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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have been with Guru Focus for almost 10 years now. It is the only service I need and use for investing. There is absolutely so much on the platform to really dig into financial metrics. The custome... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thanks for your message. I am a Brazilian professor at the Catholic University, with a Ph.D. degree in Florida Christian University (Orlando, Fl) which belongs to the Franciscan Fathers Community. I... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I am a fundamental and value investor and Gurufocus provides me with the tools I need to find the companies that fit my interests and review them. The screener helps me find undervalued companies base... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

The terminal is quite good in terms of data. However, the payment options are weak. Only annual subscriptions are available. In an environment with so many variables, it doesn’t provide flexibility... See more

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  1. Investment Service

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At GuruFocus, our mission is to provide a combination of historical, financial and valuation data, powerful screeners, charts and comparison tools so investors can make smarter long-term decisions. Founder Dr. Charlie Tian was inspired by the wisdom of legendary investors like Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham and Peter Lynch after the internet bubble burst in 2000. He developed GuruFocus in December of 2004, providing institutional investors’ trading information with the belief that investors would make fewer mistakes if they were to select stocks from the ones that have been researched by the best investors in the world. Focused on serving global investors, GuruFocus strives to become the most comprehensive value investing website available.More stock financials and valuation data are provided, along with trading histories of institutional investors and company executives. Investors can make smarter long-term decisions using powerful tools like the All-in-One Screener, interactive charts and comparison tables. Market valuations as well as economic and industry indicators lead to a better understanding of market cycles and overall valuations. With exhaustive financial data and powerful features, GuruFocus is a one-stop service for millions of value investors. Dedicated to helping others achieve investment success, GuruFocus is constantly developing new tools to generate potential value investing ideas for the long term.GuruFocus is on a fast growth track, expanding our service globally. We now provide Chinese, Japanese and Korean versions of our website. The next step is to open our business to investors in Spain, Portugal and Russia, among other regions, over the next five years as we prepare to go public. As a new generation of investors eagerly enters the ever-changing market, GuruFocus is ready for the next exciting step in our journey.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Gurufocus is the best!

I subscribed to GuruFocus before the pandemic, and spent quite a lot of time learning from it. If you've ever traveled to a place where you keep discovering new things, the site is that kind of experience. Little by little I have grown more confident in my own investment strategy, because the site encourages the user to consider investing through the eyes of the best of the best (gurus, i.e. Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, Joel Greenblatt, Jim Simmons, Cathie Wood, etc..). I love that it wasn't created by a finance person, but rather a research person. It shows. The price might seem steep on first glance, but the continued knowledge it has provided has more than made up for the cost. Love this site! It's worth at least a trial for those interested in investing.

September 29, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Statistic metric explanation

i had a question about a measurement(stock volatility) that you display on the site, i got in less than 3 min a perfect response with all what i need to proceed with my research

September 24, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My Key to Financial Independence

This is by far the best investment site for retail investors who don't have a Bloomberg Terminal. I can honestly say that Gurufocus is a big reason I was able to get to financial independence. Some of the standout features is incredible amount of financial data which can be analyzed in an easy format. The interactive chart feature is incredible and stock screener is the best on the web. The price is very reasonable for the value you are getting. GuruFocus regularly releases new features and recently they have released a discussion's forum where users can interact with each other and exchange information.

September 23, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Analytics are amazing!

Analytics are amazing and the ways to customize screeners are amazing. They are constantly adding new stuff and have created plugins and APIs that can fully automate the data they provide to you own models. It’s all real data you can actually use. Highly recommend.

September 2, 2021
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

So many limitations

There are so many limitations that they don't advertise.

So you expect to get access to the gurus when you buy the premium subscription? Yes, you get access to less than 3% of the gurus on their platform. You need plus subscription to access the rest.

You might be expecting to be able to use the custom filters? Guess what, you can use them very little before that function is being blocked and you have to pay for the plus subscription.

Premium feels more like a trial mode, that you can play around with a little before you buy the plus subscription.

The plus subscription has a quite substantial price tag. If you want the plus subscription for the whole world, it's USD 3000. This means you have to at least increase your performance 3000 USD per year with this service for it to be worthwhile. Realistically speaking most people will not be able to do this with less than 100.000 USD invested.

So this is why you might end up with a premium (trial) subscription and limited regions, only to be frustrated about the limitations.

Also be aware that the All-in-One screener has a lot of fields, but you can quickly end up filtering out companies simply because they don't have the data. As an example they seem mostly to be able to filter on insider trading in the US, not so much the rest of the world, even though these data are freely available on other platforms.

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Update 29th May 2021
I have to revise my review a bit, so I up the stars a notch to three stars. They do deliver a lot of valuable content for the Premium subscribers, but the above critique is still relevant.

March 29, 2021
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hi Frederik,

Premium members can access most of the features and data on GuruFocus. We also keep adding features and data to Premium membership. Please take a look at the new data and features we added. You are invited to attend our monthly meeting. You can also look at the new features we added lately at this link: https://www.gurufocus.com/changelog. Please let us know what you think.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing service

Amazing service, the best purchase in 2020. Already saved me and made me a lot of money. Thanks

August 3, 2020
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