Empiric Investing is now part of The Youth Economy LabFree investing research for every student.
Empiric turns SEC filings into free research tools for students: Total Shareholder Yield, accounting red flags, valuation and more. We also run The Wolves of Wall Street, a stock competition.
Tools and programs
Everything here is free and built on audited SEC filings.
The Wolves of Wall Street
A free, one-month stock investing competition where a strong thesis matters more than a lucky trade.
How the Empiric App works
Every number comes straight from a company's filings with the SEC, the same documents professional analysts read.
Pick any company
Type a ticker. Empiric covers 668+ companies with up to ten years of history.
We read its SEC filings
Annual and quarterly reports are pulled from SEC EDGAR and parsed from standardized XBRL data. No estimates.
See every way it returns cash
Dividends, buybacks after dilution and debt paydown, combined into Total Shareholder Yield, plus 14 red-flag checks and a survivability score.
Put it to work
Cite the numbers in a stock thesis. Every trade in The Wolves of Wall Street needs one.
Total Shareholder Yield
TSY adds up the three ways a company returns cash to shareholders: dividends, net share buybacks after dilution, and debt paydown, each measured against market cap.
Total dividends paid ÷ market cap.
Repurchases minus stock-comp dilution ÷ market cap.
Net debt decrease ÷ market cap, floored at zero.
Example: Apple, using the sample components shown.
What the app measures
Six analyses on every company, each built from audited filings. Select one for details.
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Still curious? Email info@empiricinvesting.me
Yes, completely free. Launch the app and analyze up to five companies as a guest; a free account unlocks unlimited lookups.
All financial data comes from SEC EDGAR filings (10-K and 10-Q), parsed from XBRL structured data. Market prices are sourced from Yahoo Finance.
Total Shareholder Yield combines dividends, share buybacks and debt reduction into one figure for how much a company returns to shareholders, not only through dividends.
No. Empiric Investing is an informational tool only. Always consult a qualified financial advisor before making investment decisions.
668+ companies with up to 10 years of historical data, covering a broad cross-section of the U.S. market.
There are no ads and we don't sell data. The SEC data is public record, and startup programs like E2B and Neon have given us $21K in credits. Empiric is part of The Youth Economy Lab, whose programs are free to enter.
Every number traces back to a specific 10-K or 10-Q filing on SEC EDGAR, parsed from standardized XBRL tags. We don't layer in analyst estimates or third-party adjustments. If our number disagrees with another site's, ours will match the audited filing.
Those sites show dividend yield, which is one way a company returns cash. Empiric also measures net buybacks and debt paydown, and adds them up as Total Shareholder Yield.
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A free account gives you unlimited company lookups. Membership in The Youth Economy Lab is free too.
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