Oak Growth vs GuruFocus
GuruFocus is a genuinely deep value platform at $549 a year, billed annually, built around US equities. Oak Growth is £18 a month, covers eight markets including the UK, and publishes the assumptions behind every valuation.
The short version
GuruFocus is a serious value-investing platform with 30 years of financial history and a proprietary intrinsic value estimate. It is also $549 a year at the entry tier, annual billing only, rising to $1,398 for Premium Plus — roughly two and a half times what Oak Growth costs, before you reach the higher tiers.
Side by side
| Oak Growth | GuruFocus | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | £18/month · £216/year | From $549/year (about $45.75/month), annual billing only |
| Pay monthly | Yes | No — annual only |
| Intrinsic value | DCF on every company | GF Value plus a DCF calculator |
| Sort by margin of safety | One click | Screening, but built around GF Value |
| Buffett four pillars | Moat, management, economics, value | Scores, but not the four pillars |
| Entry timing | MA dots + RSI on every chart | No entry signals |
| Filtered company news | Live SEC 8-K | No |
| UK market focus | FTSE 100 and 250 first-class | Global, but US-centred |
| Price history | 26 years of charts | Up to 30 years |
| Financial statements | 5 years | Up to 30 years |
| Guru portfolio tracking | No | 8,000+ institutional portfolios |
| Learning curve | Minutes | Substantial |
The four differences that matter
1. Price, and the commitment behind it
$549 a year works out at about $45.75 a month, or roughly £410 a year at recent rates, against £216 for Oak Growth. GuruFocus also bills annually only, so it's a full year committed up front. Oak Growth is monthly and you can stop whenever you like.
2. Two different ideas of intrinsic value
GuruFocus's GF Value is built largely from historical trading multiples plus an adjustment factor — in other words, what the market has typically paid for this company before. Oak Growth runs a discounted cash flow from the business's own projected cash, and publishes the discount rate, growth rate and terminal assumptions behind it. One asks what the market usually pays; the other asks what the business is worth. The second is the Buffett question.
3. Nothing on timing
GuruFocus tells you a company looks cheap. It says nothing about whether the price is still falling. Oak Growth puts two moving-average dots and RSI on every chart, so the valuation and the entry question sit in the same place.
4. The UK is an afterthought
GuruFocus covers global markets but is built around US equities and US regulatory filings. Oak Growth treats the FTSE 100 and 145 FTSE 250 constituents as first-class alongside the US, and carries live SEC 8-K filings filtered down to the announcements likely to move a price.
Where GuruFocus is stronger
Thirty years of financial statements is more than almost anyone offers — Oak Growth carries 26 years of price history on its charts but five years of balance sheet, income and cash flow data, so for very long-run fundamental analysis GuruFocus goes further. Its guru tracking — over 8,000 institutional portfolios, plus insider and congressional trading — has no equivalent in Oak Growth at all. The reverse DCF calculator, which tells you what growth rate today's price implies, is a genuinely good tool. If you want to study what famous investors own and go deep on historical data, it does that better.
One caveat worth knowing about the guru data, which their own reviewers raise: filings lag by around 45 days, so by the time you see a position it may be months old.
Who each one suits
GuruFocus if you're a US-focused value investor with a budget, want to track institutional portfolios, and will use thirty years of history.
Oak Growth if you want a discounted cash flow value on every company across eight markets including the UK, the four Buffett pillars scored, entry timing on the same screen, and to pay £18 a month rather than $549 up front.
A quarter of the price, and the UK included
Oak Growth publishes a discounted cash flow intrinsic value for roughly 1,000 companies across eight markets, ranks them all by margin of safety, and scores every one on Buffett's four pillars.
Explore Oak GrowthCommon questions
How much does GuruFocus cost?
GuruFocus starts at around $549 a year for its entry Premium tier, billed annually only, rising to roughly $1,398 a year — about $116.50 a month — for Premium Plus. Oak Growth is £18 a month — about £216 a year — with monthly billing and no tiers.
Is there a cheaper alternative to GuruFocus?
Oak Growth covers roughly 1,000 companies across eight markets with a discounted cash flow intrinsic value, margin of safety and Buffett four-pillar scoring on each, for £18 a month. It does not offer guru portfolio tracking or 30 years of history, which are GuruFocus's main strengths.
What is GF Value and how does it differ from a DCF?
GF Value is GuruFocus's proprietary estimate built largely from a company's historical trading multiples plus an adjustment factor and growth estimates. A discounted cash flow works from the business's own projected cash flows instead. One reflects what the market has typically paid; the other estimates what the business is worth.
Does GuruFocus cover UK shares?
GuruFocus covers global markets but is built around US equities and US filings, Oak Growth covers the FTSE 100 and 145 FTSE 250 constituents as a core market, with live SEC 8-K filings filtered to those likely to move a price.
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