Every chapter on tenbagger that draws on outside material lists the originals here. Read them; nothing on this site is a substitute.
- Mary Buffett & David Clark · 2008 — Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements: The Search for the Company with a Durable Competitive Advantage. The financial-statement signals of a moat, line by line. Source for the moat scorecard and many Q1 / Q3 thresholds.
- Aswath Damodaran · 2011 — The Little Book of Valuation: How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock and Profit. DCF, multiples, sector P/E data. Source for the ROIC framing, the intrinsic-value chapter, and the sector benchmark approach.
- Christopher H. Browne · 2006 — The Little Book of Value Investing. Graham / Buffett tradition compressed. Source for margin-of-safety framing and the relative-cheapness approach (Q2).
- Peter Lynch & John Rothchild · 1989 — One Up On Wall Street. Source for the PEG ratio, the circle-of-competence framing, and the six stock categories.
- Joel Greenblatt · 2005 — The Little Book That Beats the Market. The earnings-yield-vs-Treasury comparison. Magic Formula (earnings yield × ROC ranking).
- Bruce Greenwald et al. · 2001 — Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond. Earnings power value, asset-based valuation, sustainable competitive advantage. Cross-reference for ROIC framing.
- Joseph Piotroski · 2000 (J. Accounting Research) — Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers. The F-Score paper. Free PDF widely available; the 9 components are the source for our Q3 tile.
- Edward Altman · 1968 (J. of Finance) — Financial Ratios, Discriminant Analysis and the Prediction of Corporate Bankruptcy. The Z-Score paper. Calibrated on public manufacturing firms; less reliable outside that domain.
- Benjamin Graham · 1949 — The Intelligent Investor. The foundational text. Margin of safety, Mr. Market, the defensive vs. enterprising investor.
- Stephen H. Penman · 2012 (5th ed.) — Financial Statement Analysis and Security Valuation. The canonical textbook on reading financial statements. Source for the common-size framing: structure first, then dollars.