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πŸŽ“ Exclusive: Our Fundamental Scoring Framework Explained

Discover how we score stocks from 0 - 100. With real examples!

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The Future Investors
Jan 09, 2026
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At The Future Investors, we believe fundamentals matter more than valuation. As Warren Buffett famously said:

β€œIt’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.”

That’s why, before we invest in any stock, we always begin with a complete analysis of its fundamentals. It’s the fundamentals that ultimately drive a stock’s long-term potential.

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Fundamental Scoring Framework

To make this systematic, we developed our Fundamental Scoring Framework, which evaluates every company across three key areas: Management, Market, and Financials & Growth.

Each area contains multiple elements β€” 19 in total β€” and each element is scored individually. These scores are then combined into a final score from 0 to 100, reflecting how fundamentally attractive we believe the company is as an investment. The scoring scale is as follows:

πŸ”΄ Below 50 β†’ Uninvestable
🟠 50 - 59 β†’ Questionable
🟑 60 - 69 β†’ Reasonable
🟒 70 - 79 β†’ Quality
πŸ”΅ 80 - 89 β†’ High-Quality
🟣 90 or above β†’ Exceptional

Through our Unpacked series, our monthly deep dive where we β€œunpack” a company, we’ve already shared scores for many businesses. Some of the companies we’ve covered include SoFi, Axon, MongoDB, and MercadoLibre. You can explore all previous Unpacked editions here.

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Now, we’re giving you a clear look behind the curtain: explore the principles behind our Fundamental Scoring Framework. This is the system we use to evaluate companies on fundamentals, assign scores, and identify the highest-quality companies.

Here are a few companies we analyzed with their final scores πŸ‘‡

Oscar Health: 🟠 55 β†’ Questionable
McDonalds: 🟑 66 β†’ Reasonable
Astera Labs: 🟒 76 β†’ Quality
ServiceNow: πŸ”΅ 81 β†’ High-Quality
Nvidia: 🟣 94 β†’ Exceptional

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