Guides

Practical guides that teach you how to use investing tools, read metrics and apply strategies. Part of our free investment articles.

CAGR Calculator: Measure Compound Annual Growth Rate

Turn any before-and-after pair into an annualized growth rate. Enter a beginning value, ending value, and time span to see the CAGR, equivalent monthly/weekly/daily rates, and a smooth year-by-year projection.

Marketgenius1 day ago

How to Read an Earnings Report: A Practical Walkthrough

A practical walkthrough for reading quarterly and annual earnings reports: which document to open, which numbers to check first, and what the footnotes hide.

Marketgenius1 day ago

Investment Calculators: Tools for Smarter Investing

A guide to the core investment calculators every investor should know, from DCF fair value and WACC to dividend income and growth rate. Learn what each tool measures, how the inputs work, and how to combine the results into a coherent view of a stock.

Marketgenius1 day ago

DCF Calculator: Estimate the Fair Value of Any Stock

Search a stock to auto-fill price, shares outstanding, free cash flow, and net debt, then steer the growth, discount, and terminal assumptions to see fair value per share. The sensitivity grid recomputes the answer across dozens of scenarios at once.

Marketgenius4 days ago

WACC Calculator: Find Your Cost of Capital

Use our free WACC calculator to find the weighted average cost of capital for any company. Learn the WACC formula, understand each input, and see how equity and debt weights shape the discount rate used in DCF valuation.

Marketgenius10 days ago

Dividend Calculator: Estimate Dividend Income and Portfolio Growth

A dividend calculator estimates how a stock portfolio grows over time by modeling reinvestment, dividend growth, inflation, and regular contributions. Learn what each input controls, how reinvesting dividends changes your outcome, and how to read the four result values.

MarketgeniusMar 7, 2026

Warren Buffett Portfolio: See What Stocks Buffett Owns (Live Heatmap)

Tracking Warren Buffett's stock portfolio through quarterly 13F filings requires scrolling through 40+ holdings across dense tables. A Warren Buffett portfolio heatmap shows you his entire portfolio in a single visual snapshot, revealing quality patterns and value investing principles through multiple metrics.

MarketgeniusFeb 17, 2026

Dividend Yield Heatmap: Find the Highest-Paying Dividend Stocks Instantly

Learn how to use dividend heatmaps to spot the best income opportunities at a glance. Find high-yield stocks, dividend aristocrats, and sustainable payers without manual screening.

MarketgeniusFeb 16, 2026

Stock Market Heatmap: The Complete Guide

An overview of stock market heatmaps. Size and color encode magnitude across indices, superinvestor portfolios, and any metric you pick. Learn which themed heatmaps answer which questions.

MarketgeniusFeb 6, 2026