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MarketBeat is a financial media and research company that aggregates analyst ratings, dividend data, earnings results, insider and congressional trading activity, short interest, IPO calendars, and SEC filing headlines into a per-stock research page, plus portfolio monitoring, comparison tools, and stock screeners. Its ratings database is compiled from more than a dozen third-party data sources, including direct broker reporting and research feeds, and the company reports tracking over 110,000 analyst rating changes a year; live pricing is sourced from Massive (the market data provider formerly known as Polygon.io, rebranded October 2025) with supplementary data from Barchart Solutions. The company targets self-directed retail investors rather than institutions, competing with sites such as TipRanks and Zacks by giving away a broad layer of aggregated data and news for free (via its Daily Ratings newsletter and per-stock pages) while charging for its All Access tier, which adds unlimited watchlists, premium screeners and filters, and earlier newsletter delivery. It has also built out video content through a MarketBeat TV YouTube channel and publishes daily and weekly market commentary aimed at investor education rather than professional trading desks. MarketBeat traces its roots to American Consumer News, a personal finance blog started by Matthew Paulson in 2006 while he was a student at Dakota State University; the business was incorporated in 2011 as Analyst Ratings Network and rebranded MarketBeat in 2015. Paulson remains founder and CEO and has said the company has grown without outside investment. It is headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing US companies for multiple consecutive years, and by 2019 reported more than one million email newsletter subscribers and over 5,000 paying premium members; the company describes itself as the largest digital media company in the Dakotas, with roughly 30-plus staff across editorial, development, operations and support. MarketBeat has also become a visible local philanthropic and civic presence in Sioux Falls, including a reported $1 million commitment to the Sioux Falls Zoo and Aquarium expansion and to the Startup Sioux Falls initiative, and it sponsors the Levitt at the Falls concert series and the MarketBeat Open tennis tournament.
