Question 1

What is GuruScreener?

Accepted Answer

A free stock screener that turns the published strategies of legendary investors (Buffett, Graham, Lynch, Greenblatt and more) into ready-to-run filters over every US-listed stock.

Question 2

Do I need investing experience to use it?

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No. Pick a strategy and we explain each metric it uses in plain English. Ambitious beginners are exactly who it is built for.

Question 3

Is this financial advice?

Accepted Answer

No. GuruScreener is an educational research tool. It surfaces data and time-tested strategies; every buy or sell decision is entirely yours.

Question 4

Can it guarantee I will beat the market?

Accepted Answer

No honest tool can promise that. What it offers is the same disciplined, evidence-based process the greats used, applied consistently, without emotion.

Question 5

Where does the data come from?

Accepted Answer

Fundamentals are derived from public company filings for US-listed stocks, refreshed daily.

Question 6

How often is it updated?

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Fundamentals refresh daily and prices update through the trading day.

Question 7

Are the backtests real?

Accepted Answer

They apply each strategy's published rules to historical data. Backtests are hypothetical by nature, a guide to how a discipline behaved, never a promise of future returns.

Question 8

Which exchanges are covered?

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NASDAQ and NYSE: roughly 3,800 stocks across every sector.

Question 9

Which strategies are included?

Accepted Answer

Dozens of published screens, including the Magic Formula, CANSLIM, Graham's defensive and enterprising screens, Buffett-style quality and the Piotroski F-Score.

Question 10

What is the Magic Formula?

Accepted Answer

Joel Greenblatt's screen that ranks the market by earnings yield and by return on capital, then buys the companies that score well on both: good businesses at cheap prices.

Question 11

What is CANSLIM?

Accepted Answer

William O'Neil's growth method, favouring accelerating earnings, strong relative strength and rising institutional demand: winners that keep winning.

Question 12

How is the 0 to 100 score calculated?

Accepted Answer

Each metric is normalized across the whole universe, weighted by the strategy, then combined into one score. The Docs page walks through it step by step.

Question 13

Can I build my own screen?

Accepted Answer

Fully custom screens are on the roadmap. Today you can filter by sector and re-sort any column of a built-in strategy.

Question 14

Is it really free?

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Yes. The full screener, all the data and the backtests are free to use. No paywall on the essentials.

Question 15

Do I need an account?

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No account is required. Open the screener and start immediately.

Question 16

Will there be a paid plan?

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A Pro tier with saved screens and export is on the roadmap. The core screener will always stay free.

Question 17

How do you make money?

Accepted Answer

The core screener is free, with optional Pro features planned later. We never sell your data.

Question 18

Is GuruScreener a registered adviser?

Accepted Answer

No. GuruScreener is not a registered investment adviser and does not provide personalized investment advice.

Question 19

What is your disclaimer?

Accepted Answer

For educational and informational purposes only. Backtested results are hypothetical and do not guarantee future performance. Always do your own research before investing.

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