Zacks alternatives: 5 ratings and research sites like Zacks, ranked by attention
Zacks is an investment research firm whose Zacks Rank grades stocks on revisions to analysts' earnings estimates. Measured by the attention it draws — links from the rest of the web, Wikipedia readership and Hacker News mentions — it ranks #22 of the 30 stock research sites tracked here, and #6 of 6 for ratings and research. The 5 other ratings and research sites follow, in the same order.
Alternatives to Zacks, most attention first
All 6 ratings and research sites we track · # is the rank within the category · “Overall” is the rank among all 30 sites · index is 0–100
| # | Site | Index | Overall | Linking subnets | Wikipedia, 30 d | HN, 12 mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morningstar morningstar.com | 89.7 | 3 / 30 | 11,522 | 7,579 | 90 |
| 2 | MarketBeat marketbeat.com | 50.6 | 14 / 30 | 3,607 | 408 | 4 |
| 3 | TipRanks tipranks.com | 46.6 | 16 / 30 | 3,186 | 626 | 2 |
| 4 | GuruFocus gurufocus.com | 40.8 | 18 / 30 | 3,697 | — | 5 |
| 5 | Simply Wall St simplywall.st | 32.2 | 21 / 30 | 2,842 | — | 2 |
| 6 | Zacks this page zacks.com | 30.5 | 22 / 30 | 3,496 | — | 1 |
Morningstar scores 89.7 on the index against 30.5 for Zacks, and has 11,522 linking subnets against 3,496. It ranks #3 of 30 overall; Zacks ranks #22.
Zacks vs Simply Wall St
Zacks (#22, index 30.5) against Simply Wall St (#21, index 32.2). Links: 3,496 subnets point at zacks.com and 2,842 at simplywall.st — Zacks has 1.2× as many. Neither site has a Wikipedia article, so that measure does not separate them. Hacker News mentions over the past year: zacks.com 1, simplywall.st 2.
Zacks vs GuruFocus
Zacks (#22, index 30.5) against GuruFocus (#18, index 40.8). Links: 3,496 subnets point at zacks.com and 3,697 at gurufocus.com — Zacks has 95% as many. Neither site has a Wikipedia article, so that measure does not separate them. Hacker News mentions over the past year: zacks.com 1, gurufocus.com 5.
Zacks vs TipRanks
Zacks (#22, index 30.5) against TipRanks (#16, index 46.6). Links: 3,496 subnets point at zacks.com and 3,186 at tipranks.com — Zacks has 1.1× as many. TipRanks has a Wikipedia article (626 views in 30 days); Zacks has none in any language. Hacker News mentions over the past year: zacks.com 1, tipranks.com 2.
Who links to Zacks
The Majestic Million places zacks.com at #9,937 among the million most linked-to domains on the web, from #9,867 in its previous update. Pages linking to it sit on 3,496 distinct subnets and 6,861 IP addresses. Among the 30 sites here that is 44.8 points out of 100 on links.
Zacks on Wikipedia
Zacks has no Wikipedia article we could measure in any language edition, so it scores zero on readership and ties for last with 17 of the other 29 sites. Its place at #22 rests on links and Hacker News mentions alone.
Next to Zacks in the overall ranking
Ranked just above: Simply Wall St (#21, ratings and research), index 32.2. Just below: Unusual Whales (#23, ownership and insider data), index 29.3.
Questions people ask
What is the most popular alternative to Zacks?
By attention, Morningstar: index 89.7, 11,522 linking subnets and 90 Hacker News mentions in a year. That is a measure of how widely it is noticed, not of whether it suits you better than Zacks.
How is Zacks's index of 30.5 worked out?
It is the average of three rank scores among the 30 sites: 44.8 for links, 29.3 for Wikipedia readership and 17.2 for Hacker News mentions. First place on a measure is worth 100, last place 0.
Is Zacks still being talked about?
On Hacker News, zacks.com appeared in 0 stories and comments in the last 30 days and 1 in the last 365.
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All 30 stock research sites, in one ranking
This is a ranking of attention, not of quality. It says nothing about accuracy, price or features, and it is not investment advice. Three measures, each turned into a rank among the 30 sites (first = 100 points, last = 0, ties share) and then averaged into the index: linking subnets — the number of distinct networks hosting pages that link to the site's domain, from the Majestic Million (2026-10-13), licensed CC BY 3.0; Wikipedia views — human readers of the site's article across every language edition, 2026-09-12 to 2026-10-11, from the Wikimedia pageviews API; Hacker News — stories and comments containing the domain in the 365 days to 2026-10-13, counted with the Algolia HN Search API. 18 of the 30 sites have no Wikipedia article in any language and tie for last on that measure. Sites that live under a larger domain (Yahoo Finance, Google Finance) are left out because their links cannot be separated from the parent's. We are not affiliated with any site listed; names are trademarks of their owners.