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THOUGHT LEADERS
Gradient Analytics, a Sabrient Systems Company as of Aug 03, 2011, is a leading independent equity research firm with expertise in financial analysis, forensic accounting, and executive behavior. Our mission is to provide our clients with academically rigorous, unbiased, objective insight into the financial performance and equity values of publicly traded companies. Our research is relied upon by mutual fund, hedge fund, and other professional money managers.
  Better Research, Better Results
We are an independent research firm providing objective, unbiased, and uncompromised opinions. Gradient is not affiliated with any investment bank, underwriter, brokerage or trading firm, or fund. We do not manage money for others nor perform contract research for hire.

GRADIENT BRANDED PRODUCTS
Leveraging over 15 years of thought leadership and academic research, including that of one of our founders Dr. Vickrey. Gradient delivers to investment managers three analyst-driven research services. The same team of analysts offers consulting services upon request.
Better Research, Better Results
Comprehensive forensic accounting, financial-statement, and corporate-governance analysis of widely held public companies ... more
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Better Research, Better Results
Actionable investment ideas based on the relationship between future earnings/stock-price performance and abnormal executive ... more
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Better Research, Better Results
We dig deeper into forensic accounting issues, foreign exchange effects, domiciled market reporting and disclosure anomalies ... more
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Better Research, Better Results
Our network of affiliated Ph.D.s augment our experienced credentialed analyst team to provide insights into the financial, operational ... more
Earnings Quality Rank (EQR)

Our Earnings Quality Rank (EQR), jointly developed with Sabrient Systems, offer clients an objective and unbiased assessment of a company's relative potential risk due to accrual accounting practices ...
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GRADIENT'S COMMENTARY
In this Earnings Quality commentary, we provide a quarterly review of earnings quality and valuation of the banking sector ... more
 
In this Equity Incentive issue commentary, we examine the academic evidence that hedging transactions by executives are used opportunistically on average ... more
 
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