Introducing the Most Powerful Stock Charts on Earth

YCharts is excited to launch a new chart that has been months in the making. It will allow investors to easily view financial data in ways that were historically available only to people in financial companies. The new key features follow.

Below is a chart that compares retailers (Amazon, Best Buy, and Target) and the US Retail Sales economic indicator. Follow along with a live chart by clicking here.

More Size, More Insight: The first thing you’ll notice is that the chart is bigger. This allows you to see more data more clearly. Also, picking those individual historical points by hovering your mouse will be much easier than before.

(1) Main Metric and Comparison Metric: This feature existed in the old charts, but now the values are much easier to see. Say you want to compare Price and Price to Earnings Ratio. Select Price as the main metric and PE Ratio as the comparison, and a new line will pop up just below the drop-down menus. To remove the comparison metric, just click the “x” next to the new line.

(2) Multiple Stock Comparison: Say you want to compare Amazon’s performance to other retailers. We made that process much easier. Get a quote for Amazon, and then type “Best Buy” (or BBY, the box will auto-fill) into the “Compare Stocks” box, and add the company. You can compare one metric for up to 5 companies (we’ve included Amazon.com, Best Buy, and Target). To remove a company, just click the “x” next to that company’s line.

(3) Economic Indicator Comparison: We have more than 200 economic indicators charted over time, and now you can compare them to company performance on the same chart. Get a company quote, and enter the name of an economic indicator, for example “Retail Sales,” and click “Add” (our chart shows retail sales numbers as a green line). Then you’re ready to look for relationships between indicators and company performance. To remove the indicator, click the “x” next to the line.

(4) Embeddable Charts: Love a chart and want to embed it in your own site? Click the “Embed Chart” button and you will get a snippet of code that you can add to any site. Exporting images of charts is soon to come!

(5) Data Export: If you are a Pro Subscriber and find an interesting relationship in a chart, you can export that data to Excel and do your own calculations with it. You also have access to up to 30 years of data on the Pro charts.