StoCoTo.com – Stock Comparison Tool

The STOck COmparison TOol is a free data analytics platform designed to compare stocks using performance and technical features based on share price and volume. Included are four European indexes (AEX, CAC, DAX, SMI) and three American indexes (Dow Jones, S&P100, NASDAQ). For eight sectors (automotive, biopharma, energy, finance, household and personal goods, manufacturing and technology, retail, technology), the relevant stocks are selected and combined into a comparative analysis. A special group of stocks is created by selecting the most traded or noticeable into the StoCoTo selection index. The visualization of the comparisons provides insights into market performance, identifies potential trading opportunities, assessment of risk, or performs a peer comparison (benchmarking) of the index or sector to the total available stocks.

For a selection of companies, a deep-dive into price and volume over time is available in the shape of an analysis based on technical features such as AD, MFI, MACD, RSI and the Stochastic Oscillator. All features are visualized using interactive histograms and charts with (where possible) reference lines provided. The StoCoTo.com platform offers a unique way of viewing stock market data that allows the trader to pre-select shares that can be suggested as opportunities or provides an understanding of risk and can make up an essential part of a trading strategy. Types of trading strategies that this free online stock analysis tool is suitable for (but not limited to) are momentum, technical and swing trading.

The individual stock pages are soon to be expanded.
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Compare stocks with technical features

Comparing stocks is a challenging task, but can be achieved using the standard metrics price change and trade volume over time. From these two, a range of features such as technical indicators (volatility, money flow, short/medium price performance, MFI, RSI) can be derived. This webtool allows the comparison of the stocks in different indexes and sectors using easy-to-interpret graphs and histograms.

Analysis of shares provided by the webtool
A set of analysis is available for each index or sector. The structure is the same for all. The pages for the individual companies have a different structure focussing only on technical analysis. The link for each section provides an explainer handout.

  • Data overview – A table that contains the most important values that are used in the analysis of each stock.
  • Index/sector performance overview – A ranking of traded companies to understand which have shown the best price growth, trade activity, volatility or money flow.
  • Performance insights – An overview of the recent price changes an trade activity (volume) to understand how a selected stock is performing and providing a reference by comparing it to other companies in the same index or sector.
  • Trading opportunities – Four comparison of stocks based on technical indicators and price movement to identify opportunities to pre-select stocks that are a buy or sell.
  • Understanding risk – An understanding of the current price in relationship to recent price movement and its high/low of the previous year.
  • Peer comparison – How does an index or sector perform compared to all other stocks. A potential first step before focussing on individual shares.
  • Technical analysis – Graphs that show technical indicators such as MFI, MACD, Stochastic Oscillator, etc over time for individual listed companies.

Feedback from our users

“My experience with the stock comparison tool has been very positive. It introduced me to using analytics to find stocks of interest. A great starting point to pick out stocks to learn more about and possibly invest in. I also appreciate the link to Yahoo finance.” – Mike Connor, United Kingdom

“What I like most about stocoto is that I can get an overview of all stocks first and then dive deeper into them using the technical analysis. The graphs clearly help as well because many other websites provide tables that need to be clicked on first before I find what I am looking for. This makes the experience a lot faster.” – Kate Hudgins, USA

“In comparison to other sites such as tradingview.com it has less data. This actually works as a benefit as only relevant data is shown and all displayed on a single page, It makes it much quicker to navigate and find some interesting companies.” – Markus Friedrich, Germany

“The one thing I like most is that the technical analysis has all graphs below each other, making it quick to scroll through and observe or compare patterns. Saving a few clicks makes me want to come back more often.” – Claude Leroy, France

Analyse the leading stock markets of Europe and USA

Currently, there are eight stock markets available for comparison and analysis. They represent the majority of the largest and most traded listed companies in North America and Europe. The selected indexes are:

In addition, a selection of companies has been made from each stock market based on their trade activity and relevance. These are grouped in the ‘StoCoTo selection’ and will for most traders represent the main stocks of interest. All of the companies in this selection have an individual technical analysis available.

Focus on comparable companies by choosing any of the eight sectors

There are eight company sectors available on the analysis platform. Many alternative sectors contain few stocks making their analysis irrelevant. Therefore, only the ones are included when enough companies are available that a reliable comparative analysis can be performed. The available sectors are:

A range of technical indicators are available to analyze shares

Across the different individual stock analysis a set of performance and technical indicators are available that are derived from price and volume. Together these make up a profile of an individual share. A carefull selection has been made to avoid duplication of indicators that only differ moderately. The available technical indicators (with a link to their description) are:

Tip 8: Combining the table with a graph
When many points are shown in a graph, it can be challenging to find the company of interest. Hovering over all 100 points is much effort. An easy way to identify the company of interest is to sort the table (at the top) according to the name of the company and find the desired company. Then look up the value of the parameter of interest. With this value return to the graph of interest and use it as an indication of where the company is located.

All tips & tricks have been collected in a dedicated page. Spend a few minutes there to make the most out of the Stock Comparison Tool.

Updates January 2025
• Four companies have been added to the individual stock analysis. They belong to the AEX and SMI. The companies that are newly available are Adyen, Ahold Delhaize, ABB and Sika. More are scheduled to be added soon!

Updates December 2024
• The article on “Essentials on the stock market indicator Volatility” has been updated. A suggested read to know everything about volatilty and how it should be interpretet.

Updates November 2024
• The pages of the individual companies listed on the Dow Jones, S&P100 and NASDAQ have been updated. Many checks have been performed to make sure the correct information is displayed.
• The article on the Moving Average Converging Diverging (MACD) has been updated to explain it more clearly and provide a more complete background to this technical indicator.
• A guide to using the technical analysis has been added to each individual stock analysis page. It can be found in the header where you can click on [guide].



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