Earnings rating is calculated based on three factors - earnings surprises, estimate revisions and recommendation changes. Profitability, debt, earnings quality and dividend trends are evaluated under the fundamentals component in the report. Relative valuation has three components - price to sales (50% weight), trailing P/E (25% weight) and forward P/E (25% weight). These metrics are evaluated against the overall market, index and company’s own historic 5-year averages.
