Methodology
How Silicon Analysis Ranks AI & Semiconductor Companies
Live scores blend real-time news analysis, price momentum, fundamentals, and data confidence metrics. All calculations are deterministic and explainable.
Alpha Score (Quantamental)
Alpha v3 is a quantamental signal combining technical momentum, news sentiment, and fundamentals. It uses risk-adjusted returns, evidence-gated news, and valuation circuit breakers to identify quality opportunities.
Aggregated news impact, sentiment, and severity from the Intel Wire.
20-day risk-adjusted returns, category-relative.
Financial Strength Index from SEC filings.
Data completeness and freshness factor.
Valuation Circuit Breaker
Companies in the top 25% of P/S ratio (category-relative) receive a 0-20 point penalty. Companies with FCF yield >5% and reasonable valuations receive up to 10 bonus points. This prevents chasing momentum into extreme valuations.
Divergence Signal
Divergence measures how Alpha movement differs from price movement over 24 hours. Range: -100 to 100.
Alpha is rising faster than price. May indicate undervaluation — news and fundamentals ahead of market pricing.
Price is rising faster than Alpha. May indicate overvaluation — market pricing ahead of fundamentals.
Alert Thresholds
Automated alerts trigger when these conditions are met:
- Rank Jump: 3+ position change
- Alpha Spike: 10+ point change in 24h
- Critical News: CRITICAL or BREAKING news detected
- Divergence Alert: 20+ point divergence
Intel Wire Severity
- CRITICAL: Near-term risk or major execution shifts requiring immediate attention
- BREAKING: Time-sensitive news with potential market impact
- CONFIRMED: Validated disclosures from official sources
- ANALYSIS: Human or LLM context on strategic impact
- RUMOR: Unverified information with lower reliability
Data Sources
- News: NewsAPI, GNews (updated every 15 minutes)
- Prices: Finnhub (primary), AlphaVantage (fallback)
- Financials: SEC EDGAR
Technical Notes
- All scoring uses deterministic math — no LLM in the scoring path.
- Price data is cached; no external API calls on page loads.
- Score recalculation runs every 15 minutes via background agents.
- Model version tracked per snapshot (currently
alpha_v3.0).