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Is Tesla a strong business? The answer changes with what you compare it to. Against 68 large US consumer cyclical companies, $TSLA's relative quality score is 2.1 out of 5. Against its 4 carmaker peers, it's 3.8.

Two Stockoscope relative quality score cards for Tesla. Top, vs sector peers: 2.1 out of 5 against 68 US large-cap consumer cyclical companies. Bottom, vs industry peers: 3.8 against 4 US large-cap carmakers. Ten pillar scores and percentiles each.

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Is Oracle's cash burn getting better or worse? $ORCL's free cash flow by quarter: -$10.0B and -$11.5B in the middle of FY2026, -$1.9B at the end of it, and -$5.4B in the first quarter of FY2027. Before FY2025 its quarters were mostly positive.

Stockoscope Quality chart for Oracle: free cash flow by quarter, mostly positive until FY2025, then -$10.0B, -$11.5B, -$1.9B and -$5.4B.

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How much of Apple's sales come from China? Less than they used to. Greater China was $48.5B of $AAPL's revenue in 2016, 22.5%. In 2025 it was $64.4B, 15.5%. The Americas brought in 43%.

Stockoscope revenue-to-profit flows for Apple by region. 2016: $215.6B of revenue, Greater China $48.5B. 2025: $416.2B of revenue, Greater China $64.4B, Americas $178.4B.

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You want income that grows every year, not a big yield that gets cut. Yield is one of four things that matter, with dividend growth, payout safety and consistency. Weight them your way and rank US dividend stocks to your income goals. stockoscope.com/strategies?tab=dividend NFA. DYOR.

Stockoscope dividend strategy card with Yield, Growth, Safety and Consistency weightings.

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Cybersecurity's three biggest US names. Which one keeps the most of each sale? $FTNT, the smallest: a 32.4% operating margin, 83rd percentile of 141 large US tech companies. Palo Alto Networks 6.0% and CrowdStrike -2.2%, as reported.

Stockoscope Peers dot plot, operating margin among 141 US large-cap tech companies, trailing 12 months. Fortinet 32.4%, 83rd percentile. Palo Alto 6.0%, 22nd. CrowdStrike -2.2%, 10th.

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Record quarter. Is this the new normal? $MU took in $41.5B in the quarter to May 2026, at an 80% operating margin. In the quarter to March 2023 it took in $3.7B, at -62%. Ten years of quarters show every boom and bust in between.

Stockoscope Quality charts for Micron by quarter. Revenue rising to $41.5B in Q3 FY2026. Operating margin from -62% in early 2023 to 80.4%.

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Philip Morris sells cigarettes. Still mostly, but a smaller share every year. Products you don't light, like IQOS and ZYN, were 14% of $PM's revenue in 2018. In 2025 they were 42%: $16.9B of $40.6B.

Stockoscope revenue-to-profit flows for Philip Morris International by product. 2018: $29.6B of revenue, reduced-risk products $4.1B. 2025: $40.6B of revenue, reduced-risk products $16.9B.

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Stockoscope @stockoscope.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

One site says a stock is worth $80, another says $150. Who do you believe? Every fair value is a guess about growth and the discount rate. We put each assumption on screen. Change one and watch the value move. Try it on Apple: stockoscope.com/stock/aapl/valuation NFA. DYOR.

Stockoscope DCF panel with adjustable sliders for growth, terminal growth, WACC and EBITDA margin.

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Where do the big US airlines rank among industrial companies on margins? Delta's operating margin is 8.1%, 22nd percentile of 113 large US industrials. $UAL 7.8%, 21st. Southwest 3.5%, 6th.

Stockoscope Peers dot plot, operating margin among 113 US large-cap industrials. Delta 8.1%, 22nd percentile. United 7.8%, 21st. Southwest 3.5%, 6th.

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Stockoscope @stockoscope.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Is the price running ahead of the business? $WMT's earnings per share rose 86% from FY2017 to FY2026, from $1.47 to $2.74. Its share price rose 389%, from $22.25 to $108.73.

Stockoscope Quality chart for Walmart: net income per share by fiscal year, $1.47 in 2017 to $2.74 in 2026, with the weekly share price on a second axis rising from about $22 to about $109.

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Stockoscope @stockoscope.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

PayPal and Mastercard both move money, and both took in about $33B in 2025. Mastercard kept $15.0B of it. $PYPL kept $5.2B. PayPal's cost of revenue was $17.7B. Mastercard doesn't have that line at all.

Stockoscope revenue-to-profit flows for 2025. PayPal: $33.2B of revenue, $17.7B cost of revenue, $5.2B net income. Mastercard: $32.8B of revenue, $15.0B net income.

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Which large US media and internet company earns the most on its capital? It isn't Google. $SPOT earned 28.4% over the last twelve months, top of 28 communication services companies. Netflix 24.3%, Meta 17.1%, Google 15.2%.

Stockoscope Peers dot plot, return on invested capital among 28 US large-cap communication services companies. Spotify 28.4%, 100th percentile. Netflix 24.3%, 96th. Meta 17.1%, 89th. Alphabet 15.2%, 78th.

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Intel's shares have more than tripled in a year. Has the business? $INTC's operating margin ran at 25% to 38% a quarter until 2021. It hit -68% in the third quarter of 2024 and was 12.3% in the second quarter of 2026.

Stockoscope Quality chart for Intel: operating margin by quarter, about 25% to 38% until 2021, -68% in Q3 2024, 12.3% in Q2 2026.

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Is Amazon still an online shop? In 2016 its online stores brought in 67% of $AMZN's revenue. In 2025, 38%. Advertising alone brought in $68.6B last year, and AWS $128.7B.

Stockoscope revenue-to-profit flows for Amazon by product. 2016: $136.0B of revenue, online stores $91.4B. 2025: $716.9B of revenue, online stores $269.3B, AWS $128.7B, advertising $68.6B.

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Everyone says buy quality. What does quality look like in numbers? Ten pillars, from returns on capital to cash flow and debt, each rated against a benchmark. Set how much each counts and the analysis recomputes. Try it on Apple: stockoscope.com/stock/aapl/quality NFA. DYOR.

Card asking what quality looks like in numbers, with three of the ten weighted business-quality pillars.

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Which large US industrial companies keep the most of each dollar they bring in? The railroads. $UNP's operating margin is 39.9%, 99th percentile of 113. CSX (34.2%) and Norfolk Southern (31.6%) are 96th. On sales per dollar of assets they're 6th, 5th and 3rd.

Two Stockoscope Peers dot plots among 113 US large-cap industrials. Operating margin: Union Pacific 39.9% (99th percentile), CSX 34.2% and Norfolk Southern 31.6% (96th). Asset turnover: 6th, 5th and 3rd.

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It lost money for years. Does it make money now? $PLTR's operating margin was -105% in 2018 and -107% in 2020, the year it listed. It was 5% in 2023 and 32% in 2025.

Stockoscope Quality chart for Palantir: operating margin by year, from -104.7% in 2018 to 31.6% in 2025.

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It's growing fast and barely makes a profit. Does the profit ever show up? In 2016 $NFLX took in $8.8B and kept $0.19B. In 2025 it took in $45.2B and kept $11.0B. Revenue grew five times; profit grew almost 60 times.

Stockoscope revenue-to-profit flows for Netflix. 2016: $8.8B of revenue, $186.7M net income. 2025: $45.2B of revenue, $11.0B net income.

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Stockoscope @stockoscope.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Someone on X is hyping a stock. How do you check it yourself? Five questions: is the business good, how does it rank against rivals, what's it worth, what do analysts think, what are insiders doing? One page answers all five. stockoscope.com/stock/aapl NFA. DYOR.

Stockoscope 5D scorecard: five gauges for Quality, Peers, Valuation, Analysts and Holdings.

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Nvidia and AMD both sell AI chips. Do they earn the same kind of returns? $NVDA earned 59.5% on its invested capital over the last twelve months, 97th percentile of 148 large US tech companies. AMD earned 7.6%, 39th.

Stockoscope Peers dot plot, return on invested capital among 148 US large-cap tech companies, trailing 12 months. Nvidia 59.5%, 97th percentile. AMD 7.6%, 39th.

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Stockoscope @stockoscope.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

High yield or a growing dividend? Verizon paid $2.27 a share in 2016 and $2.72 in 2025, up 2% a year. $MA paid $0.76 and $3.07, up 17% a year. Verizon yields about 6% today, Mastercard about 0.6%.

Stockoscope Quality charts, dividend per share by year. Verizon: $2.27 in 2016 to $2.72 in 2025, 2.0% a year. Mastercard: $0.76 to $3.07, 16.8% a year.

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Stockoscope @stockoscope.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Micron's sales are up 60% since 2019. Its sales to China are down. China was $3.6B of $MU's revenue in FY2019, 15%. In FY2025 it was $2.6B, 7%. The US went from $12.5B to $24.1B, 64% of the total.

Stockoscope revenue-to-profit flows for Micron by region. FY2019: $23.4B of revenue, United States $12.5B, China $3.6B. FY2025: $37.4B of revenue, United States $24.1B, China $2.6B.

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Is a 3% dividend yield high? Depends where you're looking. $MDT yields 3.3%, 96th percentile among large US healthcare companies. Prologis yields 3.2%, 26th among large US real estate companies.

Two Stockoscope Peers dot plots of dividend yield. Medtronic 3.3%, 96th percentile of US large-cap healthcare. Prologis 3.2%, 26th percentile of US large-cap real estate.

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Earnings per share tripled. Did the profit? $LOW's net income went from $3.1B in 2016 to $6.7B in 2025, a little over double. Earnings per share went from $3.51 to $11.90. The gap is buybacks: a third fewer shares.

Stockoscope Quality charts for Lowe's by year. Net income: $3.1B in 2016 to $6.7B in 2025. Net income per share: $3.51 to $11.90.

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PepsiCo sells twice as much as Coca-Cola. So why is Coke valued at about twice Pepsi? In 2025 PepsiCo took in $93.9B and made $13.5B of operating profit. $KO took in $47.9B and made $13.8B. Coke mostly sells concentrate; Pepsi makes and delivers its own drinks and snacks.

Stockoscope revenue-to-profit flows for 2025. PepsiCo: $93.9B of revenue, $13.5B operating income. Coca-Cola: $47.9B of revenue, $13.8B operating income.

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How to Screen for Good Companies

Everyone has used a stock screener. Few know what to put in it. Part 7 of How to Invest is the step before any analysis: what to set, in what order, and why a score beats a filter. A screen doesn't hand you answers. It hands you a reading list. youtu.be/fWhJ8V_Xa0M

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Delta ranks near the top of US airlines. Does that make it a strong business? $DAL's relative quality score is 4.0 out of 5 against its 7 airline peers. Against 112 large US industrial companies, it's 2.9.

Two Stockoscope relative quality score cards for Delta Air Lines: 2.9 out of 5 against 112 US large-cap industrials, and 4.0 against 7 airline industry peers, with ten pillar scores and percentiles each.

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Tesla sells more than it did in 2022. Where did the margin go? $TSLA's operating margin was 19.2% in the first quarter of 2022 and 1.4% in the second quarter of 2026. Quarterly revenue rose from $18.8B to $28.2B over the same stretch.

Stockoscope Quality chart for Tesla: operating margin by quarter, from 19.2% in Q1 2022 to 1.4% in Q2 2026.

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Ask most people what Microsoft sells and they'll say Windows. In FY2017 Windows brought in $18.6B, 19% of $MSFT's sales. In FY2026 it brought in $17.1B, 5%. Server products and cloud went from $21.6B to $129.4B.

Stockoscope revenue-to-profit flows for Microsoft by product. FY2017: $96.6B of revenue, Windows $18.6B. FY2026: $331.8B of revenue, Windows $17.1B, server products and cloud $129.4B.

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Every site gives a different fair value. Which one do you trust? We show the working instead: a DCF, its sector peers and the stock's own 10-year history, each against today's price, then reconciled into one estimate. stockoscope.com/stock/aapl/valuation NFA. DYOR.

Stockoscope valuation football field: DCF, sector peers and 10-year history versus today's price.

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Nike's having a rough year. Who's making money in footwear? $DECK, the company behind HOKA and UGG, earned 33.7% on its invested capital over the last twelve months, 96th percentile of 68 large US consumer cyclical companies. $NKE earned 10.7%, 40th.

Stockoscope Peers dot plot, return on invested capital among 68 US large-cap consumer cyclical companies, trailing 12 months. Deckers 33.7%, 96th percentile. Nike 10.7%, 40th.

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Profit is up. Where's the cash? $ORCL's net income was $9.5B in FY2017 and $17.1B in FY2026. Its free cash flow went from $12.1B to -$23.7B over the same years.

Stockoscope Quality charts for Oracle by fiscal year. Net income: $9.5B in 2017, $17.1B in 2026. Free cash flow: $12.1B in 2017, -$23.7B in 2026.

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Revenue is the number in every headline. How much of it does a company actually keep? $UNH took in $448B in 2025, more than $AAPL's $416B. Of every $100, UnitedHealth kept $2.70 as profit. Apple kept $26.90.

Stockoscope revenue-to-profit flows for 2025. UnitedHealth: $447.6B of revenue, $364.7B cost of revenue, $12.1B net income. Apple: $416.2B of revenue, $221.0B cost of revenue, $112.0B net income.

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Stockoscope @stockoscope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Found a stock yielding 8%. How do you know it won't get cut? Check whether free cash flow covers the payout. Our dividend strategy scores payout safety on exactly that, so a steady 3% payer can outrank a shaky 8% one. stockoscope.com/strategies?tab=dividend NFA. DYOR.

Stockoscope dividend card highlighting payout safety scored on free cash flow coverage.

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Will Big Tech's AI spending ever pay off? Everyone's arguing. How would you check? Start with one assumption: does the spending taper back, or stay this high for years? It moves the whole valuation, so we put it on a switch. stockoscope.com/stock/aapl/valuation NFA. DYOR.

Stockoscope DCF capex switch: taper capex back to maintenance, or hold it elevated.

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Stockoscope @stockoscope.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Opened a stock screener, saw a wall of numbers and closed it? You shouldn't need a finance degree to spot a strong company. Ours draws a picture: sort 3,000+ US stocks by quality and watch the strong ones rise to the top. stockoscope.com/screener NFA. DYOR.

Stockoscope visual screener: stocks sorted into quality quintile bands, bubbles sized by market cap.

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$STEM: Stem upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS stockoscope.com/stock/stem/news#analyst-ratings

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$ONON: On Holding price target raised to $44 from $42 at Barclays stockoscope.com/stock/onon/news#price-targets

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$CVX: Chevron (CVX) PT Raised to $250 at HSBC stockoscope.com/stock/cvx/news#price-targets

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Joel Greenblatt's Magic Formula screen: rank stocks by earnings yield and return on capital, add the ranks. No financials or utilities. Today: 533 of 732 US large caps ranked; top 5 shown, led by $JBS. Tweak it and re-screen: stockoscope.com/screener NFA. DYOR.

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$AKAM: Akamai Technologies (AKAM) PT Raised to $225 at Guggenheim stockoscope.com/stock/akam/news#price-targets

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$COST: Telsey Reiterates Outperform Rating on Costco Wholesale (COST) stockoscope.com/stock/cost/news#analyst-ratings

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$META: Meta Platforms Inc. (META) PT Raised to $875 at Piper Sandler stockoscope.com/stock/meta/news#price-targets

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