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Visible Alpha vs Wall St. Rank comparison

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

Quick takeaways

Visible Alpha adds Financials, Data Visualizations, Stock Comparison, APIs & SDKs, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, Blogs, and Playbooks & Case Studies coverage that Wall St. Rank skips.

Wall St. Rank includes Institutional Data, 13F, Investor Holdings, News, and News Sentiment categories that Visible Alpha omits.

Visible Alpha highlights: Deep, line‑item consensus built from full working sell‑side models; 7,000+ companies, 250+ contributing brokers, 1M+ consensus line items; 170+ industries covered., VA Actuals: stitched historical fundamentals not always disclosed in filings, integrated with forward estimates for seamless time series., and Excel Add‑in with real‑time updating of figures, pre‑built templates, and one‑click tear‑sheets/export from the web app..

Wall St. Rank is known for: Fund Manager Portfolios: browse holdings & stats for the largest funds and ‘superinvestors’ across quarters (AUM filters, turnover, holdings counts)., Fund Trends: aggregate ‘common fund bets,’ largest buys/sells, and options exposures (calls/puts) derived from filings., and Analyst Intelligence: live ratings & price‑target feed; analyst and research‑firm profiles; ‘Analyst Upside’ consensus views..

Visible Alpha

visiblealpha.com

Granular, line‑item consensus from full sell‑side models (7,000+ companies; 250+ contributing brokers) with VA Actuals historicals, Excel add‑in, and enterprise delivery via API/Data Feed/Snowflake. Now part of S&P Global Market Intelligence and available as an add‑on within S&P Capital IQ Pro. Includes modules like Target Price & Ratings and a Line Item Monitor for alerts and revision analysis.

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Web

Desktop

API

Pricing

Subscription

Quick highlights

Deep, line‑item consensus built from full working sell‑side models; 7,000+ companies, 250+ contributing brokers, 1M+ consensus line items; 170+ industries covered.
VA Actuals: stitched historical fundamentals not always disclosed in filings, integrated with forward estimates for seamless time series.
Excel Add‑in with real‑time updating of figures, pre‑built templates, and one‑click tear‑sheets/export from the web app.
Target Price & Ratings: consensus rating distributions, target prices and valuation context with an ‘Open Entitlements’ contributor‑visibility framework.
Company & Line Item Monitor: alerting on threshold changes, dispersion, trend and revision analysis at the metric level.

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Wall St. Rank

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Fund‑ and analyst‑consensus explorer with an API. Core pillars: 13F‑based fund portfolios & trends (incl. new/closed/increased/reduced positions and calls/puts), analyst ratings & price‑target feed with firm/analyst profiles, news sentiment views, plus a quarterly ‘Fund Manager Index.’ Strong for event‑ and consensus‑driven equity research; not a broker/execution or factor backtesting tool.

Platforms

Web

API

Pricing

Subscription

Quick highlights

Fund Manager Portfolios: browse holdings & stats for the largest funds and ‘superinvestors’ across quarters (AUM filters, turnover, holdings counts).
Fund Trends: aggregate ‘common fund bets,’ largest buys/sells, and options exposures (calls/puts) derived from filings.
Analyst Intelligence: live ratings & price‑target feed; analyst and research‑firm profiles; ‘Analyst Upside’ consensus views.
WSR Indexes: a Fund Manager Index rebalanced the day after the 46th‑day 13F deadline; Analyst Index ‘coming soon’.
Rankings pages for stocks/ETFs (e.g., market cap, price movers) and news sentiment visualizations.

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Overlap

Shared focus areas

4 overlaps

Mutual strengths include Analyst Forecasts, Analyst Price Targets, and Analyst Recommendations plus 1 more area.

Where they differ

Visible Alpha

Distinct strengths include:

Sheets / Excel Add-ins

Blogs

Playbooks & Case Studies

Deep, line‑item consensus built from full working sell‑side models; 7,000+ companies, 250+ contributing brokers, 1M+ consensus line items; 170+ industries covered.
VA Actuals: stitched historical fundamentals not always disclosed in filings, integrated with forward estimates for seamless time series.
Excel Add‑in with real‑time updating of figures, pre‑built templates, and one‑click tear‑sheets/export from the web app.
Target Price & Ratings: consensus rating distributions, target prices and valuation context with an ‘Open Entitlements’ contributor‑visibility framework.

Wall St. Rank

Distinct strengths include:

Fund Manager Portfolios: browse holdings & stats for the largest funds and ‘superinvestors’ across quarters (AUM filters, turnover, holdings counts).
Fund Trends: aggregate ‘common fund bets,’ largest buys/sells, and options exposures (calls/puts) derived from filings.
Analyst Intelligence: live ratings & price‑target feed; analyst and research‑firm profiles; ‘Analyst Upside’ consensus views.
WSR Indexes: a Fund Manager Index rebalanced the day after the 46th‑day 13F deadline; Analyst Index ‘coming soon’.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

Attribute	Visible Alpha	Wall St. Rank
Categories Which research workflows each platform targets	Shared: Analyst Forecasts, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Recommendations, Data APIs Unique: Financials, Data Visualizations, Stock Comparison, APIs & SDKs, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, Blogs, Playbooks & Case Studies	Shared: Analyst Forecasts, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Recommendations, Data APIs Unique: Institutional Data, 13F, Investor Holdings, News, News Sentiment
Asset types Supported asset classes and universes	Stocks	Stocks, ETFs, Options
Experience levels Who each product is built for	Intermediate, Advanced	Intermediate, Advanced
Platforms Where you can access the product	Web, Desktop, API	Web, API
Pricing High-level pricing models	Subscription	Subscription
Key features Core capabilities called out by each vendor	Unique Deep, line‑item consensus built from full working sell‑side models; 7,000+ companies, 250+ contributing brokers, 1M+ consensus line items; 170+ industries covered. VA Actuals: stitched historical fundamentals not always disclosed in filings, integrated with forward estimates for seamless time series. Excel Add‑in with real‑time updating of figures, pre‑built templates, and one‑click tear‑sheets/export from the web app. Target Price & Ratings: consensus rating distributions, target prices and valuation context with an ‘Open Entitlements’ contributor‑visibility framework. Company & Line Item Monitor: alerting on threshold changes, dispersion, trend and revision analysis at the metric level. Enterprise data delivery: REST API for ad‑hoc queries, file‑based data feeds (S3/SFTP), and Snowflake data shares; feeds/cloud updated throughout the day.	Unique Fund Manager Portfolios: browse holdings & stats for the largest funds and ‘superinvestors’ across quarters (AUM filters, turnover, holdings counts). Fund Trends: aggregate ‘common fund bets,’ largest buys/sells, and options exposures (calls/puts) derived from filings. Analyst Intelligence: live ratings & price‑target feed; analyst and research‑firm profiles; ‘Analyst Upside’ consensus views. WSR Indexes: a Fund Manager Index rebalanced the day after the 46th‑day 13F deadline; Analyst Index ‘coming soon’. Rankings pages for stocks/ETFs (e.g., market cap, price movers) and news sentiment visualizations. Public API for programmatic access to portfolios, holdings, trends, analyst ratings and more (REST, JSON, API key).
Tested Verified by hands-on testing inside Find My Moat	Not yet	Not yet
Editor pick Featured inside curated shortlists	Standard listing	Standard listing

Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do Visible Alpha and Wall St. Rank both support?

Both platforms cover Analyst Forecasts, Analyst Price Targets, Analyst Recommendations, and Data APIs workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Do Visible Alpha and Wall St. Rank require subscriptions?

Neither platform maintains a free tier. Budget for a subscription to unlock the research coverage highlighted in this comparison.

How can you access Visible Alpha and Wall St. Rank?

Both Visible Alpha and Wall St. Rank 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?

Visible Alpha differentiates itself with Deep, line‑item consensus built from full working sell‑side models; 7,000+ companies, 250+ contributing brokers, 1M+ consensus line items; 170+ industries covered., VA Actuals: stitched historical fundamentals not always disclosed in filings, integrated with forward estimates for seamless time series., and Excel Add‑in with real‑time updating of figures, pre‑built templates, and one‑click tear‑sheets/export from the web app., whereas Wall St. Rank stands out for Fund Manager Portfolios: browse holdings & stats for the largest funds and ‘superinvestors’ across quarters (AUM filters, turnover, holdings counts)., Fund Trends: aggregate ‘common fund bets,’ largest buys/sells, and options exposures (calls/puts) derived from filings., and Analyst Intelligence: live ratings & price‑target feed; analyst and research‑firm profiles; ‘Analyst Upside’ consensus views..

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