Closed · September 2026
SageRanks has closed.
It was a hobby project. This page explains what it tried to do and why it could not continue.
The idea
Most people who buy individual shares have heard of the great investors. Far fewer have the time to check which companies would actually pass the tests those investors described.
SageRanks turned each philosophy into a lens: a set of rules and weights taken from how the investor explained their own method. Every company in an index was scored through every lens, so you could see which stocks a Graham-style investor would shortlist, and why a Lynch-style investor might pick different ones.
- Free and plainNo subscription, no paywall, no tips. It never told anyone to buy or sell.
- ExplainableEvery rank could be traced back to the numbers behind it.
- Honest about gapsIf something could not be measured, the site said so rather than guessing.
At its largest it covered a few dozen indices and several hundred companies in Europe, North America and Asia.
Why it stopped
The idea worked. Running it as a hobby did not.
- Data costs moneyA ranking site is only as good as its share prices and financial statements, and it needs the right to publish them. That right is sold under commercial licences, priced for companies, not for one person paying out of pocket for a free site.
- A free site cannot pay for itTo cover licence fees, SageRanks would have needed paying customers or advertising at a scale a side project does not reach. Charging users would have gone against the reason it existed.
Thank you to everyone who used it.
SageRanks was one of several side projects. The others, including a Fear & Greed app for Android, are at oliveprojects.eu.