Updated in 2026

STKtracker glossary

Every term on the platform explained in one line: indices, automatic badges and fundamental ratios.

Scoring indices

ISF — Financial Health Index: A 0-to-10 grade summing up a company's financial strength: profitability, debt level and cash generation. Its highest-importance factor is operating margin.
ICF — Growth Index: A 0-to-10 grade measuring revenue and earnings growth and whether that growth trades at a reasonable price. Its highest-importance factor is the PEG ratio.
ICE — Quality Index: A 0-to-10 grade assessing the intrinsic quality of the business: return on capital, margins and cash conversion. Its primary factors are ROIC and FCF margin.
IST — Turnaround Index: A 0-to-10 grade, the most speculative one, tracking possible inflection points in beaten-down companies: low valuation, recent improvement and insider buying. Its highest-importance factor is EV/EBITDA.
Data coverage: The share of an index's informative weight that could actually be evaluated. With enough coverage the index shows its grade; if limited, it is flagged as "partial data"; if insufficient, the index shows "n/a". Each index is computed as a weighted average over only the factors that have data, re-normalizing their weights.
n/a (no grade): An index shows "n/a" when there is not enough data to compute it reliably. ETFs and funds always show "n/a" across the four indices, because they have no financial statements comparable to a company's.

Automatic badges

Pull-Back: A solid company that has corrected temporarily: a possible entry opportunity.
Growth: Proven revenue and earnings growth over time.
GARP: Growth At Reasonable Price: growth at a sensible price, combining momentum and a contained valuation.
Insider: Meaningful share purchases by the company's own executives.
Consensus: A clearly favorable analyst consensus, with buy conviction.
Earnings ↑: An upward revision of earnings estimates by analysts.
Value Trap: An apparent bargain with fundamental deterioration: cheap for bad reasons.
Dangerous debt: A risky level of leverage, assessed with sector-adjusted thresholds.
Sell Consensus: A bearish analyst consensus, with sell recommendations predominating.

Key ratios and metrics

ROIC: Return on invested capital. Measures how much operating profit the company generates per unit of capital it employs. One of the best quality measures.
ROE: Return on equity: net income relative to shareholders' capital.
PEG: P/E divided by expected earnings growth. Shows whether you are paying a reasonable price for growth.
P/E: Price divided by earnings per share. How many years of current earnings you pay for the stock.
Forward P/E: P/E calculated with estimated future earnings rather than historical ones.
EV/EBITDA: Enterprise value divided by EBITDA. A valuation ratio that accounts for debt; widely used in corporate deals.
Operating margin: Operating income divided by revenue. How much the business earns from its core activity, before interest and taxes.
Gross margin: Revenue minus cost of sales, as a percentage. Reflects pricing power and competitive advantage.
FCF margin: Free cash flow divided by revenue. What share of sales converts into available cash.
FCF yield: Free cash flow relative to market cap. The real cash return the stock offers.
Net debt/EBITDA: How many years of operating profit the company would need to repay its net debt. Measures financial risk.
Beta: The stock's volatility relative to the market. A beta of 1 moves with the market; above that, it amplifies its moves.
Payout: The share of profit paid out as dividends. Measures the sustainability of shareholder returns.
Current ratio: Current assets divided by current liabilities. The ability to meet short-term obligations.
Quick ratio: Strict liquidity: like the current ratio but excluding inventories.
EPS CAGR: Compound annual growth rate of earnings per share over a period (usually 3 years).

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