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BuySide Digest — Hedge Fund Letter Database vs ValueSense comparison

Compare pricing, supported platforms, categories, and standout capabilities to decide which tool fits your workflow.

Quick takeaways

BuySide Digest — Hedge Fund Letter Database adds Newsletters, Investor Holdings, and Alerts coverage that ValueSense skips.

ValueSense includes Screeners, Data Visualizations, Quant, Money Flow, Backtesting, Calendar, Valuation Models, Scores, Transcripts, Insider Data, Research Templates, Shared Workspaces, AI, and AI Earnings Summary categories that BuySide Digest — Hedge Fund Letter Database omits.

BuySide Digest — Hedge Fund Letter Database highlights: Search by fund, CIO, ticker, keyword, theme; filter by quarter; columns include QTD/YTD perf where available., Per‑fund pages with letter history (table shows latest two; ‘View’ for more)., and Follow funds or tickers and get inbox updates when new letters drop..

ValueSense is known for: Intrinsic value suite: DCF, Reverse DCF, Earnings Power Value (EPV), Peter Lynch fair value, and relative value calculators., AI-powered earnings overviews that summarize transcripts into structured highlights/visuals., and Global stock screener with 60+ presets, country & exchange filters, heatmap/scatter visualizations, and a backtesting comparison vs S&P 500..

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BuySide Digest — Hedge Fund Letter Database

buysidedigest.com

Free, searchable database of hedge‑fund investor letters with filters by fund, CIO, ticker, keyword, theme, and quarter. Includes BSD 13F tools (tracker + holdings reports) and curated ‘Elevator Pitches’. Users can follow funds/tickers and receive email updates as new letters are added. Aggregates publicly available letters; no paid tier or API publicly documented.

Platforms

Web

Pricing

Free

Quick highlights

  • Search by fund, CIO, ticker, keyword, theme; filter by quarter; columns include QTD/YTD perf where available.
  • Per‑fund pages with letter history (table shows latest two; ‘View’ for more).
  • Follow funds or tickers and get inbox updates when new letters drop.
  • BSD 13Fs: investor screener + reports (largest buys/sells, consensus holdings, GICS weights, bargains vs. prior buys, etc.).
  • ‘Elevator Pitches’: concise stock ideas extracted from letters; weekly BSDigest newsletter.

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ValueSense

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ValueSense is a web research platform focused on fundamental equity analysis, intrinsic valuation, KPI/segment data, and AI‑aided earnings summaries. It includes a global stock screener (country/exchange filters), backtest charting, institutional/insider ("smart money") dashboards, a KPI-aware charting studio, and a workspace/public gallery for sharing screeners, charts, dashboards and valuation calculators. Exports include Excel/CSV/PDF and PNG chart images.

Platforms

Web

Pricing

Free
Subscription

Quick highlights

  • Intrinsic value suite: DCF, Reverse DCF, Earnings Power Value (EPV), Peter Lynch fair value, and relative value calculators.
  • AI-powered earnings overviews that summarize transcripts into structured highlights/visuals.
  • Global stock screener with 60+ presets, country & exchange filters, heatmap/scatter visualizations, and a backtesting comparison vs S&P 500.
  • Smart Money Analysis: institutional (13F) and insider transaction tracking, plus options sentiment indicators.
  • KPI & segments data (e.g., product/geo/segment revenue, operating income by segment) with 10+ years of history and quarterly/LTM modes.

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Overlap

Shared focus areas

4 overlaps

Mutual strengths include Stock Ideas, News, and 13F plus 1 more area.

Where they differ

BuySide Digest — Hedge Fund Letter Database

Distinct strengths include:

Newsletters
Investor Holdings
Alerts
  • Search by fund, CIO, ticker, keyword, theme; filter by quarter; columns include QTD/YTD perf where available.
  • Per‑fund pages with letter history (table shows latest two; ‘View’ for more).
  • Follow funds or tickers and get inbox updates when new letters drop.
  • BSD 13Fs: investor screener + reports (largest buys/sells, consensus holdings, GICS weights, bargains vs. prior buys, etc.).

ValueSense

Distinct strengths include:

Screeners
Data Visualizations
Quant
Money Flow
Backtesting
Calendar
Valuation Models
Scores
  • Intrinsic value suite: DCF, Reverse DCF, Earnings Power Value (EPV), Peter Lynch fair value, and relative value calculators.
  • AI-powered earnings overviews that summarize transcripts into structured highlights/visuals.
  • Global stock screener with 60+ presets, country & exchange filters, heatmap/scatter visualizations, and a backtesting comparison vs S&P 500.
  • Smart Money Analysis: institutional (13F) and insider transaction tracking, plus options sentiment indicators.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

AttributeBuySide Digest — Hedge Fund Letter DatabaseValueSense
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: Stock Ideas, News, 13F, Watchlist

Unique: Newsletters, Investor Holdings, Alerts

Shared: Stock Ideas, News, 13F, Watchlist

Unique: Screeners, Data Visualizations, Quant, Money Flow, Backtesting, Calendar, Valuation Models, Scores, Transcripts, Insider Data, Research Templates, Shared Workspaces, AI, AI Earnings Summary

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Stocks, ETFs

Stocks, ETFs

Experience levels

Who each product is built for

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Platforms

Where you can access the product

Web

Web

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Free

Free, Subscription

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

Unique

  • Search by fund, CIO, ticker, keyword, theme; filter by quarter; columns include QTD/YTD perf where available.
  • Per‑fund pages with letter history (table shows latest two; ‘View’ for more).
  • Follow funds or tickers and get inbox updates when new letters drop.
  • BSD 13Fs: investor screener + reports (largest buys/sells, consensus holdings, GICS weights, bargains vs. prior buys, etc.).
  • ‘Elevator Pitches’: concise stock ideas extracted from letters; weekly BSDigest newsletter.
  • Hosts/links original PDFs for many historical letters (e.g., Baupost archive).

Unique

  • Intrinsic value suite: DCF, Reverse DCF, Earnings Power Value (EPV), Peter Lynch fair value, and relative value calculators.
  • AI-powered earnings overviews that summarize transcripts into structured highlights/visuals.
  • Global stock screener with 60+ presets, country & exchange filters, heatmap/scatter visualizations, and a backtesting comparison vs S&P 500.
  • Smart Money Analysis: institutional (13F) and insider transaction tracking, plus options sentiment indicators.
  • KPI & segments data (e.g., product/geo/segment revenue, operating income by segment) with 10+ years of history and quarterly/LTM modes.
  • Stock charting for fundamentals & KPIs with multi‑view layouts; PNG export.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do BuySide Digest — Hedge Fund Letter Database and ValueSense both support?

Both platforms cover Stock Ideas, News, 13F, and Watchlist workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Do BuySide Digest — Hedge Fund Letter Database and ValueSense require subscriptions?

Both BuySide Digest — Hedge Fund Letter Database and ValueSense keep freemium access with optional paid upgrades, so you can trial each platform before committing.

How can you access BuySide Digest — Hedge Fund Letter Database and ValueSense?

Both BuySide Digest — Hedge Fund Letter Database and ValueSense prioritize web or desktop access. Investors wanting a mobile-first workflow may need to rely on responsive web views.

What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?

BuySide Digest — Hedge Fund Letter Database differentiates itself with Search by fund, CIO, ticker, keyword, theme; filter by quarter; columns include QTD/YTD perf where available., Per‑fund pages with letter history (table shows latest two; ‘View’ for more)., and Follow funds or tickers and get inbox updates when new letters drop., whereas ValueSense stands out for Intrinsic value suite: DCF, Reverse DCF, Earnings Power Value (EPV), Peter Lynch fair value, and relative value calculators., AI-powered earnings overviews that summarize transcripts into structured highlights/visuals., and Global stock screener with 60+ presets, country & exchange filters, heatmap/scatter visualizations, and a backtesting comparison vs S&P 500..

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