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How to Read a MoonshotScore (and Its Limits)

This is educational content, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

MoonshotScore rates a US-listed stock 0 to 100 using five sector-relative pillars. Higher means stronger numbers across business quality, safety, valuation, growth and momentum. Eligible common stocks and ADRs only; funds, ETFs, warrants, units, SPACs, preferreds, and notes carry none.

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How do you read a MoonshotScore in three steps?

1. Start with the band

The band next to the score, for example Strong or Exceptional, is a quicker first read than the exact number.

Pages label each score with its band: Exceptional (80-100), Strong (65-79), Fair (45-64), Weak (below 45).

2. Open the five pillars

The score combines five pillars, each measured against the stock's own sector: business quality, safety, valuation, growth and momentum. A high total can hide one weak pillar: a great business can still score low on valuation when the price already reflects it.

A V2 score can include five pillar scores and the available score drivers. The displayed pillar scores are explanatory percentiles; averaging them does not reproduce the headline score. A missing breakdown is not filled with legacy V1 factors.

  • Business Quality: Is this a genuinely good business? Profitability, margins, and returns on capital versus sector peers.
  • Financial Safety: Could this blow up? Debt load, cash position, and overall balance-sheet strength.
  • Valuation: Am I paying a fair price? Price measured against fundamentals, relative to peers.
  • Growth Durability: Is the growth real and likely to last? Quality of the revenue and earnings trend, not one-off spikes.
  • Momentum: Is the market already moving on this? Recent price trend.

3. Check the date and the source

Each score is a dated calculation, and the figures on stock pages come from market data providers. The AI writes the explanation; it never produces the numbers.

The V2 five-pillar model is recalculated from the most recent completed US trading session, so scores move on US trading days. The score's computation date shows its last successful calculation; a newer price does not mean the score has refreshed. A failed update leaves the previous dated score in place. Figures come from Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) and are shown with their source and date.

What can a MoonshotScore not tell you?

It is not a forecast

No. MoonshotScore measures company fundamentals, valuation and price momentum using available data. It is not a probability of future returns or a price target. A high score does not guarantee a rising share price.

It is not a buy or sell signal

MoonshotScore is a proprietary research aid, not a buy/sell signal or a probability of future returns. A more detailed model does not by itself establish better investment performance.

Not every security has one

MoonshotScore V2 covers eligible common stocks and ADRs on NASDAQ, NYSE and AMEX. OTC listings are outside the scheduled universe; funds, ETFs, warrants, units, SPACs, preferreds, and notes carry no MoonshotScore. Eligibility does not guarantee a result: a company needs usable inputs for a V2 calculation. Without a usable result, no current score is shown. Archived V1 values are not substituted.

It compares a company with its sector

V2 compares inputs with sector peers where there are enough companies for the calculation; smaller sector samples are pooled. It also excludes unsuitable factors for financial companies. The final composite is ranked across the scored universe and adjusted for data coverage and company size.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a good MoonshotScore?

MoonshotScore uses these analysis bands: Exceptional (80-100), Strong (65-79), Fair (45-64), Weak (below 45). Letter grades belong to the retired V1 model and appear only on archived records. Bands describe the model's assessment, not buy or sell recommendations.

How often does MoonshotScore update?

The V2 five-pillar model is recalculated from the most recent completed US trading session, so scores move on US trading days. The score's computation date shows its last successful calculation; a newer price does not mean the score has refreshed. A failed update leaves the previous dated score in place.

Can MoonshotScore predict stock prices?

No. MoonshotScore measures company fundamentals, valuation and price momentum using available data. It is not a probability of future returns or a price target. A high score does not guarantee a rising share price.

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This is educational content, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

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