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The methodology

A repeatable methodology for decisions that cannot be reduced to a prompt.

Zorev applies a consistent fundamental-analysis framework that adapts to the company’s business model, sector, value drivers and risk profile. The software supports professional judgement instead of hiding it behind an unexplained recommendation.

Ten stages

From the investment question to continuous monitoring.

Each stage stays connected to the previous one, so evidence, assumptions, valuation and confidence move together.

  1. 01

    Define the investment question

    Establish what the analysis must answer before evidence collection begins.

  2. 02

    Understand the business model

    Examine how the company creates value, earns revenue and sustains its competitive position.

  3. 03

    Identify key economic and financial drivers

    Isolate the volume, pricing, cost, capital and cash variables that determine outcomes.

  4. 04

    Formulate explicit claims and assumptions

    State what is believed, and what must be true for the belief to hold.

  5. 05

    Connect each claim to supporting and conflicting evidence

    Record the source, publication date, confidence level and unresolved information.

  6. 06

    Analyse financial quality and cash generation

    Connect reported earnings with working capital, capital expenditure and free cash flow.

  7. 07

    Construct valuation scenarios

    Link base, upside and downside cases to the operational assumptions behind them.

  8. 08

    Build the counter-thesis

    Search deliberately for the evidence and interpretations that weaken the conclusion.

  9. 09

    Define risks, catalysts and invalidation conditions

    Specify in advance what would prove the thesis wrong.

  10. 10

    Monitor the thesis as new evidence appears

    Compare each new disclosure with the existing claims and assumptions.

Uncertainty

Designed to expose uncertainty—not conceal it

Zorev distinguishes among reported facts, calculated metrics, management statements, analyst assumptions and AI-generated interpretations. Outputs are not presented as equally certain.

  • Reported fact

    Disclosed in a company filing or financial statement.

  • Calculated metric

    Derived from reported figures using a stated calculation.

  • Management statement

    Asserted by the company, and not necessarily verified.

  • Analyst assumption

    Chosen by the user, and editable at any time.

  • AI-generated interpretation

    An assisted reading that requires analyst review.

Traceability

Transparent by design

Users can inspect sources, assumptions, contradictory evidence and changes to the thesis over time.

Inspect sources

Open the document, page or disclosure behind a material finding.

Inspect assumptions

Review, edit and compare the assumptions driving each scenario.

Inspect contradictions

See the evidence that conflicts with the current interpretation.

Inspect change over time

Follow how the thesis and its confidence level evolved as evidence arrived.

Zorev does the searching, structuring and monitoring. The analyst owns the judgement.

See the platform

See the methodology applied inside the software.

A demonstration shows how the framework structures evidence, claims, scenarios, the counter-thesis and continuous monitoring.

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