In 2024, EarningsBeats celebrates twenty years of providing stock market research, education, and guidance to people who want to capitalize on the firm’s motto of ‘better timing, better trades’. Founded by Tom Bowley and John Hopkins, EarningsBeats grew out of a mutual interest in studying stock market trends and tracking earnings reports.
“When John and I had other businesses that shared the same office space, we both had a passion for the stock market and we would meet for lunch and talk through the ups and downs of the market,” shared Bowley, the firm’s chief market strategist. “I would talk him through and give pointers about things I was seeing based on all I had learned over the years passionately trying to study the market, what made it tick, and so forth.”
The more time the men spent studying and discussing discoveries about the market, the more enthusiastic they became about sharing the information with others. As their conversations and friendship progressed, they decided to establish a firm to educate investors using a unique approach.
“There are many reasons stocks go up and down, but one of the primary reasons is earnings,” explained Hopkins, the firm’s president. “Every public company that trades has to report their earnings. Because of Tom's background as a CPA, he understands the importance of earnings. So we focus on those companies that report and beat earnings because those are the companies you want to be involved with and that have the potential of going higher.”
“We are educating folks using the knowledge that I've gained over the years and giving them something that is different from mainstream media,” added Bowley. “We look at making stock market decisions based on price action, relative strength, and intermarket relationships; not based on price earnings ratios, sales growth, debt burden or anything like that. It is based on what we are learning and the story that is being told by the price action and the charts.”
What began as a one-page newsletter and radio spots has grown into a multi-layered and scalable approach to sharing information with a philosophy that includes three pillars: Market Guidance, Market Education, and Market Research. One key component of EarningsBeats is the strong relationship with the financial platform company Stockcharts.com. The company connection is layered as Bowley frequently writes articles for the platform and EarningsBeats utilizes the StockCharts charting platform as a way of organizing their market research, education, and guidance.
“When earnings season comes around every quarter, Tom and our team are very busy producing ChartLists that show which companies are performing the best, which ones you might want to focus on, which ones you might want to avoid, etc.,” explained Hopkins.
Bowley and Hopkins, who have worked together and known one other for years, say they work together well because they build on one another’s strengths.
“Tom’s skills as an analyst are unmatched,” shared Hopkins. “The reason he has such a great following is because he has been so accurate in his market calls for a long time.”
“John has always been the visionary side of our business, focusing on marketing and customer service,” responded Bowley. “Our membership spans the globe and it’s not uncommon for a question to come in late at night and I’ll see where John responded right away. You just don’t find that level of excellent customer service anywhere else.”
EarningsBeats offers free and paid member services. Free services include publicly accessible articles on StockCharts.com, the EarningsBeats Digest, a newsletter published three times a week, and Trading Places Live, a free show that airs on the EarningsBeats YouTube channel. Paid member services include, but are not limited to, special events; stock portfolios; access to the firm’s ChartLists on StockCharts, including the flagship Strong Earnings ChartList; and more.
For more information and to become a free EB Digest subscriber, visit EarningsBeats.com. Also follow EarningsBeats on YouTube, Facebook, and X.
We look at making stock market decisions based on price action, relative strength, and intermarket relationships...