Chaikin Power Gauge Performance
Factor Reference
The Chaikin Power Gauge stock rating combines 20 fundamental & technical factors
Marc Chaikin took his forty years of experience as a Wall Street insider and built the Chaikin Power Gauge—a sophisticated stock rating model that is a remarkably accurate indicator of where a stock is headed over the next 3 to 6 months.
Culled from over 200 factors, the Chaikin Power Gauge combines 20 of the most important factors, analyzed and distilled into a simple rating: green for bullish, red for bearish. Think of it as a GPS for stocks.
It is unbiased. It is unemotional.
Financial Factors:
Long-Term Debt to Equity
Total long-term debt divided by total common equity, for the latest quarter.
Price to Book
The ratio of a stock’s current price divided by its book value per share, as of the latest quarter.
Return on Equity
Income available to common stockholders as a percentage of total common equity for the past 12 months.
Price to Sales
The ratio of a stock’s Market Cap plus long-term debt divided by sales, over the past 12 months.
Free Cash Flow
A stock’s net free cash flow relative to its Market Cap for the latest quarter.
Financial Factors:
Long-Term Debt to Equity
Total long-term debt divided by total common equity, for the latest quarter.
Price to Book
The ratio of a stock’s current price divided by its book value per share, as of the latest quarter.
Return on Equity
Income available to common stockholders as a percentage of total common equity for the past 12 months.
Price to Sales
The ratio of a stock’s Market Cap plus long-term debt divided by sales, over the past 12 months.
Free Cash Flow
A stock’s net free cash flow relative to its Market Cap for the latest quarter.
Earnings Factors:
Earnings Growth
The weighted average of the last 3 to 5 years growth in EPS.
Earnings Surprise
The weighted average of recent quarterly EPS surprises.
Earnings Trend
The EPS percentage change over the trailing 12 months.
Projected Price/ Earnings Ratio
The ratio of a stock’s current price divided by its earnings per share, as of the latest quarter.
Earnings Consistency
The consistency of EPS over recent and projected fiscal years.
Earnings Factors:
Earnings Growth
The weighted average of the last 3 to 5 years growth in EPS.
Earnings Surprise
The weighted average of recent quarterly EPS surprises.
Earnings Trend
The EPS percentage change over the trailing 12 months.
Projected Price/ Earnings Ratio
The ratio of a stock’s current price divided by its earnings per share, as of the latest quarter.
Earnings Consistency
The consistency of EPS over recent and projected fiscal years.
Technical Factors:
Relative Strength
vs Market
A stock’s six-month price performance versus the S&P500.
Chaikin Money Flow
CMF Is a proprietary technical indicator that calculates the buying pressure or selling pressure for a stock.
Price Strength
The ratio of a stock’s closing price to its 200-day exponential average (DEMA).
Price Trend ROC
The 42-day change in divergence from the stocks 200-day exponential average (DEMA).
Volume Trend
The ratio of a stock’s 30-day versus its 90-day average volume.
Technical Factors:
Relative Strength
vs Market
A stock’s six-month price performance versus the S&P500.
Chaikin Money Flow
CMF Is a proprietary technical indicator that calculates the buying pressure or selling pressure for a stock.
Price Strength
The ratio of a stock’s closing price to its 200-day exponential average (DEMA).
Price Trend ROC
The 42-day change in divergence from the stocks 200-day exponential average (DEMA).
Volume Trend
The ratio of a stock’s 30-day versus its 90-day average volume.
Expert Factors:
Analyst Estimate Trend
13-week change, mean analyst EPS estimate for the next fiscal year.
Short Interest
Percentage of a stock’s outstanding shares that investors have sold short but not yet covered or closed out.
Insider Activity
The net shares of a stock purchased by company insiders over the past six months.
Analyst Ratings
The four-week change in a stock’s average analyst rating.
Industry Relative Strength
The six-month performance of a stock’s industry versus the market.
Expert Factors:
Analyst Estimate Trend
13-week change, mean analyst EPS estimate for the next fiscal year.
Short Interest
Percentage of a stock’s outstanding shares that investors have sold short but not yet covered or closed out.
Insider Activity
The net shares of a stock purchased by company insiders over the past six months.
Analyst Ratings
The four-week change in a stock’s average analyst rating.
Industry Relative Strength
The six-month performance of a stock’s industry versus the market.