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Gradient Analytics is the country's leading independent equities research firm with expertise in financial analysis, forensic accounting, executive compensation, 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.

We have covered thousands of companies and have a track record for being right. Gradient Analytics, and our substantial client base, know that better research means better results.

GRADIENT BRANDED PRODUCTS
Leveraging over 15 years of thought leadership and academic research, including that of our founders Drs. Bettis and Vickrey, Gradient's proprietary quantitative models and databases deliver to investment managers two analyst/consultant-driven customizable research services and one quantitative alpha-generating product.

Earnings Quality Analytics™
Analysts deliver forensic accounting and corporate governance analysis of widely held companies ... more
• Sample Report • White Paper • Performance

Equity Incentive Analytics™
Analysts exploit the relationship between both abnormal executive stock option behavior and equity incentive plan design, and future earnings/stock price performance at specific firms ... more
• Sample Report • White Paper • Performance

Gradient Factor Suite™
Cutting edge, original research on earnings quality, equity incentive, technical price patterns, and fundamentals that have been signals/factors ... more
• White Paper
NEWS ROOM

Apr 23 2008
Gradient Analytics Looks Forward To Proving Overstock Wrong ... more

Mar 25 2008
Gradient Analytics' Early Research Identified Same Issues as Charges in SEC Complaint Against Biovail ... more


GRADIENT'S COMMENTARY
In this Earnings Quality issue commentary, we present a critical analysis of quality of earnings at five large capitalization firms in the mortgage banking business ... more
 
In this Equity Incentive issue commentary (Part II), we examine seven companies that have displayed exercise and hold behavior in early 2007 ... more
 

GRADIENT CONSULTING
When you need to know more.
Gradient Consulting delivers insights into the financial, operational and management performance of publicly traded companies. Our findings complement independent research, clarifying areas of interest that signal potential risks to investments or further support investment decisions ... more
 
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