Claude prompts for stock analysis from pasted filings
Copy-ready prompts for filings notes, thesis drafts and risk lists. Work only from sources you paste. This is not investment advice. Do not invent prices, multiples or filings.
In short: This page contains 30 copy-paste ready prompts, organized into 6 categories with a description and pro tip for each. The first 5 prompts are free instantly, no signup needed. Drafted with AI writing assistance and checked against our editorial policy.
Filings Notes
5 promptsBusiness description from a 10-K
1/30✨ What it does
Turns a pasted 10-K business excerpt into labelled notes with short quotes. Missing customer types stay tagged; no price, multiple or extra filing is added.
Write a 180 word business-description note from this filing excerpt only. Excerpt: [PASTE 10-K BUSINESS SECTION]. Ticker I am labelling the file with: [TICKER]. Output labelled blocks: What they sell, Who pays, How they make money in the filing's words, and Open questions. Quote short phrases. If a customer type, geography or segment is not in the excerpt, write [VERIFY] rather than inventing it. Do not invent a price, a multiple, a filing date or a section that was not pasted. This is not investment advice.
Pro tip: Paste Item 1, not a blog recap. Recaps already mixed in someone else's view.
Risk factors extract
2/30✨ What it does
Extracts up to ten risk factors from the pasted section, ranked by space they take, with generic boilerplate tagged. No extra lawsuit or price is invented.
Extract risk factors from this pasted section and rank them by how much of the text they take, not by drama. Section: [PASTE RISK FACTORS]. Output a table with columns Risk quoted in 12 words, Pages or paragraphs if countable, Why it is here in the filer's words, Question I should still ask. Cap at 10 rows. If a risk is copied from boilerplate with no company detail, mark it generic and write [VERIFY] on the question. Do not invent a risk, a lawsuit, a price or a multiple. Not investment advice.
Pro tip: Company-specific risks sit in the middle of the list more often than at the top.
MD&A cash notes
3/30✨ What it does
Pulls quoted cash claims from a pasted MD&A excerpt, copying figures only as written. Missing periods stay tagged; no cash balance is invented.
Take notes on cash from this MD&A excerpt. Excerpt: [PASTE MD AND A CASH]. Output a table with columns Claim quoted, Cash in or out if a figure is present, Period stated, Open question. Copy figures only as written, including units. If a figure, period or non-GAAP label is missing, write [VERIFY] in that cell. Do not invent a cash balance, a price, a multiple or a filing line. This is a notes sheet, not investment advice.
Pro tip: Keep the unit next to every figure. A million dropped from a note becomes a lie.
Footnote hunt from pasted notes
4/30✨ What it does
Searches pasted footnotes for items you named and quotes them with the note number when present. Missing items stay tagged; no extra footnote is invented.
Hunt this footnotes excerpt for items I named. Excerpt: [PASTE FOOTNOTES]. Items I care about: [ITEMS I CARE ABOUT]. Output a table with columns Item, Quote if found, Note number if present, Missing yes or no. If an item is not in the excerpt, mark Missing and write [VERIFY]. Do not invent a footnote, a lease, a contingency, a price or a multiple. Do not invent a filing I did not paste. Not investment advice.
Pro tip: Name the item the way the filer might, such as share-based, not SBC slang only.
Segment table from pasted figures
5/30✨ What it does
Builds a segment table from pasted figures and labels any sum as yours. Missing segments stay tagged; no growth rate or multiple is invented.
Build a segment table from figures I pasted, with no extra math that needs missing inputs. Figures: [PASTE SEGMENT FIGURES]. Period: [PERIOD]. Output columns Segment name as written, Revenue if present, Operating figure if present, What the filing calls the rest. Show only arithmetic you can do from the pasted numbers, and label it as your sum. If a segment or figure is missing, write [VERIFY]. Do not invent a price, a multiple, a growth rate or a filing. Not investment advice.
Pro tip: Paste the segment note as a grid. Prose hides which number belongs to which year.
Thesis Drafts
5 promptsBull case from pasted sources only
6/30✨ What it does
Drafts a short bull case with three quoted points from your sources and a list of missing facts. Points that need unpasted prices or multiples are dropped.
Draft a bull case of 160 to 200 words using only these sources. Sources: [PASTE SOURCES]. Claim I already believe: [CLAIM]. Output: three supporting points quoted from the sources, one mechanism in my words, and a list of facts the sources do not contain. If a point needs a price, a multiple or a filing I did not paste, write [VERIFY] and drop the point. Never invent those. This is not investment advice and not a buy note.
Pro tip: The missing-facts list is the useful part. It tells you what to paste next.
Bear case from the same pile
7/30✨ What it does
Drafts a bear case with three quoted disconfirming points and a silent-sources tag on what would falsify it. No fraud or price is invented.
Draft a bear case of 160 to 200 words from the same pile I used for the bull case. Sources: [PASTE SOURCES]. Output: three disconfirming points quoted from the sources, one failure mode in 40 words, and what would have to be true for the bear case to be wrong, tagged [VERIFY] if the sources are silent. Do not invent a short report, a fraud, a price, a multiple or a filing. Not investment advice. Stay inside the pile.
Pro tip: Use the same paste as the bull case. Switching sources is how you cherry-pick.
Variant view versus consensus notes
8/30✨ What it does
Contrasts your notes with pasted consensus notes, quoting agreement and naming what would change your mind. Missing comparison figures stay tagged.
Write a variant view of 120 words from my notes versus consensus notes I pasted. My notes: [PASTE MY NOTES]. Consensus notes: [PASTE CONSENSUS NOTES]. Output labelled blocks: Where we agree (quoted), Where I differ, Why I differ in 40 words, What would change my mind. If consensus notes lack a figure I want to compare, write [VERIFY] rather than inventing a price, a multiple or an estimate. Do not invent a filing. Not investment advice.
Pro tip: Paste the consensus as written. Paraphrase is how your variant quietly becomes theirs.
Catalyst calendar from dated events
9/30✨ What it does
Places only dated events from your paste on a calendar, with the source line attached. Undated rows stay tagged; no earnings date is guessed.
Build a catalyst calendar from events that already have dates in my paste. Events: [PASTE DATED EVENTS]. Ticker label: [TICKER]. Output a table with columns Date as written, Event quoted, Source line, Why it matters in 15 words from the source. If a row has no date, write [VERIFY] in Date and do not guess. Do not invent an earnings date, a product launch, a price or a multiple. Not investment advice. Skip undated rumors.
Pro tip: Keep the source line. A catalyst without a source is a rumor with a date font.
What would change my mind
10/30✨ What it does
Maps each belief in your thesis to a kill test and whether that evidence is already in the paste. Missing kill tests stay tagged; no scandal is added.
Turn my thesis into a change-my-mind sheet. Thesis: [PASTE THESIS]. Disconfirming evidence I already have: [PASTE DISCONFIRMING]. Output a table with columns Belief, Evidence that would kill it, Already present yes or no, Next source I named in [NEXT SOURCES]. If I did not name a kill test, write [VERIFY] in Evidence that would kill it. Do not invent a price target, a multiple, a filing or a scandal. Not investment advice.
Pro tip: A kill test should be observable in a filing or a print, not a feeling about the CEO.
Risk Lists
5 promptsRisk list from the 10-K in my words
11/30✨ What it does
Rewrites pasted risk factors into one-line versions with a short filer quote. Unnamed watch metrics stay tagged; no probability or new risk is added.
Rewrite the pasted risk factors as a working list in my words, without adding new ones. Factors: [PASTE RISK FACTORS]. Output a table with columns My one-line version, Filer quote under 20 words, Watch metric if the filer named one, Gap. If the filer named no metric, write [VERIFY] in Watch metric. Do not invent a probability, a price, a multiple or a new risk. This is not investment advice and not a risk rating.
Pro tip: If you cannot quote the filer, you added a risk they did not write.
Customer concentration from pasted disclosure
12/30✨ What it does
Notes concentration figures only as the disclosure wrote them, plus three follow-up questions. Missing percents stay blank and tagged; no customer name is invented.
Note customer concentration only from this disclosure. Disclosure: [PASTE CUSTOMER DISCLOSURE]. Output: percent or rank as written, how the filer defines customer, period, and three follow-up questions. If a percent is not in the disclosure, write [VERIFY] and leave it blank. Do not invent a customer name, a contract, a price or a multiple. Do not invent a 10-K line. Not investment advice.
Pro tip: Copy the filer's definition of customer. Channel versus end-customer changes the story.
Share count and dilution from pasted tables
13/30✨ What it does
Walks pasted share-count tables line by line and labels any sum as yours. Missing lines stay tagged; no option count or price is invented.
Walk the share count from tables I pasted. Tables: [PASTE SHARE TABLES]. Output a table with columns Line as labelled, Count as written, Period, Dilutive item yes or no from the label. Sum only if every input is present, and label the sum as yours. If a line is missing, write [VERIFY]. Do not invent a share count, an option, a price or a multiple. Not investment advice. Stay inside the tables.
Pro tip: Paste basic and diluted in the same shot. Mixing periods is the usual error.
Debt and covenant notes
14/30✨ What it does
Builds a debt table from named instruments in the excerpt, copying amounts and covenant quotes as written. Missing maturities stay tagged; no rating is invented.
Take debt and covenant notes from this excerpt. Excerpt: [PASTE DEBT NOTES]. Output a table with columns Instrument as named, Amount if present, Maturity if present, Covenant quote, Headroom if a figure is present. Copy figures as written. If amount, maturity or covenant text is missing, write [VERIFY]. Do not invent a rating, a refinance, a price or a multiple. Do not invent a filing. Not investment advice.
Pro tip: Quote the covenant. Paraphrase is how headroom quietly becomes fine.
Key-person and governance notes
15/30✨ What it does
Lists officers, board facts and related-party items only as the excerpt wrote them. Missing names and tenures stay tagged; no scandal is invented.
Note key-person and governance facts from this excerpt only. Excerpt: [PASTE GOVERNANCE EXCERPT]. Output labelled bullets: named officers, board facts as written, related-party items if present, and gaps. If a name, age, tenure or related-party item is not in the excerpt, write [VERIFY]. Do not invent a succession plan, a scandal, a price or a multiple. Not investment advice. Do not invent a proxy statement I did not paste.
Pro tip: Paste the proxy excerpt for people facts. The 10-K business section is thin on boards.
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Earnings Notes
5 promptsRelease versus prior-period table
16/30✨ What it does
Compares pasted release lines with prior-period figures and computes change only when both exist. Incomplete pairs stay tagged; no beat or miss is invented.
Build a table from this earnings release versus the prior-period figures I pasted. Release: [PASTE RELEASE]. Prior period: [PASTE PRIOR PERIOD]. Output columns Line as labelled, This period as written, Prior as written, Change only if both figures exist. If a pair is incomplete, write [VERIFY] in Change. Do not invent a beat, a miss, a price, a multiple or a filing. Not investment advice. Do not add guidance I did not paste.
Pro tip: Match the labels before you subtract. Adjusted versus unadjusted is a common trap.
Guidance bridge from quoted lines
17/30✨ What it does
Bridges current and prior guidance from quoted lines and marks direction only when both quotes exist. Missing quotes stay tagged; no midpoint is invented.
Bridge guidance using only quoted lines. Current guide: [PASTE CURRENT GUIDE]. Prior guide: [PASTE PRIOR GUIDE]. Output a table with columns Item, Prior quote, Current quote, Direction up down or unchanged if both quotes exist, Gap. If a quote is missing, write [VERIFY] in Direction. Do not invent a midpoint, a price, a multiple or an implied figure. Not investment advice. Stay inside the quotes.
Pro tip: Keep the company's own range wording. Midpoints you invent are not in the release.
Beat miss table from pasted consensus
18/30✨ What it does
Marks beat or miss only on lines where you pasted both print and consensus. One-sided lines stay tagged; no whisper number is invented.
Fill a beat or miss table only where I pasted both the print and the consensus. Print: [PASTE PRINT]. Consensus: [PASTE CONSENSUS]. Output columns Line, Print as written, Consensus as written, Beat miss or [VERIFY]. Do not invent a consensus number, a whisper, a price or a multiple. If I pasted only one side, mark [VERIFY] and stop on that line. Not investment advice. This is a worksheet, not a trade idea.
Pro tip: Paste the consensus vendor's line, not a number you remember from a feed.
Question list for the next print
19/30✨ What it does
Turns gaps in your earnings notes into eight questions grouped under demand, cost, cash and other. Empty groups stay tagged; no rumor is added.
Write 8 questions for the next print from gaps in these notes. Notes: [PASTE EARNINGS NOTES]. Output a numbered list, each question under 25 words, grouped under Demand, Cost, Cash and Other. If a group has no gap in the notes, write [VERIFY] and skip that group. Do not invent a rumor, a price, a multiple or a competitor figure. Not investment advice. Do not invent an earnings-call quote I did not paste.
Pro tip: Questions should be answerable in a print or a filing, not only by a CEO vibe.
Non-GAAP recon from pasted lines
20/30✨ What it does
Rebuilds a non-GAAP recon from pasted adjustment lines and stops the running total when a line is missing. No add-back or tax rate is invented.
Rebuild the non-GAAP recon from lines I pasted. Lines: [PASTE RECON LINES]. Output a table with columns Adjustment as labelled, Amount as written, Add or subtract as labelled, Running total only if every prior amount is present. If an adjustment is missing, write [VERIFY] and stop the running total. Do not invent an add-back, a tax rate, a price or a multiple. Not investment advice. Stay inside the recon.
Pro tip: Copy add versus subtract from the company's label. Sign errors reverse the story.
Peer Comparison
5 promptsPeer metric table from pasted prints
21/30✨ What it does
Builds a peer table from pasted prints and fills a cell only when that print contains the metric. Empty cells stay tagged; no extra peer is added.
Build a peer table from prints I pasted, one column per company. Prints: [PASTE PEER PRINTS]. Metrics I want: [METRICS I WANT]. Output rows as the metric names I listed. Fill a cell only if that print contains it. If a cell is empty, write [VERIFY]. Do not invent a metric, a price, a multiple or a restatement. Not investment advice. Do not invent a peer I did not include in the paste.
Pro tip: Paste the same period for every peer. Mixed years make the table decorative.
Margin stack from pasted P and L
22/30✨ What it does
Computes margins versus revenue only when revenue is in the pasted P and L. Missing revenue tags every margin cell; no peer margin is invented.
Stack margins from this pasted P and L using only ratios you can compute from the lines given. P and L: [PASTE P AND L]. Output a table with columns Line, Amount as written, Margin versus revenue if revenue is present, Note. If revenue is missing, write [VERIFY] in every margin cell and do not invent it. Do not invent a price, a multiple or a peer margin. Not investment advice.
Pro tip: Keep the company's own line names. Collapsing lines hides which cost moved.
Unit economics from pasted operating stats
23/30✨ What it does
Computes per-unit figures only when both numerator and denominator are in the paste. Missing inputs stay tagged; no user count is invented.
Compute unit economics only from operating stats I pasted. Stats: [PASTE OPERATING STATS]. Unit the company uses: [UNIT NAME]. Output a table with columns Stat, Figure as written, Per-unit only if both numerator and denominator are present, Gap. If a needed figure is missing, write [VERIFY]. Do not invent a user count, a price, a multiple or an ARPU. Not investment advice. Stay inside the stats.
Pro tip: Use the company's unit name. Mixing subscribers with customers breaks the per-unit line.
Multiple comparison from pasted multiples only
24/30✨ What it does
Copies pasted multiples into a comparison table with date and source. Companies without a pasted multiple stay blank and tagged; none are invented.
Compare valuation multiples I already pasted, and refuse to create new ones. Multiples: [PASTE MULTIPLES]. Companies: [COMPANY LIST]. Output a table with columns Company, Multiple as written, Date of the multiple, Source. If a company has no multiple in the paste, write [VERIFY] and leave the cell blank. Do not invent a price, a multiple, a share count or a filing. Not investment advice. This is a copy job, not a model.
Pro tip: Keep the date next to the multiple. A stale multiple is a different fact.
TAM note only if the source states it
25/30✨ What it does
Copies a market-size figure only when the source states one, plus reasons it may not apply from your company notes. A silent source stops the note.
Write a TAM or market-size note only if the pasted source states one. Source: [PASTE MARKET SOURCE]. Output: figure as written, year, geography, definition quoted, and three reasons it may not apply to [TICKER] from [PASTE COMPANY NOTES]. If no figure is stated, write [VERIFY] and stop. Do not invent a TAM, a share, a price or a multiple. Not investment advice. Do not invent a third-party report.
Pro tip: Quote the definition. TAM without a definition is a slide, not a fact.
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Decision Journal
5 promptsDecision journal entry from today's work
26/30✨ What it does
Writes a dated journal entry that separates quoted facts from interpretation and names what would reverse the decision. Unpasted facts stay tagged.
Write a decision-journal entry from work I did today. Date: [DATE]. Ticker: [TICKER]. What I read: [PASTE WHAT I READ]. Decision I took or deferred: [DECISION]. Output labelled blocks: Facts quoted, Interpretation, Decision, What would reverse it. If a fact is not in the paste, write [VERIFY]. Do not invent a fill, a price, a multiple or a filing. Not investment advice. This is a record, not a recommendation.
Pro tip: Write it the same day. Next-week memory turns a guess into a fact.
Position notes from my own rules
27/30✨ What it does
Maps an idea to your own rules as pass, fail or tagged, then writes a short summary. Rules that need unpasted prices stay tagged; no size is invented.
Draft position notes from rules I already wrote, not from a model you invent. Rules: [PASTE MY RULES]. Name of the idea: [IDEA NAME]. Facts I have: [PASTE FACTS]. Output: how the idea maps to each rule as Pass, Fail or [VERIFY], plus a 40 word summary. If a rule needs a price or a multiple I did not paste, mark [VERIFY] and do not invent it. Not investment advice. Do not invent a size.
Pro tip: Paste the rules as you use them live. Cleaning them first hides the ones you skip.
Watchlist criteria sheet
28/30✨ What it does
Runs a ticker through your watchlist rules with quoted evidence and a yes, no or tagged result. Missing evidence stays tagged; no catalyst is invented.
Turn my watchlist rules into a yes or no sheet for [TICKER]. Rules: [PASTE WATCHLIST RULES]. Evidence: [PASTE EVIDENCE]. Output a table with columns Rule quoted, Evidence quote, Yes no or [VERIFY], Next source if no. If evidence is missing, mark [VERIFY] rather than inventing a print, a price or a multiple. Not investment advice. Do not invent a catalyst so the name stays on the list.
Pro tip: A no should drop the name. Watchlists die when every ticker is a maybe.
Disconfirming evidence log
29/30✨ What it does
Logs quotes from this week's reading that hurt the thesis, mapped to the belief they hit. Quotes not in the reading are skipped; no extra filing is invented.
Log disconfirming evidence from this week's reading. Thesis: [PASTE THESIS]. Reading: [PASTE READING]. Output a table with columns Date if present, Quote that hurts the thesis, Which belief it hits, Severity high mid or low from how central that belief is in my thesis, Follow-up. If a quote is not actually in the reading, skip it. Write [VERIFY] when severity is unclear. Do not invent a quote, a price, a multiple or a filing. Not investment advice.
Pro tip: Log the quote the same day you read it. Mild hurt ages into I already knew that.
One-pager from sources I pasted
30/30✨ What it does
Builds a one-pager with business, numbers as written, bull, bear, risks and gaps, all from pasted sources. Empty blocks stay tagged; no recommendation is added.
Build a one-pager from sources I pasted, with a gap list at the bottom. Sources: [PASTE SOURCES]. Ticker: [TICKER]. Output labelled blocks of 40 to 60 words: Business, Numbers as written, Bull, Bear, Risks, Gaps. Every number must appear in the sources. If a block cannot be filled, write [VERIFY] in that block. Do not invent a price, a multiple, a filing or a recommendation. Not investment advice. End with This is a notes sheet, not a call to trade.
Pro tip: The gaps block is the to-do list for the next paste, not a place to speculate.
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