| Market | 1W | YTD | 1Y |
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| Ticker Nerd 20 | +2.3% | +26.1% | +40.6% | | S&P 500 Equal Weight | +0.7% | +13.2% | +20.4% | | S&P 500 | +1.1% | +10.1% | +21.5% | | Nasdaq 100 | +0.5% | +12.3% | +24.8% |
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Market Radar · 3 Aug 2026 Every one of the week's six biggest moves came straight out of an earnings report.The Ticker Nerd 20 rose 2.3% and beat every benchmark in a week stuffed with big tech earnings — the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 finished last at 0.5%. Year to date the TKN20 is up 26.1% against the S&P 500's 10.1%. Huron Consulting (HURN) rose 35% after beating on revenue and profit and raising its full-year outlook, while Roblox (RBLX), the online games platform, fell 25% after pointing to slower growth ahead. In the rank, Steven Madden (SHOO), the footwear brand, jumped 51 places to 98 — tariff refunds came back and went straight to paying down debt. |
What moved The week’s biggest price moves.Among stocks liquid enough for the model to own. The rank is each stock’s current score, 0–100. Up | HURN | +35.1% | 81 rank | | Huron Consulting Group, Inc. · Consulting services | | Beat on both lines, raised guidance | | BLKB | +30.8% | 95 rank | | Blackbaud, Inc. · Nonprofit software | | Profit and cash flow beat | | NEOG | +28.1% | 94 rank | | Neogen Corp. · Food safety testing | | Quarterly beat, core growth improved |
Down | RBLX | −25.1% | 29 rank | | Roblox Corp. · Online games platform | | Expects sales growth to slow | | PSN | −24.7% | 28 rank | | Parsons Corp. · Defence services | | Slashed full-year guidance | | ALNY | −24.4% | 51 rank | | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · RNAi medicines | | Cut its TTR revenue guidance |
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Rank movers The Ticker Nerd Rank’s biggest moves.In places out of 100, since 25 July 2026. A big move means the numbers the model scores — cash generation, debt, analyst forecasts — just changed, whatever the price did. Up | RAL | +59 | now 66 | | | Ralliant Corp. · Sensors and instruments | | Profits arriving as actual cash | | SHOO | +51 | now 98 | | | Steven Madden Ltd. · Footwear brands | | Used tariff refunds to repay debt | | HRI | +42 | now 70 | | | Herc Holdings, Inc. · Equipment rental | | Debt edged down instead of up |
Down | NFG | −28 | now 36 | | | National Fuel Gas Co. · Gas utility | | Borrowing to fund a utility deal | | CTVA | −28 | now 65 | | | Corteva, Inc. | | | CI | −27 | now 53 | | | The Cigna Group · Health insurance | | Issuing shares, diluting existing holders |
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Factor spotlight RevisionsThe whole model is factor investing: decades of research keep finding the same measurable things behind stocks that do well, and the rank scores every US stock on them. Each week we highlight one. This week: revisions. Analysts move their forecasts in steps rather than all at once, so the direction they are currently moving tends to continue. | TXN Scores highest | 100 score | | Texas Instruments Incorporated · Analog chipmaker | | Industrial and AI chip orders recovering | | COKE Scores lowest | 25 score | | Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. · Soft drink bottler | | Two analysts cover it, forecasts rarely move |
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This is general information and educational content only, not financial advice. It's published for every reader alike and doesn't consider anyone's personal circumstances. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Ticker Nerd 20 figures are simulated before 20 July 2026 and live since; backtested figures are hypothetical and were not traded. Disclaimer → Ticker Nerd · 189 Queen St, Suite #1171, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia Ranks as at 1 Aug 2026 |
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