Framework Directory

Industry Analysis Frameworks

StatsAlpha adapts the analysis stack to the economics of each business model, because banks, REITs, utilities, biotech, and general corporates do not create value the same way.

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Financial Models

Banks & Lenders

Read banks through spreads, capital strength, and credit discipline instead of generic cash flow screens.

Commercial banks, regional banks, and consumer lending institutions with an interest-spread business model.

Coverage
500
Companies mapped
Median Composite
48.7
Current framework median
Strongest Pillar
Profitability
Median 58.3
Engine: Financial Services / Banks Moat: Bank / Financial Fair Value: Banks Trade-Off: Banks (Regional & Diversified)

Banks - Regional, Banks - Diversified, Credit Services

Financial Models

Insurance & Reinsurance

Analyze insurers through underwriting discipline, float quality, and solvency rather than generic industrial ratios.

Property & casualty, life, specialty, and reinsurance companies with claims reserves and float-based investment income.

Coverage
137
Companies mapped
Median Composite
52.0
Current framework median
Strongest Pillar
Profitability
Median 59.4
Engine: Insurance & Reinsurance Moat: Insurance Fair Value: Insurance Trade-Off: Insurance (Life, P&C, Reinsurance)

Insurance - Property & Casualty, Insurance - Life, Insurance - Specialty

Real Assets & Yield

Real Estate Investment Trusts

Measure REITs through AFFO, payout coverage, and cost of capital instead of depreciation-distorted earnings.

Equity REITs that own and operate income-producing properties. Valued on FFO/AFFO rather than traditional earnings.

Coverage
282
Companies mapped
Median Composite
48.7
Current framework median
Strongest Pillar
Profitability
Median 56.3
Engine: Real Estate Investment Trust Moat: REIT Fair Value: REITs Trade-Off: Equity REITs

REIT - Retail, REIT - Office, REIT - Industrial

Healthcare Specialists

Biotech / Pre-Revenue

Frame pre-revenue biotech around cash runway, burn, and pipeline optionality instead of near-term profitability.

Pre-commercial biotechnology companies valued on pipeline probability and cash runway rather than earnings.

Coverage
1022
Companies mapped
Median Composite
45.8
Current framework median
Strongest Pillar
Profitability
Median 53.2
Engine: Biotech / Pre-Revenue Moat: Corporate (default) Fair Value: Biotech / Pharma Trade-Off: Pre-Revenue Biotech

Biotechnology, Shell Companies

Healthcare Specialists

Pharma / Mature Biotech

Analyze mature pharma through cash generation, R&D productivity, and pipeline durability, not just headline earnings.

Profitable drug manufacturers with established revenue, valued on earnings power and pipeline optionality.

Coverage
111
Companies mapped
Median Composite
45.0
Current framework median
Strongest Pillar
Profitability
Median 58.3
Engine: Pharmaceutical / Mature Biotech Moat: Corporate (default) Fair Value: Biotech / Pharma

Drug Manufacturers - General, Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic

Financial Models

Asset Management & Capital Markets

Evaluate asset managers through fee quality, payout power, and capital-light earnings rather than bank-style spread logic.

Fee-based asset managers, capital markets firms, and financial exchanges with AUM-driven revenue and high operating leverage.

Coverage
272
Companies mapped
Median Composite
47.4
Current framework median
Strongest Pillar
Profitability
Median 57.4
Engine: Asset Management & Capital Markets Moat: Asset Management Fair Value: Capital Markets, Asset Mgmt & Exchanges Trade-Off: Asset Managers, Capital Markets & Exchanges

Asset Management, Capital Markets, Financial Data & Stock Exchanges

Real Assets & Yield

Regulated Utilities

Read regulated utilities through rate-base growth, FFO quality, and balance-sheet resilience instead of generic FCF screens.

Rate-regulated electric, gas, and water utilities with stable, predictable cash flows and high capital intensity.

Coverage
127
Companies mapped
Median Composite
50.0
Current framework median
Strongest Pillar
Profitability
Median 59.6
Engine: Regulated Utilities Moat: Utilities Fair Value: Utilities Trade-Off: Regulated Utilities

Utilities - Regulated Electric, Utilities - Regulated Gas, Utilities - Regulated Water

Real Assets & Yield

Commodities & Mining

Frame commodity producers through cycle-aware cash flow, capital intensity, and balance-sheet resilience.

Commodity producers — metals, mining, and oil & gas companies — whose earnings are highly sensitive to commodity price cycles.

Coverage
430
Companies mapped
Median Composite
47.5
Current framework median
Strongest Pillar
Profitability
Median 55.1
Engine: Commodities & Mining Moat: Corporate (default) Fair Value: Metals & Mining

Gold, Steel, Copper

General Corporate

General Corporate

Use the default corporate framework for cash-generative businesses that do not need special-accounting treatment.

Default profile for technology, industrial, consumer, and service companies valued on free cash flow and earnings.

Coverage
3222
Companies mapped
Median Composite
44.6
Current framework median
Strongest Pillar
Profitability
Median 51.4
Engine: Corporate Free Cash Flow Moat: Corporate (default)