What does # Downgrades (1w) mean?
This shows the total count of Earnings Estimate Downgrades from brokers/analysts in the last week. It should be contrasted with EPS Upgrades.
Stockopedia explains # Downgrades (1w)...
While broker recommendations in and of themselves do not appear to have much (any?) signal given the inherent positive bias in them, changes in a) forecasts and, to a lesser extent, recommendation have been shown by academic research to be much more meaningful.
