FAQ on what questions to ask and how to ask   --  Go Back to Stock

Management Team

• Who is the CEO of the company?
Short phrases: "CEO", an example.
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• Who is the CTO of the company?
Short phrases: "CTO", an example.
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• Who is the CFO of the company?
Short phrases: "CFO", an example.
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• Who are key executives of the company?
Short phrase: "key executives", an example.
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• Who is the Chairman of the board of directors?
Short phrases: "Chairman", an example.
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• Who is the founder of the company?
Short phrases: "founder", an example.
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• Follow-up questions.
Find out the net worth of company CEO: example 1,
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example 2.
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Find out the age of company CEO, or other executives: an example.
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Company Information

• What does the company do? Give its business description.
Short phrases: "business" or "business description", an example.
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• What industry is the company in?
Short phrase: "industry", an example.
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• Where is the company located? Give its corporate headquarter.
Short phrases: "headquarter" or "address", example 1,
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example 2.
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• How many employees does the company have? Give the total number of fulltime employees.
Short phrases: "#employee", or "total employees", an example.
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• What are the major products of the company?
Short phrase: "major products", an example.
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Competitive analysis, Growth Strategy

• Who are its most direct competitors?
an example.
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• Why is Company A a direct competitor of Company B?
an example.
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• What is the company's growth strategy?

Stock Price Forecast, and Recommendation

• What is the target price of the stock in one year?
Short Phrase: "target price",
ex. AAPL,
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ex. NVDA,
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ex. CCL,
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ex. PYPL.
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ex. TSLA.
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• What is the target median price of the stock in one year?
an example.
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• What is the target mean price of the stock in one year?
an example.
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• Is the stock a buy, sell, or hold? What is the recommendation?
Short Phrase: "recommendation".
Buy examples: example 1,
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example 2.
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Hold examples: example 1,
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example 2,
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example 3.
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Explanation of Price Movement, Financial News

• Why did the stock jump big today?
ex. SATS,
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ex. SMCI,
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ex. SWN,
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ex. NVCR.
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• Why did the stock fall big today?
ex. AEHR,
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ex. MBLY,
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ex. CELH,
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ex. ADM.
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Financials (Revenue, Earnings, Profitability)

• What is its P/E ratio (trailing PE, forward P/E)?
Short phrases: "PE", "trailing PE", "forward PE", example 1,
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example 2,
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• What is its EPS (Earnings-per-share) , both trailing and forward?
Short phrases: "EPS", "EPS trailing", "EPS forward", example 1,
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example 2,
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example 3.
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• What is its market capilization?
Short phrases: "marketcap $b", "marketcap $m", "marketcap trillions", example 1,
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example 2,
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example 3.
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• What is its revenue last quarter and its growth rate?
Short phrases: "revenue last quarter", "revenue growth rate (%) last Q", "revenue last quarter ($m) and growth rate (%)"
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• What is its revenue last year and its growth rate?
Short phrases: "revenue last year", "revenue growth rate (%) last year", "revenue last year and growth rate (%)"
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• Does the company pay dividend? What are the dividend amount and yield?
Short phrases: "dividend", "dividend ($) and yield (%)", "dividend yield (%)"
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example 2,
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• What is its profit margin?
Short phrase: "profitmargin", "operating margin", "gross margin", "EBIT margin", "EBITDA margin", ... Those are variations of profit margin, and they are useful if the company is in growth stage and not profitable.
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• How much money is the company making? What is its net income, gross profit last year or quarter?
Short phrases: "net income", "profit", "gross profit", "gross profit last quarter".
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Financials (Debit, Equity, Bookvalue, Cash, Cashflow)

• How much debt does the company have? What is its debt-to-equity ratio?
Short phrases: "debt", "debt-to-equity ratio".
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• What is the bookvalue per share? What is its price-to-book ratio?
Short phrases: "bookvalue per share", "price-to-book ratio".
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Stock performance

The current stock price and historical stock price chart are shown on the stock page. You can select a time period range and see the stock price movement during that time period. You can also ask any question related to the stock performance.


• What is the YTD return of this stock?
Short phrase: "YTD return". Ex ZIM.
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• What are stock performance in 1 year, 3 years, 5 years?
Short phrases: "1 year return", "3 year return", "5 year return".


• What are stock performance in 1 month, 3 months, 6 months?
Short phrases: "1 month return", "3 month return", "6 month return".


Short-Seller Reports, and Short Interest

• Are there short-seller reports for the company?
Short phrases: "short-seller reports", "short interest", etc


• How much shares are shorted? What percentage of shares are shorted?
Short phrases: "short interest", "short ratio", etc