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What is Research Edge?

Zacks new web-based equity research distribution system, called Research Edge, provides authorized equity investment professionals with timely access to brokerage firm morning notes, full text research reports, analyst EPS estimates, analyst revenue forecasts, and analyst track records.

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What is included in Research Edge?

Research Edge components include:

Price Action - analyze the price impact of fundamentals. Price Action reports overlay price charts with the EPS Surprises, Consensus Estimates, Annual, Quarterly or 12-month EPS, Zacks Indicator, ROE, ROA, Broker Recommendations, Sales, or Net Income data. You can also analyze company performance versus another company, Industry, Sector, S&P 500 or other major market indexes.

Estimates - see the flow of estimate revisions and recommendations from over 300 brokerage firms plus individual analyst's track record. The Estimates reports show the latest information on individual broker recommendations, annual and quarterly EPS estimates and revisions, analyst Consensus, and Zacks Ratings for over 6,500 companies. In addition, Estimates provide Analyst Track Record and Analyst Ratings History data.

Snapshot - view a single company report. Includes price, EPS surprises and estimate revisions charts along with the company's description and fundamental data.
Company vs. Industry Analysis - use charts to see how a company is performing versus the industry median, sector median, S&P 500 or a specific number based on a wide range of fundamentals.

Brokerage Reports - access abstracts and brokerage research reports from over 80 U.S. and Canadian brokerage firms. Our database contains research reports from more than 3,200 brokerage analysts covering over 7,500 companies. Graphically rich research reports. All original text, charts, graphs, tables, color and document formatting are included.

Single Company Reports - Fundamental Reports: Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow tables; Return on Equity Reports;Risk Rating/Bankruptcy Reports; Business Description & Management Discussion Reports; and Insider Trading Report.

Online Screening - select from Zacks Predefined Screens or create your own screens using our Custom Screener. The custom screener also allows you to save screens for future use.

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How many stocks are covered by Research Edge?

Well over 6,500 US and Canadian stocks and ADR's are represented in the Zacks databases. The number will fluctuate within a few stocks in either direction as brokerage analyst coverage increase or decreases. There are over 80 data items available for screening.

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