The short version. TIKR gives you institutional-grade fundamentals on 100,000 global stocks for around $180 a year. GuruFocus gives you 13F guru tracking and value screens for $499. They are answering different questions at very different prices.
How they compare
Coverage
TIKR's reach is the headline: more than 100,000 companies worldwide with the kind of standardised financials and analyst estimates that used to require an institutional subscription. GuruFocus is strong on US names and thinner internationally, so for non-US holdings the comparison is not close.
What each is organised around
TIKR is organised around company fundamentals and estimates: revenue, margins, segments, consensus forecasts. GuruFocus is organised around who owns what, plus a large library of valuation ratios and its own scoring systems layered on top.
Guru tracking, and its limits
This is GuruFocus' distinctive feature and TIKR has no equivalent. It is worth knowing that 13F filings arrive 45 days after quarter end, so holdings are up to four and a half months stale, and they exclude shorts and non-US positions. Useful for generating ideas, unreliable as a signal to act on.
Price
TIKR runs a free tier with paid plans around $180 a year, rising for professional features. GuruFocus Premium is $499 and Premium Plus $1,398. For an investor who mainly wants clean fundamentals, TIKR delivers more of that for less.
Who each one is for
Choose TIKR if you want professional-grade fundamentals and estimates across global markets at retail pricing.
Choose GuruFocus if you build ideas from what famous investors own and want a deep library of valuation screens on US names.
The third option: build the thesis yourself
Most people comparing TIKR and GuruFocus are really asking a question neither answers: how do I know whether this company is worth owning?
The problem they share. TIKR gives you the numbers. GuruFocus gives you someone else's positions. Neither tells you which numbers matter for this company right now, and copying a position you cannot defend is how investors end up selling at the worst moment. That gap shows up at exactly the wrong moment. When a holding falls 30%, you cannot tell a broken business from a temporary drawdown, because you never built the model the thesis rested on.
Stock Simplifier vs TIKR
TIKR is a data terminal, and terminals assume expertise. You get institutional-grade financials and estimates across global markets, with no guidance on which of it matters for the company in front of you.
Stock Simplifier assumes less. It walks you through the framework, explains each concept where it appears, and adapts the analysis to the company's lifecycle phase, so you build the judgement rather than needing it in advance.
The honest trade is coverage. TIKR spans 100,000 stocks worldwide; Stock Simplifier is US-listed only. If you hold companies outside the US, that is a real reason to keep TIKR.
Stock Simplifier vs GuruFocus
GuruFocus gives you more data than almost anyone and very little direction about what to do with it, at $499 a year. Knowing which fund bought a stock last quarter is interesting and is not a thesis.
Stock Simplifier costs a fraction of that and answers the question the filings cannot: is this business worth owning at this price, for reasons you can articulate?
Following gurus also has a structural lag. A 13F shows you a position from up to 45 days ago, taken for reasons you cannot see and with a time horizon you do not know.
What Stock Simplifier actually does
A guided wizard walks you through seven steps for any stock: the business model, its lifecycle phase, the moat, management, growth, risk and valuation. Real data from Fiscal.ai populates each step, the framework adapts to the type of company, and each concept is explained where it appears. You review, score and decide.
Where it falls short. It will not hand you a stock pick. It covers US-listed stocks only. There is no community, no earnings call transcripts and no portfolio tracker. If any of those is why you subscribe today, keep what you have and add this alongside it.
All three side by side
| Product | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| TIKR | Free tier, around $180/yr Plus, around $600/yr Pro | Global data at a fair price |
| GuruFocus | $499/yr Premium, $1,398/yr Premium Plus | Following what famous investors own |
| Stock Simplifier | Free plan, no card. Paid from $19.99/mo or $199/yr | Investors who want to research stocks like a pro with the help of AI so they can build their own conviction |
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