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# Stock Analysis

> Driven's Stock Analysis Skill produces a balanced, structured analysis of one company: business, financials, valuation, technicals, sentiment, and the key risks.

Stock Analysis produces a balanced, structured view of a single company. It is the workhorse Skill for "should I understand this stock better?", covering the business, the financials, the valuation, and the risks in one coherent answer.

## When to use it

* Getting a complete read on one company
* Forming or pressure-testing a thesis on a stock
* Preparing before earnings or before a decision

For comparing several names, use [Competitor Analysis](/skills/competitor-analysis). For a valuation-focused deep dive, use [Valuation Matrix](/skills/valuation-matrix). For broad theme research, use [Deep Research](/skills/deep-research).

## Framework

A Skill is not a prompt — it is a repeatable capability built on a specific, citable framework and run as real code. Stock Analysis grades financial strength with the **Piotroski F-Score**, a nine-point test of profitability, leverage, and operating efficiency, and screens distress risk with the **Altman Z-Score**, which combines several balance-sheet ratios into a single bankruptcy-risk reading. These scored frameworks run as real code, so the financial-health verdict is reproducible rather than improvised.

## What it does

Stock Analysis pulls the company's fundamentals, recent developments, revenue and margin trends, valuation, technical context, and sentiment, then organizes them into a structured analysis that separates facts from assumptions and lays out the key risks and what would change the conclusion.

## Prompt template

```text theme={null}
Analyze [TICKER]. Cover business overview, recent developments, revenue and margin trends, valuation, technical context, sentiment, key risks, and what would change the conclusion.
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## Example

```text theme={null}
Analyze MSFT. Focus on Azure growth, AI capex, margin durability, valuation, and risks from cloud competition.
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## Review checklist

A good Stock Analysis answer should pass these checks:

* Does it separate facts from assumptions?
* Are recent events dated?
* Are financial figures sourced?
* Are the risks concrete, not generic?
* Does the conclusion say what evidence would change it?

If any check fails, push back in the same conversation.

## Follow-up prompts

```text theme={null}
Compare this thesis against the bear case.
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```text theme={null}
Turn this into a one-page investment memo.
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## Tips

* **Focus the analysis.** Naming what you care about ("focus on margins and competition") produces a sharper read than a generic "analyze this."
* **Ask for the disconfirming case.** The bear case is often more valuable than the bull case you already believe.

## Related

* [Research a stock](/guides/research/research-a-stock) — full walkthrough
* [Analyze before earnings](/guides/research/analyze-before-earnings) — the earnings-specific version
* [Stock research prompts](/prompts/stock-research-prompts) — more templates