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| Ticker Nerd 20 | −2.6% | +22.0% | +24.4% | | S&P 500 Equal Weight | −1.9% | +13.1% | +15.6% | | S&P 500 | −0.8% | +12.7% | +17.5% | | Nasdaq 100 | −0.6% | +16.6% | +22.4% |
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Market Radar · 14 Sept 2026 All three of the week's biggest fallers had just beaten expectations.The average S&P 500 stock fell more than twice as far as the index: equal weight down 1.9%, the index 0.8%. The Nasdaq (NDAQ) 100 fell least. The Ticker Nerd 20 fell 2.6%. Twenty stocks swing harder than 500, in both directions; it is up 22.0% this year against the index's 12.7%. Three software companies beat expectations and fell anyway. ServiceTitan (TTAN), which sells software to plumbers and electricians, guided next quarter below forecasts. Braze (BRZE), which runs marketing messages for brands, and Guidewire (GWRE), which sells claims software to insurers, guided low too. Solaris Energy Infrastructure (SEI), which supplies mobile power to data centres, raised its guidance instead. |
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 | SEI | +26.8% | rank 30 | | Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Inc. · Mobile power rental | | Raised its profit guidance | | ASO | +26.7% | rank 89 | | Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. · Sporting goods retailer | | Beat, raised profit guidance | | MXL | +25.4% | rank 77 | | MaxLinear, Inc. · Chip designer | | Raised data-centre sales outlook |
Down | TTAN | −41.3% | rank 73 | | ServiceTitan, Inc. · Contractor software | | Beat; weak guidance, sales chief out | | GWRE | −30.5% | rank 69 | | Guidewire Software, Inc. · Insurance software | | Beat, guided next quarter lower | | BRZE | −28.0% | rank 64 | | Braze, Inc. · Marketing software | | Beat, but guided profits lower |
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Rank movers The Ticker Nerd Rank’s biggest moves.In places out of 100, since 5 Sept 2026. A big move means the numbers the model scores — cash generation, debt, analyst forecasts — just changed, whatever the price did. Up | ASO | +26 | now 89 | | | Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. · Sporting goods retailer | | Analysts raising their forecasts | | AVAV | +23 | now 37 | | | AeroVironment, Inc. · Drones and defence | | Cash flow turned positive again | | AEO | +16 | now 88 | | | American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. · Clothing retailer | | Paying down debt, not borrowing |
Down | CNM | −24 | now 46 | | | Core & Main, Inc. · Water pipe distributor | | Borrowed more over the past year | | RH | −15 | now 21 | | | RH · Luxury furniture | | Sales barely growing | | HON | −14 | now 50 | | | Honeywell International, Inc. · Industrial manufacturer | | Shares drifting lower since aerospace split |
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Factor spotlight GrowthThe 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: growth. A business getting bigger and more profitable is worth more than the same business standing still — and what matters most is whether the rate of improvement is itself speeding up, because that is the part the market has usually not priced yet. | RUN Scores highest | score 100 | | SunRun, Inc. · Residential solar | | Adding batteries to most new solar installs | | SPHR Scores lowest | score 0 | | Sphere Entertainment Co. · Las Vegas venue | | One building; revenue turns on the show |
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For members Members see the Ticker Nerd 20 itself — every holding, why the rules bought it, and a written Know What You Own brief on each — plus the full factor rank across roughly 4,600 US stocks, and the record with every trade in it. See what membership includes → |
 | — Aslam Ghouse · Ticker Nerd |
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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 12 Sept 2026 |
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