MarketBeat.com

What MarketBeat.com does

MarketBeat.com, operated by MarketBeat Media, LLC, is a privately held financial information aggregation platform headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, founded in 2010/2011. The company operates a web-based platform that consolidates real-time stock market news, Wall Street analyst ratings and price targets, earnings call transcripts, FDA drug-approval calendars, insider trading data, congressional stock trades, and dividend information for approximately 20,000 public companies across the NYSE, NASDAQ, OTCMKTS, TSX, and LSE. Its core technology is a browser-delivered data aggregation and screening engine with modular components including multiple stock screeners (general, ETF, ratings, dividend, earnings, insider trades), a personal portfolio and watchlist tool ("My MarketBeat"), and a set of financial calculators (dividend, market cap, options profit, stock split). MarketBeat serves primarily individual/retail investors through a freemium model: free basic access is supported by advertising, while the annual "MarketBeat All Access" subscription unlocks advanced screeners, real-time momentum alerts, an "Idea Engine," CSV export, and a library of thematic premium reports. Distribution is product-led and direct-to-consumer, with traffic acquisition driven by SEO, a daily email newsletter, and active social media presence across X, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok. A 2025 partnership with Quartr adds live audio, real-time transcripts, and archived earnings calls via API, and the company has expanded into cryptocurrencies and U.S. congressional trade tracking. Revenue is derived from premium subscriptions, advertising, and a nascent B2B data-licensing/API stream.

Name

MarketBeat.com

Legal name

MarketBeat Media, LLC

Website

https://marketbeat.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MarketBeat.com is a privately held, web-based financial data aggregation platform that provides individual/retail investors with real-time stock news, analyst ratings, screeners, earnings data, and research tools across ~20,000 public companies via a freemium subscription model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Research Platform

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Execution-Only / Self-Directed Investing Platforms (FSAAAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Lead Generation, Comparison & Marketplace Platforms (Financial Products) (FSAEAMAM)

Keywords

• Financial news aggregation
• Stock market research
• Analyst ratings platform
• Retail investor tools
• Stock screening software

Headquarters

HQ city

Sioux Falls

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Premium Subscriptions (All Access): MarketBeat All Access is a premium subscription service providing enhanced research tools, advanced stock screeners, real-time alerts, and exclusive content. The subscription model provides recurring revenue with tiered access to premium features.
2. Advertising Revenue: The platform generates advertising revenue through display ads, sponsored content, and promotional articles featured on the website and in newsletters.
3. Data Licensing / API: Partnership with Quartr involves API integration providing qualitative data access to third-party platforms, representing a B2B data licensing stream.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MarketBeat operates a web-based financial information aggregation platform that delivers real-time stock market news, analyst ratings, and a suite of research tools (stock screeners, FDA calendar, earnings call transcripts, calculators, and portfolio monitoring) to individual retail investors. The platform follows a freemium model with a free basic tier and a premium All Access subscription that unlocks advanced screeners, real-time alerts, and exclusive research reports. Revenue is generated primarily through All Access subscription fees and advertising, with a smaller data licensing/API stream via partners such as Quartr.

Product overview

MarketBeat is a financial news aggregation platform offering a suite of stock market research tools. The core product is the MarketBeat platform, which provides real-time stock market news and research tools. The platform operates on a freemium model with a premium subscription tier called MarketBeat All Access. Key modules include stock screeners (stock, ETF, dividend, earnings, ratings, insider trades), the FDA Drug Approval Calendar for biotech catalyst tracking, earnings call transcripts (powered by Quartr API), dividend calculators, analyst ratings aggregation, options profit calculators, and portfolio monitoring tools. The platform covers various stock categories including 5G, biotech, blue chip, gold, large cap, marijuana, oil, REITs, Russell 2000, small cap, and Warren Buffett stocks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MarketBeat Platform Free web-based financial information aggregation platform offering real-time stock market news, analyst ratings, stock screeners (stock, ETF, dividend, earnings, ratings, insider trades), FDA drug-approval calendar, earnings call transcripts, calculators, congressional stock trade tracking, and market data across NYSE, NASDAQ, OTCMKTS, TSX, and LSE exchanges. Built for individual and retail investors.
• MarketBeat All Access Premium annual subscription service offering automated portfolio monitoring, advanced stock screeners (ETF, ratings, earnings, insider trades), real-time momentum alerts, the Idea Engine, exportable data (CSV), and exclusive premium reports and articles for retail investors seeking enhanced research capabilities.
• MarketBeat Daily Ratings Newsletter Free daily email newsletter providing the latest Wall Street analyst ratings, price target changes, upgrades, downgrades, and stock market news summaries to retail investors and subscribers.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• QuartrcoreTechnology or Integration · 14 April 2025MarketBeat partnered with Quartr to integrate the Quartr API into MarketBeat's services. This integration provides MarketBeat users with access to live audio with real-time transcripts, archived earnings calls, company filings and reports, and slide presentations from public companies globally. CEO Oscar Küntzel and VP of Product Rebecca McKeever highlighted the value of providing qualitative data and the narrative behind financial numbers to investors.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• TipRanks: TipRanks aggregates Wall Street analyst ratings, price targets, and analyst performance rankings, then distributes them through its own platform and white-label embeds. Like MarketBeat, it targets self-directed investors with screeners and analyst-tracking tools, and increasingly sells data APIs to financial publishers.
• Seeking Alpha: Seeking Alpha is a retail investor research and analysis platform offering stock analysis, ratings, screeners, and a premium subscription tier. It directly competes with MarketBeat in providing self-directed investors with consolidated market news, analyst insights, and research tools on a freemium basis.
• Benzinga: Benzinga is a financial media and data company providing real-time market news, an analyst-rated screener, options flow, and a premium subscription for retail traders. It competes head-on with MarketBeat in real-time news, screeners, and the freemium paid-newsletter model.
• The Motley Fool: The Motley Fool is a subscription-based investment research and advisory service targeting retail investors with stock picks, screeners, and educational content. It is directly comparable to MarketBeat All Access in offering premium research tools, screeners, and stock ideas on a recurring subscription.
• Zacks Investment Research: Zacks is a long-established retail-investor research firm offering stock ratings (the Zacks Rank), earnings estimates, and screeners via a paid subscription. It overlaps MarketBeat directly in stock screeners, earnings calendars, and analyst-rating aggregation for self-directed investors.

Broad incumbents

• Morningstar: Morningstar is a major global investment research firm offering stock ratings (the Morningstar Rating), screeners, and fundamental data spanning mutual funds, ETFs, and equities. It serves both institutional and retail investors with a much broader data portfolio than MarketBeat but overlaps significantly in screeners and analyst-style ratings aggregation.
• Investing.com: Investing.com is a global financial news and data portal providing real-time quotes, screeners, economic calendars, and analyst ratings across global exchanges. It is comparable to MarketBeat in serving self-directed investors globally, but at much larger scale and with broader asset coverage.
• Yahoo Finance: Yahoo Finance is a free, broad-reach financial information portal offering real-time quotes, news, screeners, and portfolios to retail investors. While it is much larger and ad-supported, it is the most-used free competitor to MarketBeat's free tier and competes for the same retail-investor attention.

Emerging players

• Simply Wall St: Simply Wall St is a subscription-based visualization-driven stock research platform offering infographics, analyst forecasts, and snowflake analysis for retail investors. It is an emerging niche player in the retail-investor research subscription category that MarketBeat All Access competes in.
• StockTwits: StockTwits is a social network and real-time sentiment platform for retail traders, providing watchlists, sentiment data, and a news feed focused on active traders. It overlaps with MarketBeat in the retail-trader community and real-time market commentary layer, though its differentiation is social signals rather than analyst-data aggregation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MarketBeatCom
• YouTubeyoutube.com/marketbeatcom?sub_confirmation=1
• Facebookfacebook.com/marketbeatcom
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/marketbeat
• Instagraminstagram.com/marketbeatmedia
• TikToktiktok.com/@officialmarketbeat

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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