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Is Stock Rover worth it?

The screening depth is genuinely best in class. Two things most reviews get wrong: the prices are considerably higher than the figures still circulating, and it does not cover the UK market at all.

By Nathan Wickham-Hurd · Founder, Oak Growth · First-class Economics & Finance, MBA · Last reviewed September 2026

The short answer

Stock Rover is one of the most capable fundamental screeners available, and for UK investors it is largely beside the point, because it covers US and Canadian listings only. If you invest in the FTSE, it cannot screen your market. If you invest in US stocks and enjoy deep data work, it is excellent — but it now costs considerably more than most reviews suggest.

Pricing has changed, and most reviews have not caught up. Search for Stock Rover pricing and you will find Essentials at $7.99, Premium at $17.99 and Premium Plus at $27.99 quoted across dozens of review sites. Those tiers no longer exist. Stock Rover's own plans page, last modified 23 July 2026, shows a restructured four-tier lineup at materially higher prices. The figures below are taken from that page, not from secondary sources.
Disclosure. We build Oak Growth, a competing stock screener. The prices and limits below are taken from Stock Rover's own pages, not from other reviews, so you can check every one of them.

What it actually costs in 2026

Four paid tiers, with the Essentials entry tier retired. Annual billing:

Premium — $29/mo, billed $348/yr. 400+ metrics, five years of fundamentals, ten years of pricing data, screening on 300+ metrics, portfolio management with brokerage integration, data export and alerts.
Premium Plus — $49/mo, billed $588/yr. 700+ measures, ten years of financial history, twenty years of pricing, the ability to write your own formulas, screening on past performance, ranked screening, research reports — and fair value.
Ultimate — $79/mo, billed $948/yr. 800+ metrics, twenty years of fundamentals, thirty years of dividend history, real-time quotes where available, options and insider metrics, phone support.
Ultimate Pro — $149/mo, billed $1,788/yr. For advisers and professionals.

Monthly billing is substantially more: $34, $70, $99 and $199 respectively. Two-year prepay brings Premium down to $24/mo. There is a permanent free plan, but it has no screener — news, dashboard and basic watchlists only.

The monthly limits nobody mentions

Premium is not simply "the cheap tier with fewer measures". It is rationed — you get a monthly allowance, and when it runs out you wait for the next month. You get 20 Stock Scores and Investor Warnings per month, 15 screeners, 250 rows per screen, two brokerage connections and 15 portfolios. If you are researching seriously, twenty scores a month goes quickly.

More importantly, fair value sits on Premium Plus, at $588 a year. If a valuation estimate is the thing you are paying for, the entry tier is not the tier you want — and that changes the price comparison considerably.

Where Stock Rover genuinely wins

The screener is the best in class for depth. Seven hundred different measures, the ability to write your own formulas instead of only ticking boxes, and historical screening — filtering for something like five straight years of earnings growth — which most competitors simply cannot do.

The portfolio analytics are also unusually strong: it shows how your holdings move together, runs thousands of simulated futures to test how a portfolio might hold up, suggests when to rebalance, forecasts your dividend income, and connects to over a thousand brokers. If portfolio-level modelling is the work you want to do, this is where Stock Rover earns its price.

The 14-day trial requires no credit card, which is more generous than most.

Where it does not fit

US and Canada only. No UK, no Europe, no Asia. For a FTSE investor this is decisive, and no amount of screening depth compensates for the market you want being absent.
No real-time data, no options chains at lower tiers, no live alerts in the way a trader would want. It is built for research, not for trading.
A real learning curve. The interface is dense and spreadsheet-like. Most positive reviews come from people who pushed through the first fortnight.
No refunds. Stock Rover's terms state this plainly. And if you cancel a legacy plan, you cannot re-enrol on it — you rejoin at current rates.
Fair value is not in the tier most people buy. It sits on Premium Plus at $588 a year. On Premium you also get only 20 Stock Scores and 20 Investor Warnings a month, so the analysis you are paying for is rationed.
The free plan has no screener. It is news, a dashboard and watchlists, with ads. The one thing Stock Rover is known for is absent from the free tier entirely, so you cannot evaluate it without paying or starting the trial.
Prices rose substantially and quietly. The entry tier was retired and the cheapest plan went from $7.99 to $29 a month. If you budgeted from a review published a year ago, the real number is roughly four times what you expected.

So is it worth it?

If you invest in US and Canadian stocks, want the deepest screening available to a retail investor, and will use the portfolio analytics, then yes — Premium at $348 a year is defensible and Premium Plus at $588 is worth it if you want fair value estimates.

If you invest in UK or European companies, it is not a question of value. The data is not there.

Use the 14-day trial before deciding, and take it at Premium Plus rather than Premium so you see fair value and research reports. If you find the interface off-putting in the first week, that impression rarely reverses.

If it is the wrong fit, here is the alternative we built

Stock Rover is the deeper instrument for detailed screening and portfolio modelling. That is what it is for, and it does it well. The question is whether that is what you need.

Where it cannot compete: the market you invest in. Stock Rover covers US and Canadian listings only. Oak Growth covers 1,000+ companies across eight markets — the FTSE 100 and 250, the US, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, Germany and France. For a UK investor this is not a feature comparison, it is the difference between a tool that works and one that does not open your market at all. Seven hundred metrics on companies you are not buying is not seven hundred metrics.

What you get for the valuation: Stock Rover puts fair value behind Premium Plus at $588 a year, and meters stock scores at twenty a month on the tier below. Oak Growth publishes a discounted cash flow intrinsic value and margin of safety on every company in the universe, on every plan, with no monthly allowance to run down. There is one price, £18 a month, and no tier where the valuation is withheld.

And it tells you when, not just what. Oak Growth pairs each valuation with entry-timing signals — RSI, moving averages, support and resistance, golden and death crosses — so you can see whether an undervalued company is stabilising or still falling. Stock Rover is a research and portfolio platform; it is not built to answer that question.

Oak Growth is £18 a month, one plan, no monthly allowances, with a seven-day trial. If you have read this far because Stock Rover does not cover your market or the valuation sits a tier above your budget, it is worth a look.

Side by side

Oak GrowthStock Rover
UK & European sharesFTSE 100, FTSE 250, Europe, Japan, HK, AustraliaUS and Canada only
Markets covered82
Intrinsic valueEvery company, on every planPremium Plus only ($588/yr)
Monthly allowancesNone20 stock scores/month on Premium
Buffett four pillarsMoat, management, economics, valueNo
Entry timingRSI, moving averages, MACD, Bollinger, Golden/Death Cross, support & resistanceNo technical signals
Company newsFiltered SEC 8-K + UK RNSNone
Commodities & indicesOwn tabsEquities and funds only
Free plan7-day trial, card up frontPermanent, but no screener
Screening depthCore set700+ measures, custom formulas
Portfolio analyticsWatchlist and portfolioSimulations, rebalancing, broker links
Price£18/month, everything included$29–$149/month by tier ($348–$1,788/yr)

Stock Rover prices taken from their own plans page, September 2026. Many reviews still quote a retired $7.99 tier.

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Common questions

How much does Stock Rover cost in 2026?

Four tiers on annual billing: Premium $29/mo ($348/yr), Premium Plus $49/mo ($588/yr), Ultimate $79/mo ($948/yr) and Ultimate Pro $149/mo ($1,788/yr). Monthly billing costs more at $34, $70, $99 and $199. The older Essentials tier at $7.99 has been retired, though many review sites still quote it.

Does Stock Rover cover UK stocks?

No. Stock Rover covers US and Canadian listings only — roughly 8,500 stocks, 7,000 ETFs and 40,000 funds, none of them on the London Stock Exchange. For a FTSE investor it is not a usable screener regardless of its other strengths.

Is the Stock Rover free plan any good?

It is permanent but limited: market news, a dashboard and basic watchlists, with ads. The screener is not included at all, so the free plan cannot do the thing Stock Rover is known for. You need at least Premium to screen.

Does Stock Rover give a fair value estimate?

Yes, but only on Premium Plus and above, which is $588 a year on annual billing. Premium also meters Stock Scores and Investor Warnings at 20 per month. If valuation is your reason for subscribing, budget for the higher tier.

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