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Show HN: I graded 234 stocks on free cash flow (not earnings)

17 points by babylonprince 8mo ago

jazzpush2 8mo ago
AMZN getting a straight F: https://aureus-swart.vercel.app/stock/AMZN https://aureus-swart.vercel.app/stock/AMZN
- babylonprince 8mo ago
  AWS alone would probably be an A but you can't separate them in the cash flow statement. Take away the retail aspect and it would be a different story.
igor47 8mo ago
Curious what the purpose of this is. Is it just to satisfy personal curiosity? Or is there an implicit claim about stocks that earn an A being a better trade? Do stocks with more free cash flow perform better historically? Do people on this site trade individual stocks?
- babylonprince 8mo ago
  Mostly to see through company earning manipulation.Not making a direct claim that the A grades will outperform, that'll need backtesting that I haven't done yet but will attempt to do. Its more of a fundamental health screener than a trading signal.
techgnosis 8mo ago
They have lots of ETFs for this https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/COWZ/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/COWZ/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/FLOW/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/FLOW/
- babylonprince 8mo ago
  Yeah, COWZ is essentially doing this at the fund level. The difference here is seeing individual company grades and balance sheet breakdowns behind each one rather than just holding the big basket.
flaboonka 8mo ago
Nice design! What's the data source?
- babylonprince 8mo ago
  Thanks! The data is being pulled directly from Yahoo Finance. GitHub Actions runs the grading algorithm automatically weekly during earnings season, and monthly otherwise.
snowchaser 8mo ago
I noticed that the “Net Cash” figures look fishy, it seems like you’re not taking into account Marketable Securities (MS) in the calculation. These are essentially cash. See GOOG and others. (GOOG ended 2025 with almost $100B in MS, for a total of ~$132B Cash & MS) If “Net Cash” refers to Net Cash Flow, they gained a Net $7B YoY. Just want to understand how you are calculating these. Cool design BTW.

17 points by babylonprince 8mo ago

jazzpush2 8mo ago

AMZN getting a straight F: https://aureus-swart.vercel.app/stock/AMZN https://aureus-swart.vercel.app/stock/AMZN

babylonprince 8mo ago
AWS alone would probably be an A but you can't separate them in the cash flow statement. Take away the retail aspect and it would be a different story.

igor47 8mo ago

Curious what the purpose of this is. Is it just to satisfy personal curiosity? Or is there an implicit claim about stocks that earn an A being a better trade? Do stocks with more free cash flow perform better historically? Do people on this site trade individual stocks?

babylonprince 8mo ago
Mostly to see through company earning manipulation.Not making a direct claim that the A grades will outperform, that'll need backtesting that I haven't done yet but will attempt to do. Its more of a fundamental health screener than a trading signal.

techgnosis 8mo ago

They have lots of ETFs for this https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/COWZ/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/COWZ/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/FLOW/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/FLOW/

babylonprince 8mo ago
Yeah, COWZ is essentially doing this at the fund level. The difference here is seeing individual company grades and balance sheet breakdowns behind each one rather than just holding the big basket.

flaboonka 8mo ago

Nice design! What's the data source?

babylonprince 8mo ago
Thanks! The data is being pulled directly from Yahoo Finance. GitHub Actions runs the grading algorithm automatically weekly during earnings season, and monthly otherwise.

snowchaser 8mo ago

I noticed that the “Net Cash” figures look fishy, it seems like you’re not taking into account Marketable Securities (MS) in the calculation. These are essentially cash. See GOOG and others. (GOOG ended 2025 with almost $100B in MS, for a total of ~$132B Cash & MS) If “Net Cash” refers to Net Cash Flow, they gained a Net $7B YoY. Just want to understand how you are calculating these. Cool design BTW.