- What's the business?
- Profitability and turnover?
- Key metrics and ratios
- Company's debt structure
- Stable revenue and profit growth?
- Region or geopolitical risk
- Business diversification (should they diversify?)
- Pricing power - does the company eventually need to lower price to compete?
- What stage is this company currently at?
- Who's this company's biggest competitor in the past, now and in the future? How did they do?
- Company's biggest challenge in the past, now and in the future?
- Industry growing or shrinking?
- If invest, what's my time horizon on this company?
- Stock buyback?
- Did its earnings consistently beat consensus in the past?
- Sensitivity to labor and raw material cost
- Political headwind, lawsuit or PR issue?
- Analyst ratings
- Management stability and consistency - Does management tend to change its decision
2. Valuation
- Institution vs retail holding percentage mix
- How rich/cheap is this company valued vs its peers?
- How rich/cheap is this company valued vs itself historically?
- How rich/cheap is the company's sector vs history?
- Analyst price target
- Historical return and max drawdown (and reason for drawdowns if attainable)
- What is a good entry price range (both valuation and technical)?
3. Macro
- Current macroeconomics data
- What stage of economic cycle are we currently at?
- How is this time similar to or different from previous cycles?
- Is this underlying likely to benefit from the current economic situation?
4. Portfolio
- How much do I currently own in the same sector?
- Is this underlying better than my current holding in this sector?
- Is this underlying highly correlated with my other positions (Is this good to have?)