company by projecting future cash flows and discounting them back to today at an appropriate hurdle rate.
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Reverse DCF
Asks what growth rate the current market price is already pricing in. Fintrinsic's chart shows whether that implied growth feels realistic.
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Free cash flow to the firm (FCFF)
Cash available to all capital providers before interest payments. Used when the model values the whole enterprise.
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Free cash flow to equity (FCFE)
Cash left for common shareholders after servicing debt. Used for equity-focused DCF runs.
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Weighted average cost of capital (WACC)
Blends the required returns for debt and equity investors into a discount rate. Higher risk or leverage pushes WACC up.
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Terminal growth rate
The steady-state growth assumption applied after the explicit forecast period. It should sit near long-term GDP or inflation for mature firms.
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Forecast horizon
Number of years Fintrinsic explicitly models before switching to the terminal value calculation.
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Baseline cash flow
Starting cash flow figure that future years build from. Anchoring too high or too low can skew the valuation.
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Bull, Base, Bear scenarios
Three valuation cases with different growth and margin assumptions so you can bound upside and downside instead of betting on a single outcome.
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Fair value range
The scenario outputs translated into per-share values. Compare them to the current price to judge the margin of safety.
Market Pulse
The intraday tile bridges fundamentals with live trading context.
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Intraday view
Plots price action using short interval data so you can check how the stock is trading while you read the fundamentals.
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Volume
Shows the number of shares traded during each interval. Spikes hint at catalysts or liquidity drying up.
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Dividend-adjusted price
Smooths historical prices for paid dividends so long-term charts do not drop when cash leaves the business.
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Lookback windows
5m, 15m, 30m, 1h, and 4h presets that change how much history the chart shows without overwhelming you with raw timestamps.
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View toggles
Switch between price, volume, and dividend-adjusted series. Each view keeps the scale that makes the signal easiest to interpret.
VIS Components
Understand the pillars that feed the overall VIS score.
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Financial strength
Assesses balance sheet resiliency, cash buffers, and leverage trends. Net cash and recurring revenue tilt this score higher.
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Earnings momentum
Tracks the direction and consistency of earnings growth. Acceleration earns a premium, while negative revisions drag the score down.
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Valuation attractiveness
Grades where current multiples sit versus history and peers. Cheaper valuations for the growth delivered drive the score up.
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Narrative alignment
Checks whether recent events, product launches, or management commentary back up the investment story suggested by the numbers.
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Trend persistence
Momentum-specific component that looks at 3- and 6-month price action z-scores to gauge whether the trend is durable.
Earnings & Guidance
The narrative section that keeps you looped into management's roadmap.
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Earnings guidance summary
Captures management outlook, beats, and misses in plain language so you can see how expectations are shifting.
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Guidance highlights
Bullet points Fintrinsic pulls from calls and filings to flag revenue drivers, margin targets, or cost headwinds.
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Recent earnings dates
Lists the last couple of quarterly report dates so you can line up catalysts with price moves in the charts.
Evidence & Grounding
Know where every citation and source badge comes from.
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Grounded mode
When enabled, Fintrinsic searches filings and press releases, then attaches direct quotes to claims made in the report.
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Model-only analysis
A faster path that leans on structured data and large language models without live document citations. You can toggle back to grounded whenever you need proof.
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SEC filing
Primary-source documents such as 10-K annual reports, 10-Q quarterlies, and 8-K event updates filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Investor relations (IR)
Materials straight from the company's IR site - presentations, shareholder letters, or FAQs that supplement official filings.
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Press
Credible news releases or media coverage that Fintrinsic uses when filings have not yet captured a development.
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Form 10-K / 10-Q / 8-K
10-Ks deliver audited annual detail, 10-Qs provide quarterly updates, and 8-Ks announce material events between reporting cycles.
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View source link
Opens the cited document in a new tab so you can inspect the context. Each snippet includes the publication date when available.
