Research

research — Full Stock Analysis

Every number comes from Bloom's financial data. Not a language model's training data.

Trigger: /research <TICKER> — or any time a user asks about a specific stock.

Read bloom-data Skill First

Before running anything, check that bloom is installed and authenticated. See the bloom-data skill for prerequisites and output rules.

mkdir -p /tmp/bloom

Steps (Run in Order)

1. Company overview

bloom info <TICKER> -o /tmp/bloom/research-info.json

2. Revenue growth

bloom financials <TICKER> --type revenue_growth -o /tmp/bloom/research-revenue-growth.json

3. Operating margins

bloom financials <TICKER> --type operating_margin -o /tmp/bloom/research-margins.json

4. Free cash flow

bloom financials <TICKER> --type free_cash_flow -o /tmp/bloom/research-fcf.json

5. Earnings history + next date

bloom earnings <TICKER> -o /tmp/bloom/research-earnings.json

6. Upcoming catalysts

bloom catalysts <TICKER> -o /tmp/bloom/research-catalysts.json

7. Technical picture

bloom technicals <TICKER> -o /tmp/bloom/research-technicals.json

8. Recent news

bloom news <TICKER> --limit 5 -o /tmp/bloom/research-news.json

9. Extract key fields

# Price and valuation
cat /tmp/bloom/research-info.json | jq '{price, market_cap, pe_ratio, sector, analyst_consensus, price_target, bottom_line}'

# Revenue growth (last 4 periods)
cat /tmp/bloom/research-revenue-growth.json | jq '.[-4:]'

# Margins trend
cat /tmp/bloom/research-margins.json | jq '.[-4:]'

# FCF
cat /tmp/bloom/research-fcf.json | jq '.[-4:]'

# Earnings
cat /tmp/bloom/research-earnings.json | jq '{next_earnings_date, recent_results}'

# Top catalysts
cat /tmp/bloom/research-catalysts.json | jq '.catalysts[:3]'

# Technicals
cat /tmp/bloom/research-technicals.json | jq '{trend, momentum, support, resistance, rsi}'

# News headlines
cat /tmp/bloom/research-news.json | jq '.[].headline'

Verdict Rubric

Use this to assign 🟢/🟡/🔴 to each metric:

Output Format

Use exactly this structure:

## [Company Name] ($TICKER) — $[Price]
**Sector:** [X] | **Market Cap:** $[X] | **P/E:** [X]

### What It Does
[1-2 plain English sentences. What does this company actually sell or do?]

### By The Numbers
| Metric | Value | Signal |
|--------|-------|--------|
| Revenue Growth (YoY) | X% | 🟢/🟡/🔴 |
| Operating Margin | X% | 🟢/🟡/🔴 |
| Free Cash Flow | $X | 🟢/🟡/🔴 |
| P/E Ratio | X | 🟢/🟡/🔴 |

### What Analysts Say
[X] Buy / [X] Hold / [X] Sell — Avg target: $[X] ([X]% upside/downside from current price)
[One sentence: what does the consensus suggest?]

### Catalysts (Potential Upside)
1. [Top catalyst from bloom catalysts output]
2. [Second catalyst]
3. [Third catalyst]

### Risks (What Could Go Wrong)
1. [Biggest risk — from data, not guessing]
2. [Second risk]
3. [Third risk]

### Technical Picture
**Trend:** [Bullish/Bearish/Neutral]
**Momentum:** [RSI: X — overbought/oversold/neutral]
**Key levels:** Support $[X] | Resistance $[X]
[One sentence on what the technicals suggest about timing]

### Recent News
- [Headline 1]
- [Headline 2]
- [Headline 3]

### Bottom Line
[2-3 sentences. Is this worth owning? At what kind of price? What's the biggest thing to watch?
Be direct. Don't hedge everything. Take a stance based on the data.]

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*Data from Bloom CLI. Source commands: bloom info, bloom financials, bloom earnings, bloom catalysts, bloom technicals, bloom news.*

Notes

• If a ticker has no analyst coverage, say so rather than leaving the section blank.
• If FCF is negative, always flag it — even for growth companies.
• "Bottom Line" is the most-read section. Make it worth reading.
• Don't use the word "robust" or "pivotal." Say what's actually happening.

Related Skills

• bloom-data — Prerequisites and CLI reference (read this first)
• check — Evaluate a specific trade thesis on this stock
• briefing — Broader market context for the day
• discover — Find similar opportunities if this one doesn't pan out