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Balanced Analysis & Scoring of Investment Strength

Our scoring model is built on five pillars, each carefully weighted to reveal structural business reality—not emotional market noise.

The 5 Core Pillars of Asset Quality

Profitability & Efficiency

30%

Measures genuine business return independent of buybacks or capital structure distortions. Focuses heavily on operational capital efficiency.

ROIC (Return on Invested Capital)Operating MarginGross MarginAsset TurnoverOperating ROA

Valuation & Market Fit

10%

Anchors enterprise value simultaneously to the equity owner and the total capital provider, ensuring a robust margin of safety.

P/E (Price to Earnings)Dividend YieldEV/EBITDAEV/FCFEV/Revenue

Solvency & Safety

20%

Evaluates multi-layered defensive buffers—from instant cash availability to long-term debt service capability. Employs advanced Optimal Plateau Curves so inefficient cash hoarding is penalized rather than rewarded.

Net Debt/EBITDAInterest Coverage RatioQuick RatioCurrent RatioAltman Z-Score Equivalent

Growth & Reinvestment

15%

Rewards sustainable, predictable core top-and-bottom-line expansion over full economic cycles, deliberately penalizing destructive or dilutive 'empire building'.

Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)Retained Earnings GrowthCapEx SustainabilityR&D Intensity

Cash Flow Quality

25%

Maps the exact, granular health of the working capital engine alongside raw cash generation efficiency. This reveals if accounting profits are real or artificial.

Operating CF MarginFree Cash Flow YieldCash Conversion EfficiencyDSO (Days Sales Outstanding - Inverse)DIO (Days Inventory Outstanding - Inverse)

Mathematical Standardization Engine

To enable flawless comparison between equities globally, BASIS passes raw corporate data through a double-normalization protocol:

1

The Hard-Currency Shield

All 65 financial metrics and EOD stock prices are mathematically converted and normalized to USD. This isolates your research from local emerging-market inflation and currency devaluations.

2

The 0–100 Peer-Group Scale

Every stock is scored dynamically against its specific global sector peer group. The scores are mapped to a standardized scale where 50 represents the exact global sector median. Deep Green signals upper-quartile resilience; Deep Red warns of bottom-quartile vulnerability.

The BASIS Quadrant Matrix

By plotting Profitability scores against Valuation scores, BASIS organizes entire stock exchanges into four clear behavioral archetypes:

Glamour (Top Left)

Premium, highly profitable institutions trading at justified premium market valuations.

Bargain (Top Right)

High core fundamentals matched with attractive market valuation. The primary sweet spot for long-term compounders.

Lottery (Bottom Left)

Low fundamental profitability masked by highly speculative, inflated market pricing. High emotional noise and capital risk.

Underdog (Bottom Right)

Discounted equity pricing that accurately reflects deep structural weakness, poor margins, or long-term solvency risks.

This matrix turns complex multi-variable quantitative data into sub-second visual intuition—showing you exactly where a company stands relative to global and local peers.

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