Find aggressive accounting, off-balance sheet risk and cash flow obfuscation across both longs and shorts
The Hudson Labs risk scores and explanations don’t just predict fraud — they allow you to accurately assess risks hidden in footnotes. While true fraud exists in only a small subset of public issuers, poorly understood accounting mechanisms are ubiquitous.
When you understand the elements of accounting and corporate structure that the market is missing, that’s alpha.
Screen for high risk companies using forensic scores, qualitative risk categories and hard fundamentals
Screen for declining free cash flow AND accounting shenanigans in one place. Make risk assessment work for you.
Ideate with market-wide screens that no one else is running:
Find frustrated CEOs
Hudson Labs Market Intelligence facilitates tone-specific idea generation that can’t be replicated using search. Management frustration with performance can be a sign of weak management OR it can be a catalyst for change.
Add your own keywords or adjust the query to focus on the elements of tone that reflect your view of management behavior.
Useful life estimate changes for severs and networking equipment.
Was Michael Burry right or wrong? Are server useful lives overestimated? So far, it looks like Amazon is the only company choosing to decrease their estimates this year.
Companies implementing ERP systems
A niche risk analysis involves finding companies in the process of updating their ERP system and selling them short or buying the dip when the implementation predictably goes wrong.
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