Manifest Investing

Glossary - Manifest Rank

The purpose of this glossary is to provide definitions — and links for further exploration — of topics and terminology that may be somewhat unique to Manifest Investing. We don’t try and include every financial term known to man although a few are included here because they’re at the “core” of what we do and use. If you’re searching for a definition and don’t find it here, we’d encourage you to try Investopedia.com or InvestorWords.com . If you see a word or phrase commonly used at Manifest Investing and you feel that it should be included here, please send your suggestion to manifest@manifestinvesting.com

Manifest Rank: A 0-to-100 ranking of all the combination ratings (a blend of return forecast, projected annual return, and quality ranking) in the Solomon database. For example, a company with a combination rank of 100 is in the top percentile for all 2500+ stocks covered at MANIFEST and would be deemed worthy of further study. This characteristic is available in the StockSearch.

Quality Legend:
Blue	Excellent with quality greater than 80.
Green	Good with quality between 60 and 80.
Neutral	Average or below average with quality between 20 and 60.
Red	Poor with quality less than 20.
Companies with less than 10 years of history are penalized by 5 points per year.
PAR Legend:
Green	PAR is within the target range of MIPAR +5-10%, currently 5.1%-10.1%
Yellow	PAR is above the target range of MIPAR +10%, currently 10.1%
PAR	Projected Annual Return
MIPAR	The Manifest Investing Median PAR of all stocks in the database.
Company Name Legend:
*	Not covered by Value Line Standard Edition.
b	Uses price-to-book value for valuation purposes.
P/CF	Uses price-to-cash flow for valuation.