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Stock Analysis
View all 6 →Costco (COST) Stock Analysis: A 2.9% Margin at Forty Times Earnings
Costco keeps under three cents of every dollar it takes and earns 26.6% on its capital. We break down how both are true, and what the price assumes.
Sep 29, 2026
Amazon (AMZN) Stock Analysis: The Cheapest Megacap and the Lowest Score
Amazon trades at the lowest multiple of the US megacaps and scores 62/100. Its capital base is compounding four times faster than its revenue. Both facts are related.
Sep 21, 2026
Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Analysis: A 79/100 Score With One Question Inside It
Microsoft's operating income is compounding at 21% a year while its free cash flow is shrinking. We break down what the AI capex bill does to the report card.
Sep 11, 2026
Nvidia (NVDA) Stock Analysis: A 96/100 Score, But Is It Priced In?
Nvidia posts one of the highest scores on Investily's report card. We break down the growth, returns, and valuation numbers behind the AI chip leader.
Aug 26, 2026
Head to Head
Visa vs Mastercard: Same Multiple, Same Growth, Very Different Balance Sheets
Two near-identical businesses at near-identical prices score 66 and 58. The eight-point gap is entirely on the balance sheet — and it exposes a limit of ROCE.
Oct 1, 2026
TSMC vs ASML: When the Customer Scores Better Than the Monopolist
ASML earns a higher return on capital than any customer it sells to. TSMC scores 93 to ASML's 75, grows three times faster, and costs roughly half as much.
Sep 23, 2026
Alphabet vs Meta: The Valuation Gap That Disappears on Forward Numbers
Meta scores 86 and Alphabet 79. Alphabet looks much cheaper on trailing earnings and costs almost exactly the same on next year's consensus. Here's why.
Sep 15, 2026
Nvidia vs AMD: The Better Business Is Also the Cheaper Stock
Nvidia scores 96 on Investily, AMD scores 85 — and AMD trades at more than four times Nvidia's earnings multiple. We break down the returns gap behind it.
Sep 5, 2026
Screens & Data
What a P/E Actually Means, Sector by Sector
Median earnings multiples and returns on capital across 740 US large caps. Technology charges the most and earns less on its capital than four cheaper sectors.
Sep 27, 2026
We Screened the Entire US Large-Cap Market on Three Rules. Six Companies Passed.
High returns on capital, almost no debt, and real revenue growth. Out of roughly 700 US companies above $20B, six clear all three — and two of them are contractors.
Sep 17, 2026
Investing Basics
View all 6 →Dilution: The Number That Quietly Decides What Your Growth Was Worth
A company can grow revenue and profit every year and still shrink your claim on it. How to check the share count in under a minute, and what the direction tells you.
Oct 3, 2026
The Problem With Analyst Price Targets
Price targets follow the share price more often than they lead it. The consensus estimates underneath them are genuinely useful — the number on the front page is not.
Sep 25, 2026
How to Read a Balance Sheet in Five Minutes
Four checks that tell you whether a company survives a bad year, plus the one comparison almost nobody makes that explains why returns on capital fall.
Sep 19, 2026
A Low P/E Is Not a Discount: The Three Ways the Ratio Lies
A cheap-looking multiple is usually the market pricing something you haven't read about yet. Here are the three causes, and the ten-second test that catches them.
Sep 13, 2026