BamSEC vs GuruFocus comparison

BamSEC focuses on Screeners, Stock Ideas, and Improved Filings while GuruFocus specializes in Screeners, Stock Ideas, and Stock Comparison. They overlap in 12 categories, so choose based on your preferred workflow and pricing.

Good news—both BamSEC and GuruFocus offer free plans. You can try each platform without commitment and only pay when you need premium features.

GuruFocus is more beginner-friendly with an approachable interface. Both can work for intermediate users.

GuruFocus has a mobile app so you can check your research on the go. BamSEC is web-only, so you'll need a browser to access it from mobile devices.

GuruFocus provides API access for programmatic data retrieval and custom integrations. BamSEC doesn't currently offer an API, so you'll need to use their web interface.

Choose BamSEC if you need Specialized web platform for working with SEC filings and earnings transcripts, marketed as making “financial research easier” for thousands of subscribers including major investment banks and buy-side firms., and Covers all SEC filings submitted electronically via EDGAR from 1994 onward in their original, unmodified form, with new filings typically processed within a minute or two of being filed (and by end of day for confidential filings that later become public). Browsing filings does not require a subscription, but premium features are limited to active subscribers.. Go with GuruFocus if Global value-investing research platform covering ~100,000 stocks in ~100 markets plus 8,000+ institutional investors and 15,000+ mutual funds holdings, designed to provide historical financial and valuation data for long-term investors., and All-in-One Screener offers 500+ fundamental, valuation, profitability, growth, dividend, guru and insider filters, supports custom filters/formulas and screening by regions, countries, exchanges and user portfolios. better fits how you invest.

Both cover Stocks, and Funds. GuruFocus adds coverage for ETFs, Mutual Funds, and Options.

BamSEC offers real-time data feeds, which is essential for active traders. GuruFocus uses delayed or end-of-day data, which works fine for longer-term investors who don't need up-to-the-second quotes.

Both platforms let you export data to spreadsheets (Excel, and PDF). This is useful for custom analysis or record-keeping.

Both BamSEC and GuruFocus include stock screeners. Try each to see which filtering options and interface you prefer.

GuruFocus offers portfolio tracking features. BamSEC is more focused on research and analysis.