What the FINVERCO Score measures
A weighted evidence summary, with missing inputs, risk caps and a worked example.
Start with the question, not the number
The FINVERCO Score summarizes several different kinds of evidence on a scale from 0 to 100. It helps organize research: does price structure agree with momentum, activity and available company information? It does not calculate a stock’s intrinsic value. A score of 80 does not mean an 80% chance of profit.
Two stocks can receive the same score for different reasons. A technical setup supported by strong trading activity is a different research case from a company with improving financial inputs. Open the component breakdown before comparing the headline numbers.
How available evidence is combined
Trend, momentum, volume, breakout, fundamentals and risk each carry a nominal weight of 15; catalysts/news carries 10. Missing dimensions are omitted from the weighted average. The score is published only when available dimensions together carry at least 45 of the 100 nominal weight points. This eligibility rule is different from the more detailed coverage calculation.
Illustration: suppose only trend, momentum and volume are available, scoring 80, 60 and 40. Their equal weights produce (80 × 15 + 60 × 15 + 40 × 15) / 45 = 60. The absence of fundamentals does not turn into a fundamental score of zero. It still limits what this result can tell you.
Risk can override a strong setup
The implementation applies caps for specified severe risk flags. Bankruptcy or going-concern flags cap the total at 30; offering/dilution or reverse-split flags cap it at 48. Additional risk-score caps can lower the result further. A higher risk component means lower modeled risk, which can otherwise be easy to misread.
The displayed direction is bullish from 68, bearish at 42 or below, and neutral between those boundaries. These are classification thresholds, not trade instructions. Check whether a risk flag is current and whether its source supports the interpretation.
A useful comparison requires the same context
Compare scores alongside coverage, input dates, component mix and business type. A bank and a semiconductor producer are not directly comparable through generic debt ratios. A score can change because new information became available, even when price barely moved.
- Read the strongest and weakest components separately.
- Check missing inputs and the financial reporting period.
- Write down the evidence that would contradict the setup.
- Use valuation and your own risk constraints as separate research steps.
Sources and evidence
The editorial policy explains AI assistance and the limits of these studies.
Continue your research
Coverage and confidence are not probabilities
Why a complete-looking score can still have thin evidence, and how to read the two labels.
A FINVERCO research checklist: price, score and value
Keep three different questions separate, then connect evidence into a company-specific thesis.