The Top Stock Market Analysis Websites in Canada

If you want the next big stock pick, you are going to need a great stock market analysis website. Analysis sites are great tools for all investors, both beginners and experts alike. Big banks and online brokerages offer investment research to their clients. However, there are powerful stock research sites that are available to anyone in just a few clicks. Here are five stock market analysis websites that you should know about. 

Morningstar Inc.

Morningstar Inc. is a financial services firm who offers a platform filled with top-of-the-line investment research, investment services, stock screeners and in-depth analysis. It’s an incredibly powerful site that no investor should be without. In fact, major online investing brokerages like National Bank Direct Brokerage, RBC Direct Investing, QTrade, and TD Direct Investing offer complimentary access to Morningstar research.

Readers can access the regular site for free. But if you want to level up your investing prowess and take full advantage of the resources they offer, you’ll need to subscribe. Morningstar offers a premium package that offers a 14-day free trial. After the trial period, users can choose from the following packages: 

• $24.95 a month
• $149.95 for 1 year
• $269.95 for 2 years
• $325.95 for 3 years

In terms of stock market analysis, Morningstar has an innovative system. You can either type in a ticker or look at an entire stock index and view the “Morningstar Rating,” which ranges from 1-5 stars. When you type in a ticker symbol you get an in-depth analysis of the stock with various tabs such as: 

• valuation
• dividends 
• key ratios
• short interest
• ownership
• performance

Along with an interactive graph, you can also view their direct competitors. Overall, Morningstar is a great platform. You can flex your stock-picking muscles with an esteemed investment research company and the services they provide.

Yahoo Finance

Yahoo Finance is the mainstay of financial and capital market information in North America. It has various news outlets pooling together information on the overall stock market and the economy. You can stay on top of your investing game with up-to-date information on what is going on in the world of finance and the economy.  You can even import your actual portfolio to track your performance on a day-to-day basis. The best part? It’s totally free.

The website and mobile app are both super easy to use. Any investor can type in a ticker and get live, up-to-date: 

• quotes
• interactive graphs
• financial ratios
• historical financial statements
• relevant news articles
• announcements
• past quarterly performance

Whoa, that’s a lot! The interactive graph allows you to track technical indicators like moving averages (MA), relative strength index (RSI), bollinger bands, and more . Yahoo Finance is a great tool for both technical and fundamental analysis. It’s a one-stop-shop for all your investing needs. Whether you’re a rookie or a veteran investor, Yahoo Finance is guaranteed to provide you with accurate information on a user-friendly platform.

The Motley Fool

The Motley Fool has been around for almost 30 years. It has had a reputation of being a riskier site due to the large growth stock opportunities their analysts present.The Motley Fool is a private financial and investing advice company that offers a variety of services. 

The first service is Motley Fool Rule Breakers, which costs $99/year. Its target audience are investors with bigger risk appetites. Their online advisors are more keen towards large growth stocks. Tesla and Amazon were some of their picks. Rule Breakers has more than tripled the S&P 500 returns over the past 15 years due to their aggressive approach to investing in high growth equities. I know this isn’t for every investor, but if this suits your profile, why not give it a shot? 

Their second service is the Motley Fool Stock Advisor, a less volatile, more buy-and-hold strategy. It suggests and gives you experienced analysis from the owners of the company themselves. This service is more for the risk averse investor, who wants to see consistent returns with less of an emotional rollercoaster. The Motley Fool platform is more of an article-based website, where the picks are backed by research, and you can find information and ratings on every index, equity, bond, or ETF in the stock market.

A paid subscription allows you to access various features such as multiple stock screeners and an array of indicators such as bollinger bands, exponential moving (EMA) average, and relative strength index (RSI), to name a few. You can also customize your indicator’s values, as well as even practice your coding by back testing a system using Pine editor. This website is for more advanced technical analysis investors, but it is definitely my favorite site to chart stocks and view patterns.

TradingView for Technical Analysis

Technical analysis involves looking at a stock’s historical moves and trying to determine how the stock price will likely move in the future. It’s all based on statistics. If this is what you’re looking for then TradingView is a great site. It’s super easy to use and you can even use it to track the cryptocurrency market!

TradingView offers a free basic account. Unfortunately, it’s technical analysis features are limited and it’s full of ads. The paid subscriptions offer an ad-free experience and unlock more chart features. The paid tiers are available as monthly or yearly packages, which include a 30-day free trial. The different subscription packages are priced in USD, and include:

• PRO: $14.95 monthly or $155 per year
• PRO+: $29.95 monthly or $299 per year
• Premium: $59.95 monthly or $599 per year

Zacks Investment Research

Zacks Investment Research is a company whose website offers independent, investment related research. To access premium features, like stock picks, and in-depth analysis you can subscribe for $249/year. The subscription includes a trading platform, low margin rates, access to subscription only articles, and stock ratings. Zack’s is known for their fundamental research and the Zack’s Ratings which ranges from 1-5; which indicates either a strong sell or strong buy. The site also offers the #1 Bull of the day and #1 Bear of the day, which informs the reader of which stock they believe will behave in a bullish or bearish manner. Zack’s is a very reputable website for information, stock screeners, trading and other services.