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Revenue Inflection

Read the study: Revenue Inflection Backtest: The Fresh Kink Beats the Established Grower — 16.6% Against 9.9% per Year

6 Hits · last calculated August 8, 2026 Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q) · Market filter active: the list shows 0 hits from Germany

Methodology & criteria

The fresh kink in the revenue curve: the most recent two or more quarters each grow 30–70 % against their year-ago quarter, while the four quarters before that each grew by less than 15 %. A band instead of a floor — a company growing at triple digits is no longer at the start. Only from $100 million of revenue upwards (sum of the last four quarters): in the 2013–2026 backtest the signal only carried on that revenue base — across all purchases 21.7 % per year against 5.8 % between $10 million and $100 million and 3.2 % below — smaller stocks are missing from the list by design. The fresh inflections (organic, held twelve months) ran ahead of the already-established growers; on the conservative count 16.6 % versus 9.9 % per year. Only the early phase is listed, therefore: at most two accelerating quarters. From the third onwards the entry point the backtest measured has passed — buying then returned 0.7 % per year, and the company drops off the list. Source: fundamental data.

Global filters: market cap of $50B or less (mega caps are cut from every scanner); 10- and 30-day ADR must be ≥ 1% (too little movement gets cut); names after a reverse split (distorted price history) and names with a red Stress RS (rating ≤ 30 — weak on stress days) are excluded.

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Terms in This Scanner Explained

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ADR (Average Daily Range)
The average daily swing of a stock in percent - measured over 10 or 30 trading days (columns "ADR 10D/30D"). An ADR of 5% means: on a normal day the gap between the intraday low and high runs about 5%. Traders look for movement - that is why stocks with an ADR under 1% are filtered out globally. Scanners that run without the global filters still include them; that is noted below their hit list. Not to be confused with ADR meaning "American Depositary Receipt" (a US certificate for foreign shares) - here ADR always means the daily swing.
AI Classification
Our company-by-company assessment of the AI boom based on SEC filings (the last four quarterly 10-Q reports and two annual 10-K reports): "Sells AI" (AI is a revenue source), "Threatened" (AI is a concrete business risk), "Uses AI" (operational use), or "Neutral" (no material AI exposure). Every classification requires at least two direct quote citations - otherwise the column shows "-". Not a quality judgment or a buy recommendation; the full file is on the stock page, methodology at /stocks/ai-rating-methodology.
Analysis (Full Company Analysis)
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Avg/Yr 3Y (Average Annual Return)
The stock's average annual return over the past 3 years. Shows at a glance whether a stock delivers over the long run or just had a short hot streak.
Earnings Date
The date of the next quarterly earnings report. Price gaps in either direction are common around this date - that is why we color it red when it is 7 days away or less, and yellow when it is 14 days away or less: elevated risk for fresh positions.
EPS (Earnings per Share)
Quarterly earnings divided by the number of shares outstanding. The most important growth metric: if EPS rises strongly over several quarters, the company is earning more money per share.
Free Cash Flow (FCF)
Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures - the money left over for everything else (debt paydown, acquisitions, or buybacks). Consistently positive free cash flow is one of the most honest signs of a healthy business model.
Funda Rating (Fundamental Rating A+ to F)
Our proprietary fundamental rating from 0 to 100 points with a school-grade rank from A+ to F. 50 points is the average across the universe, 100 the best possible score. Every stock is scored against all others by percentile: growth in earnings and revenue, earnings surprises, analyst estimates, and quality criteria such as margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet strength. Grades: A+ from 95, A from 75, B from 55, C from 45, D from 25, E from 5, F below — A/A+ are the fundamentally strongest stocks in the universe.
Market Capitalization (Mkt Cap)
The market value of the company: share price x total shares outstanding, shown here in billions of dollars. Micro caps (< $0.3B) are small and volatile, mega caps (> $200B) are heavyweights. Our scanner universe is deliberately capped at $50B - we look for stocks with room to run. The cap does not apply to scanners that run without the global filters; that is noted below their hit list.
Net Margin
How much of revenue is left as profit? Net income divided by revenue, in percent. A 20% margin means: out of every dollar of revenue, 20 cents is left as profit. Rising margins are a strong quality signal.
Operating Cash Flow (OCF)
The cash that actually flows into the company from day-to-day operations - without accounting effects such as depreciation. A company can report book profits while still burning cash; operating cash flow reveals that.
Piotroski F-Score
A balance-sheet health check developed by Joseph Piotroski: 9 yes/no criteria covering earnings, cash flow, leverage, and efficiency produce a score from 0 to 9. Scores of 7 or higher are considered financially very solid, scores under 3 a warning sign.
Sector & Industry
Two levels of industry classification: sector is broad (e.g., Technology), industry is narrow (e.g., Semiconductors). Many strategies watch industry strength, because strong stocks are almost always found in strong industries.
Stage (Weinstein Stages 1-4)
Stan Weinstein divides every price chart into four stages: Stage 1 = basing (sideways after a downtrend), Stage 2 = uptrend (the only buying stage), Stage 3 = topping, Stage 4 = downtrend (avoid, or short candidate). Measured against the 30-week line (150-day moving average) and its slope.
Stress RS (Strength on Stress Days)
A stress day is a day on which both the overall market and the stock's own sector fell at least 0.5%. Stress RS counts on how many of these days the stock still closed green (shown as "g/n" = green days out of n stress days) and turns that into a rating from 1 to 99. High values point to buyers stepping in even on weak days - often a sign of institutional accumulation.

Hit List

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Revenue Inflection
Symbol Revenue Base ($M) Accelerating Quarters Earnings Avg/Y 3Y Stress RS Stage Funda Rating Piotroski MktCap Industry AI Rating Deep Dive Deep-Dive Report Sector Price YTD 6 Mo. 1 Year Off High Price Target RS EPS Rating ADR 10D ADR 30D Beta P/E P/E (f) P/S P/B P/FCF PEG EV/EBITDA EBIT Margin Gross Margin Net Margin ROE ROA Debt/Eq Equity Ratio Sales +/Y Growth Score Div. Yield Payout Ratio Altman Z Inst. % Short % Analysts
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Frequently Asked Questions

The fresh kink in the revenue curve: the most recent two or more quarters each grow 30–70 % against their year-ago quarter, while the four quarters before that each grew by less than 15 %. A band instead of a floor — a company growing at triple digits is no longer at the start.

All scanners are recalculated daily across the entire stock universe — most recently on 8. August 2026. The data basis is fundamental data and SEC filings (10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports).

Currently, 6 stocks pass this scanner's criteria (as of 8. August 2026).

Global filters: market cap of $50B or less (mega caps are cut from every scanner); 10- and 30-day ADR must be ≥ 1% (too little movement gets cut); names after a reverse split (distorted price history) and names with a red Stress RS (rating ≤ 30 — weak on stress days) are excluded.

The scanner looks for the start of a growth story, not its middle. Two conditions have to come together: the most recent two or more consecutive quarters each grow 30% to 70% against their year-ago quarter, and the four quarters immediately before that each grew by less than 15%. The 70% ceiling is deliberate — a company growing at triple digits is no longer at the start, it is in the middle of a story the market has long since priced in. The four quiet quarters have to be on the record: if the history is missing because the company only recently listed, that counts as "not on record", not as "quiet". On top of that comes a hurdle that does not come from the rule but from measuring it: at least $100 million of revenue over the last four quarters. Split by revenue base, the signal only carried there: across all purchases 21.7% per year against 5.8% between $10 million and $100 million and 3.2% below, and for the fresh inflections alone 21.9% against 7.8% and 4.5% — a jump from $117,000 to $155,000 is statistically hard to tell apart from noise. Smaller stocks are therefore missing by design. We backtested the rule from 2013 to 2026 on a database that includes delisted stocks and keeps them in the portfolio. On a twelve-month holding period and restricted to organically grown companies: 26.3% per year for the fresh inflections versus 19.4% for companies that were already growing, 15.0% for the S&P 500 including dividends and 4.8% for the equal-weighted universe. Removing 16 of 2,684 positions whose monthly jump above 200% points to reverse splits that were never carried into the adjusted price leaves 16.6% versus 9.9% — the ranking holds, the level halves. And a second limit, for the same reason: only the early phase is listed, at most two accelerating quarters. Buying only from the third onwards returned 0.7% per year — from there a company drops back off the list. The main arm held a median of just 15 stocks per month — a narrow base. Every figure and caveat is in the study. A hit is a find, not a buy signal. Source: fundamental data and SEC filings (annual reports 10-K and quarterly reports 10-Q).

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