# us-value-investing

Scores a US-listed company across four dimensions: ROE sustainability, debt safety, free cash flow quality and economic moat. Useful when you are deciding whether to hold a stock long term.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 709 installs · ★ 1060
- Author: star23
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/star23/Day1Global-Skills/tree/HEAD/us-value-investing/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-18
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/us-value-investing

## What it does

The skill hands your agent a Buffett-style value investing frame. You name a ticker or company, the agent pulls the latest financials with web search and sorts them into four dimensions. What comes back is a rating plus the reasoning behind it.

Dimension one is ROE sustainability, and it looks at three years or more rather than a single one, because a spike can come from selling a building or winning a lawsuit. Dimension two covers debt safety through the debt-to-asset ratio. Dimension three compares free cash flow against net income, since earnings can be dressed up through accounting while the bank balance cannot. Dimension four is the economic moat.

Each metric has its own zero-to-three-star scale, and the write-up flags the usual traps. High ROE paired with heavy borrowing, or lifted by share buybacks, reads better than the business actually is. Banks, utilities and REITs get different thresholds, so the same number means different things across sectors. Worth checking which sector your ticker sits in before you trust the score.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add star23/Day1Global-Skills --skill us-value-investing -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/us-value-investing/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/us-value-investing/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add star23/Day1Global-Skills --skill us-value-investing -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/us-value-investing/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add star23/Day1Global-Skills --skill us-value-investing -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/us-value-investing/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install star23/Day1Global-Skills us-value-investing
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/us-value-investing/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add star23/Day1Global-Skills --skill us-value-investing -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/star23/Day1Global-Skills --path us-value-investing
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/us-value-investing/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add star23/Day1Global-Skills --skill us-value-investing -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/star23/Day1Global-Skills/tree/HEAD/us-value-investing/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- review a company's fundamentals before buying
- check whether ROE has stayed above the threshold for several years
- size up debt load and the cushion behind it
- compare free cash flow with reported net income
- identify an economic moat and what sustains it

## Example prompts
- Analyze KO fundamentals with the value investing framework
- Is AAPL worth holding long term? Walk through ROE, debt and free cash flow
- Does Microsoft have an economic moat? Rate it across all four dimensions

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: us-value-investing
description: US stock value investing analysis framework. Systematically evaluates listed companies through 4 core dimensions (ROE sustainability, debt safety, free cash flow quality, economic moat assessment), outputting investment ratings and analytical reasoning. This skill should be used when users mention topics such as whether a US stock is worth holding long-term, fundamental analysis of a company, ROE analysis, debt ratio assessment, free cash flow, economic moat, Buffett-style stock picking, value investing screening, how to read a company's financial reports, whether a stock's valuation is reasonable, etc. Even if users simply ask something general like "What do you think of stock XX?" or "Help me analyze XX's fundamentals," this skill should be triggered to provide a structured value investing analysis framework.
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# US Stock Value Investing Analysis Framework

This skill helps you systematically analyze whether a US-listed company is worth holding long-term using Buffett-style value investing methods. Through quantitative assessment across 4 core dimensions, it provides a clear investment rating.

## Use Cases

Use this skill when users ask the following types of questions:
- Whether a particular US stock is worth buying/holding long-term
- Help me analyze a company's fundamentals
- How to interpret a company's financial report data
- Whether a company has an economic moat
- Help me screen stocks using value investing methods

## Analysis Framework

### 4 Core Assessment Dimensions

For each dimension, use web_search to look up the target company's latest financial report data, then evaluate according to the criteria below.

#### Dimension 1: ROE Sustainability (Return on Equity)

**What it is**: ROE (Return on Equity) = Net Income / Shareholders' Equity. Simply put: for every $100 shareholders invest in the company, how much profit can it generate in a year. An ROE of 15% means every $100 of shareholder capital creates $15 in profit. This is the single financial metric Buffett values most — he believes a truly excellent company should be able to consistently and efficiently deploy capital.

**Key point**: Don't look at just one year's ROE; check whether it has maintained a high level **consistently for 3+ years**. A single year of high ROE could be due to one-time factors (selling a building, winning a lawsuit), and only sustained high ROE demonstrates genuine competitive strength.

**Search keywords**: `[Company name] ROE history` or `[Company name/ticker] return on equity 3 year`
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