dsrichard97/pca_twostocks

Conduct PCA on two risky stocks in the tech sector using R software.

Small Cap Principal Component Analysis

Authors

• @OKcomputer626
• @dsrichard97

Table of Contents

• Getting Started
• Data Source
• Quick Glance
• Steps
• End Goal
• Financial Screening

Getting Started

Motivation:

Microsoft Q2 2024 Earnings Call Transcript suggested that Azure has been a primary source for increase in Revenue and as a result AMD and NVIDA have been able to accelerate AI. For more detailed information: https://github.com/dsrichard97/SentimentAnalys

Principal Component Analysis (PCA) - Small Cap

Principal component analysis (PCA) allows us to summarize and to visualize the information in a data set containing individuals/observations described by multiple inter-correlated quantitative variables. Each variable could be considered as a different dimension. If you have more than 3 variables in your data sets, it could be very difficult to visualize a multi-dimensional hyperspace. In other words, a dimension reduction.

Focus:

Be able to generate list that can reduce the best fits three components in Finance in terms of Market Cap, Volatility, Growth Metrics, and Financial Health. Our primary concern is to look at two risk stocks.

Data Source

Financial Screening - Fin Viz

This could involve looking into sub-sectors like software, hardware, cloud computing, semiconductors, etc. We wil use FinViz for market screening. For more information about FinViz: https://finviz.com/screener.ashx?v=141&f=cap_small,sec_technology,sh_avgvol_o1000

• Market Capitalization: Larger companies tend to be less volatile, whereas smaller cap companies can be riskier but offer higher growth potential.
• Volatility: Look for stocks with higher beta values, indicating higher volatility compared to the market.
• Growth Metrics: High growth in revenue, earnings, or forecasts can indicate risk but also potential for high returns.
• Financial Health: Assess the debt levels, cash flow, and profitability ratios. Riskier stocks might operate at a loss or have high debt levels.

Quick Glance

Steps

For R code: http://rpubs.com/diazrichard98/1167751

End Goal

Used PCA to get the best risky penny stocks.