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Number of Employees: formula and how to read it
The number of full-time employees describes a company's size and how much work it does with people. It describes the business rather than rating it.
What is Number of Employees?
Full-time staff, as last reported. Number of full-time employees from the company's latest report, via the data provider. Describes size rather than quality, so it isn't scored.
Stock Meadow groups it under Company, and shows it in tables as Employees.
Formula and a worked example
Employees = number of full-time employees from the company's latest report
A company reporting 12,000 full-time staff has an employee count of 12,000. The numbers are made up for illustration.
How to read it
There is no better or worse. Use it as a filter to focus on large or small organisations, or to compare revenue per employee yourself.
It can be used as a filter and as a column, but not for scoring: it describes a company rather than making it better or worse.
Common pitfalls
- Headcount depends on the business model: outsourcing or automation can make two similar companies look very different.
- Not every company reports it, and it is only as current as the latest annual report.
- It says nothing about the quality or profitability of the business.
How Stock Meadow handles gaps. Usually blank when the company doesn't report it.
Treat any single metric as one clue, and read the company's financial statements before drawing a conclusion. Stock Meadow's figures are research tools based on reported data, not investment advice.
Stock Meadow models that use it
No scoring model uses it. It is a filter and a table column only.
Read about every scoring model on the scoring models page.
Frequently asked questions
- Why can I only filter on employees, not score it?
- A bigger headcount does not make a company better or worse, so Stock Meadow does not rank on it. You can filter on it and show it as a column.
- Can I score stocks on Employees?
- It can be used as a filter and as a column, but not for scoring: it describes a company rather than making it better or worse.
- Why is Employees blank for some stocks?
- It is usually blank when the company doesn't report it. Stock Meadow leaves the figure blank rather than guessing it.
Use Employees in Stock Meadow
Filter the whole stock list on Employees and show it as a column. Free during the preview.
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