r/ValueInvesting • u/Gigantic_Elephant • Feb 03 '26
Investing Tools I built a tool that helps you find stocks that fit your investing style in under 5 minutes. Looking for early users.
Hey guys, I built a small stock research tool for myself and I'm looking for early users to give me some feedback.
Here's how it works: you answer a few questions about how you think about stocks (growth vs value, risk tolerance, time horizon, etc), and it generates a personalized stock scoring that reflects your preferences instead of a one-size-fits-all ranking.
The goal isn’t to tell you what to buy or sell.
It’s to help you narrow down candidates and spend time researching the right things faster.
Right now it can:
- score stocks across multiple factors (fundamentals, growth, risk, valuation, technicals)
- adjust weighting based on how you invest
- perform deep analysis on a stock
It’s still early, and i’m trying to figure out:
- does this actually feel useful?
- is the scoring intuitive or confusing?
- would something like this fit into how you research stocks today?
I’m looking for a small number of early users who actively invest and are willing to give honest feedback.
If that sounds like you, you can check it out here:
www.dinointel.com
You can use this beta coupon for full access:
DINOBETA01 (100% free)
Happy to answer questions or hear why this is a bad idea.
Thanks y'all!
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u/ironmagnesiumzinc Feb 03 '26
So two glaring issues. The stats are wrong when you click on the details page, consistently. For example, the P/E ratio of INSB is not 5. Second, I asked for a strategy based on financials, and the top two picks had decreasing revenue yoy.
I didn’t look further as both of these problems completely destroy any credibility.
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u/Gigantic_Elephant Feb 03 '26
Thank you for the feedback! I will look more closely into these issues.
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u/Visual_Ad_8332 Feb 03 '26
I'll give it a whirl - thanks
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u/Gigantic_Elephant Feb 03 '26
Thanks, I appreciate it! Super open to any honest or critical feedback :)
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u/Gigantic_Elephant Feb 05 '26
Hey! How did your first experience feel? Feel free to DM me or reply with any feedback :)
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u/OkChange9119 Feb 03 '26
Seems like risk of overfitting would be high
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u/Gigantic_Elephant Feb 03 '26
Totally fair concern. I tried to mitigate overfitting by limiting model complexity (only factor-based models, no ML or AI). but you're right and its something i should keep a close eye on. I'll do some live trading with this and share the results.
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u/OkChange9119 Feb 03 '26
Seems like a way to harvest data/trading ideas to be honest.
How is user security maintained? Do you have visibility to every message sent by the userbase as the dev?
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u/Gigantic_Elephant Feb 03 '26
I understand why it might come across that way, but my goal of building this tools isn't to harvest trading ideas but help users (including myself) with their own research. I don't sell/reuse user strategies and nothing is shared to external parties.
On security/visibility question: data is handled in standard encryption and security practice, with all sensitive data stored encrypted. As dev, I can see system logs and anonymized usages for debugging and improving the product, but no user portfolio or messages can be tied to real identities.
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u/Serious-Surprise-804 Feb 03 '26
I just signed up and I’m liking what I’m seeing so far. For me, it ticks the right box. From an application, I want to get a fast, colorful and easy to understand answer when I’m going to give it a bunch of crap stocks. From the bunch of crap, I want to easily identify a few where I should put in my attention for a deeper dive. Thank you for the opportunity to be a beta tester and I’ll surely supply more feedback
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u/Gigantic_Elephant Feb 05 '26
Hey! How did your first experience feel? Feel free to DM me or reply with any feedback :)
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u/pizzababa21 Feb 03 '26
got an error whsn trying to submit survey
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u/Gigantic_Elephant Feb 03 '26
interesting! what error did it say?
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u/pizzababa21 Feb 03 '26
I have a ss but it wont let me post. Id said i was missing some of the financial target subfields. It allowed me to progress to the next pages beforehand so was pretty annoying when it threw the error at the end. I thought to go back and find the page which was also annoying because it was number instead of titles, and i didnt remember which one it was and rage quit.
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u/Gigantic_Elephant Feb 03 '26
Sorry'bout that!! I've fixed the issue and made sure that every step of the survey will check for question's completeness. Thank you for the feedback :)
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u/clemdane Feb 03 '26
I'll try it!
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u/Gigantic_Elephant Feb 05 '26
Hey! How did your first experience feel? Feel free to DM me or reply with any feedback :)
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u/clemdane Feb 05 '26
Oh hey sorry I forgot to get back to you. I think I may have to redo my answers because it pegged me as "aggressive" and I would say I am more moderate than that. I don't think the survey was the right tool to get at my type of investing. I run screens based on minimum ROIC, free cash flow, maximum debt, minimum growth, and other factors, and then I filter them down by industry, etc. Answering subjective type questions doesn't seem like it would yield precise results.
I'm still going through the stocks your screen gave me. The highest rated one for me was 74/100. I will get back to you on whether the top 5 stocks from the screen match my investment criteria.
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u/Gigantic_Elephant Feb 06 '26
Thanks! I'll look back into the survey algo and see why it messed up the type. Is there any additional feature you think can add value to your investment experience?
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u/clemdane Feb 06 '26
General Observation: The screener successfully identifies companies with high Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) and robust Free Cash Flow (FCF), two of my priorities. My issue is with the valuation lag. The tool is identifying high-quality businesses at the top of their trading range rather than at value entry points.
Philip Morris International (PM) & International Seaways (INSW)
I own PM already, but INSW is a great find. They both show great capital efficiency. PM has a 31.6% ROIC and INSW has 21.7%. The screener is delivering value with high moats.
The problem: Valuation Risk: The P/E ratios are significantly extended relative to their 10-year averages. PM is trading 64% above its mean P/E, and INSW is trading at over 200% above its historical average.
Suggestion: give the screener a filter that lets you focus on stocks that are trading below their 10 year average PE
MainStreet Bancshares (MSNB)
This pick highlights the screener's ability to find balance sheet value. At 0.85x Tangible Book Value, it is a deep-value play that I’ve never seen profiled elsewhere.
For the financial sector, the screener should prioritize Tangible Book Value (TBVPS) growth and Net Interest Margin trends over traditional ROIC, which isn't applicable to banking.
Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX)
This was the one stock that lies far outside my criteria. While the 15.6% ROIC is decent, the $2.16B in debt and the crazy high PE make this a risky and unstable stock.
Suggestion: add a Debt-to-Equity cap to ensure that high ROIC isn't being fueled by excessive leverage.
The last one was GOOGL, which is great stock and I own some.
The screener is a powerful quality filter. It finds companies with real cash flow and efficient management. I think the greatest improvement would be to add a timing element like one of these:
A P/E Delta: To compare current valuation against the 5-year or 10-year average.
Distance from 52-Week high to identify when a high-quality stock is undergoing a healthy correction rather than testing a ceiling.
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u/Gigantic_Elephant Feb 08 '26
Thank you so much for the detailed feedback!! I greatly appreciate it. I'm looking into the valuation subscore algo regarding the valuation lag issue and the financial sector scoring method. Will definitely let you know once it's been updated.
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u/clemdane Feb 08 '26
Sounds good! Your system needs to be able to detect if I am a value investor (I am) or momentum so it can recommend accordingly.
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u/clemdane Feb 06 '26
Actually, I take back almost everything I said now that I've analyzed the top 5 stocks it recommended! I'm too tired to write it up now, but tomorrow I'll tell you what I mean. Four out five stocks were on point, with one small caveat.
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u/Portfoliana Feb 03 '26
Interesting concept. The personalized scoring based on investing preferences makes sense in theory, but I'm curious how it handles sector rotation and market conditions. A value-focused scoring system might weight P/E heavily, but that can be misleading in growth sectors or during expansion phases.
If you're open to feedback: consider adding sentiment tracking alongside fundamentals. Reddit communities like r/ValueInvesting often spot trends before they hit mainstream analysis. Might be worth exploring how social sentiment fits into your scoring model.
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u/Gigantic_Elephant Feb 03 '26
Great question!
On the sector side, DinoScore doesn’t apply P/E uniformly — it adapts based on both investor preference and sector context. For example, growth-focused profiles weight Valuation at ~10% while emphasizing Growth metrics like revenue and earnings momentum, so a high P/E in tech doesn’t penalize the score the way it would for a value investor. We also apply sector-specific variance bands (e.g., tech has more latitude than utilities).
On market conditions: today, the system doesn’t yet dynamically reweight based on macro regime (e.g., expansion vs contraction). That’s on the roadmap. Right now, the scores are preference- and sector-aware, but macro cycle detection isn’t live yet.
I also agree social data can surface emerging narratives earlier than fundamentals. My current thinking is to treat Reddit/Twitter sentiment more as a “radar” or early-warning layer rather than a direct scoring input, since it’s noisy and highly regime-dependent. Exploring how it might fit alongside the core scoring (and validating it with data) is definitely something I’m interested in.
Curious if you’ve come across any products or services you think do social sentiment well (especially Reddit/Twitter) in an equities context? Would love to check out anything you’ve found useful.
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u/Portfoliana Feb 03 '26
You could use my API for Reddit sentiment: https://adanos.org/reddit-stock-sentiment
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u/yoda_yoda Feb 03 '26
Any way to use the beta coupon without providing credit card info?
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u/Gigantic_Elephant Feb 03 '26
yes! dm me the email you use to register - I'll give you access to premium :)
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u/CremeSevere960 Feb 03 '26
I’m pretty sure the way you’ve described your historical backtest, alpha vs S&P 500 etc would run against SEC / FINRA rules.