Oak Growth vs Stock Rover
Stock Rover is an excellent screener for US and Canadian shares. If you hold anything listed in London, that sentence is the entire comparison — but here it is in full, including where they're genuinely better.
The short version
Stock Rover is a serious, well-built screener with more metrics than almost anything at its price. It also covers US and Canadian markets. If you invest in UK shares, that is the beginning and end of the comparison — no amount of screening depth helps with a company the tool doesn't carry.
Side by side
| Oak Growth | Stock Rover | |
|---|---|---|
| UK & European shares | FTSE 100, FTSE 250, Europe, Japan, HK, Australia | US and Canada |
| Markets covered | 8 | 2 |
| Intrinsic value in £ | Every company, DCF | Top tier only |
| Sort by margin of safety | One click | Top tier only |
| Buffett four pillars | Moat, management, economics, value | No |
| Entry timing | MA dots + RSI on every chart | No technical signals |
| Company news | Live SEC 8-K, filtered | None |
| Mobile | Works on a phone | No mobile app |
| Screening metrics | Core set | 700+ |
| Price | £18/month, everything included | $7.99 / $17.99 / $27.99 a month by tier |
The four differences that matter
1. It doesn't cover the London market
Stock Rover is built for US and Canadian equities. For a UK investor holding Lloyds, Shell, BP, Rolls-Royce or anything on the FTSE 250, the screener simply has nothing to screen. Oak Growth covers the FTSE 100 and 145 FTSE 250 constituents alongside the US, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong and Australia — eight markets on one subscription.
2. Fair value sits behind the top tier
Stock Rover does compute a fair value and margin of safety — credit where it's due — but those arrive on Premium Plus, the most expensive standard plan. On Oak Growth the intrinsic value, the margin of safety and the ability to rank every company by that gap are the product, not an upgrade. There is one price.
3. Nothing on the moat, the management or the timing
Stock Rover gives you 700 metrics and leaves the judgement to you. Oak Growth answers the four questions Buffett actually asks — is there a moat, is management any good with capital, are the economics strong, and only then is the price right — and puts two moving-average dots and RSI on the chart so you can see whether now is a reasonable moment. That is a tool with a method, not a tool with a spreadsheet.
4. It doesn't fit in your pocket
Stock Rover has no mobile app and its own reviewers flag it. Oak Growth runs in a browser on a phone, which is where most people actually check a holding.
Where Stock Rover is genuinely strong
Worth saying plainly, because a comparison nobody believes is worth nothing. Its screener runs on more than 700 fundamental metrics with up to 20 years of history, and it has features you'd normally pay far more for — equation-based screening, Monte Carlo simulation, correlation analysis, automated investor warnings and brokerage sync across a thousand-plus brokers. There is a free tier, and a 14-day trial with no card required. For a US investor who wants to build and test complex quantitative screens, it is very good value.
Who each one suits
Stock Rover if you invest exclusively in US and Canadian shares and want maximum screening depth with a spreadsheet mindset.
Oak Growth if you're a UK investor — or anyone who wants London alongside New York, Tokyo, Frankfurt and Sydney — and you'd rather have a considered answer on a thousand companies than seven hundred columns on a spreadsheet you have to interpret yourself. £18 a month, every market, every feature, no tiers.
Eight markets. One price. One click to the most undervalued.
Oak Growth publishes a discounted cash flow intrinsic value for roughly 1,000 companies including the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250, ranks them all by margin of safety, and scores every one on Buffett's four pillars.
Explore Oak GrowthCommon questions
Does Stock Rover cover UK stocks?
Stock Rover is built around US and Canadian markets. UK investors holding FTSE 100 or FTSE 250 shares will not find them there. Oak Growth covers the FTSE 100 and 145 FTSE 250 constituents alongside the US, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong and Australia on a single £18 subscription.
Is there a UK alternative to Stock Rover?
Oak Growth is the closest UK-focused equivalent: a discounted cash flow intrinsic value and margin of safety for roughly 1,000 companies across eight markets, plus Buffett four-pillar scoring, entry timing signals and live filtered SEC 8-K news, for £18 a month with no tiers.
How much does Stock Rover cost?
Stock Rover has three paid tiers — Essentials at $7.99 a month, Premium at $17.99 and Premium Plus at $27.99, with discounts for annual and two-year billing. Fair value and margin of safety arrive only on Premium Plus. Oak Growth includes everything at £18 a month.
Does Stock Rover have a mobile app?
No. Stock Rover has no mobile application, which its own reviewers note as a limitation. Oak Growth runs in a browser and works on a phone.
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