Quant ratings
The Maz Rating: one number between 1 and 5, built from the bottom up — about eighty ratios, each ranked against the company’s own sector, rolled into five factors and then into the rating. These are the screens that rank on it, and what moved at the last scoring run.
What the number is
The Maz Rating is one number between 1 and 5, with a letter and a verdict word beside it. It is built from the bottom up: about eighty ratios are computed for each company, every one is ranked against the other companies of the same sector, the ranks combine into five factor scores, and the five factors combine into the rating.
It measures the company against its own sector, and it is relative by construction: within each sector the ratings are spread evenly from 1 to 5, so a quarter of every sector is a Strong Buy and a quarter is a Sell. A Buy in Utilities and a Buy in Technology mean the same thing — the upper middle of their own sector — not that both cleared one fixed bar.
Price multiples are part of it, inside the Valuation factor, so a company can be marked down purely for getting more expensive. What never enters it is a fair value estimate: those are shown on the Valuation tab and nowhere else.
The scale
| Score | Letter | Verdict | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 – 5.0 | A | Strong Buy | The top quarter of its sector. |
| 3.0 – 4.0 | B+ | Buy | The upper middle of its sector. |
| 2.0 – 3.0 | C+ or C | Hold | The lower middle of its sector (C+ from 2.5). |
| 1.0 – 2.0 | D | Sell | The bottom quarter of its sector. |
| n/a | — | N/A | Not enough data to rank the company in its sector. |
The same scale on every screen in the table next door, on every company page and in the badge beside a ticker.
How fresh it is
Ratings are recomputed sector by sector by a scoring run, every month, and each run is kept. Between two runs a rating does not move, even if the price does — open a company for its current figures, and the Rating Changes tab for what moved at the last run.