EquityVal
Finance and crypto
stock valuation tool
SHOW HN2024
How HN took it
14 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 26 critical, out of 65 comments about the project. Thread score -0.15.
Idea: 6 for, 8 againstPerformance: 0 for, 9 againstDesign: 3 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean interface for DCF models; good for learning valuation
From 3 comments
Everyone: This is a nice simple interface for making a discounted cash flow (DCF) model, and the pro version lets you export that to Excel. There’s still a lot of work to fill in…
TradingPlaces on HNI’m consistently surprised at the lack of basic financial literacy in the HN crowd. The title says this is a tool to create financial models, not that it is a well-tuned…
plaidfuji on HNI subbed. Messing around with model parameters definitely has entertainment value.
plessas on HN
Objections
Projections extrapolate past growth, producing absurd values
From 3 comments
https://www.useequityval.com/model?ticker=CRSP Current Price: $56.22 Projected Price: $20,806,772,549,824,028.00 Difference: 37,009,556,296,378,460% Glad I'm long.
uh2010 on HNyour model is bonkers NVDA - Current Price: $921.93 | Projected Price: $30,082.68 | Difference: 3,163.01%
garyfirestorm on HNYour model projects the price of Nvidia will rise to $30,173. How does it arrive at that?
atlgator on HN
Server errors under traffic from HN front page
From 2 comments
Always be mindful of this when submitting to HN. The real test of traffic surge. Right now, it is of not much use as it just gives server error.
codegeek on HNSorry everyone! And thank you! Due to high volume I am hitting my API limits. If you are getting a server error that is why. The limit resets ever minute so please wait and try…
trevzercap on HN
Mobile layout and sign-up page usability issues
From 2 comments
The landing page doesn’t work well on mobile.
xyzzy4747 on HNthe sign up page is clunky. My inputs aren't visible https://pasteboard.co/PL6myO1PGkIG.png
shegerking2020 on HN
Possible regulatory and financial advice concerns
From 2 comments
Yeah, there should be multiple massive disclaimers on this site. I'd be worried about regulatory issues as well. Edit: why disagree?
giantg2 on HNBe careful, financial advise is a bit like medical advice - legal issues it can create may not be pleasant.
mirekrusin on HN
Requests
Add tooltips explaining metrics
From 1 comment
I would love to see some tooltips or something to explain the relevance of some of the stock metrics and what a good vs bad number would look like. Something as simple as "Higher…
cmgriffing on HN
Alerts when stock crosses estimated value
From 2 comments
Very nice, coincidentally I have been thinking about making a similar tool lately, but I'd make it quite a bit more conservative. I'd want to be able to define a model like "I…
jstanley on HNYes, at least that would be a great start for me.
vg_head on HN
Blog post on how it was built
From 1 comment
mind adding a blog post on how this was built? what technologies were used, what does the stack look like etc?
vivzkestrel on HN
Questions
Where does the stock data come from?
From 3 comments
Noice! Where do you get your data?
adsdfdfsa on HNWhat are you using for a data source? Just web scraping?
devoutsalsa on HNDo you mind sharing what API do you use to fetch the stock price?
timmit on HN
How is the projected price calculated?
From 2 comments
Is it still in Beta? Seem to have quite a few bugs, not letting me pick a stock from the list unless I refresh the page. Besides, it would be better to have some info about how…
yatz on HNYour model projects the price of Nvidia will rise to $30,173. How does it arrive at that?
atlgator on HN
Alternatives named
fintool
From 1 comment
You should checkout fintool.com, you can ask in natural language for this kind of data and soon set up alerts on it
repeekad on HN