Watchlist Columns

You can setup the columns in the Watchlist’s “Prices” and “Fundamentals” views to show the data that is useful for your investment analysis.

Right-click (ctrl-click for Mac users) any Watchlist column header and select Configure Columns…. You can read more about configuring columns in the section, Configuring Columns.

Watchlist’s “Prices” and “Fundamentals” views support the following columns.

Column NameColumn Description
SymbolStock or Ticker Symbol
Symbol*Stock or Ticker Symbol without the Google Finance exchange prefix.
NameCompany name
Date AddedDate added to the list
CommentUser Comment
AlertAn icon depicting whether an alert is set on this item. An empty field means no alert is set. Set alerts and raised alerts have different icons.
CurrencyThe currency of the item.
AskAsking price
Ask SizeAsking price size
BidBidding price
Bid SizeBidding price size
Day%Today’s percentage change
ChangeToday’s point change
Day HiToday’s high
Day LoToday’s low
LastPrice of the most recent quote
Last DateDate of most recent quote
Last DateTimeDate and time of most recent quote
Last SizeSize of last trade
OpenPrice at open
ClosePrevious closing price
OpenSignalLast trade price minus open price. Used for determining the daily trend of a stock.
OpenSignal %Last trade price minus open price as a percentage of the open price. Used for determining the daily trend of a stock.
GapOpen price minus previous close price. Used for determining the daily trend of a stock.
Gap %Open price minus previous close price as a percentage of the open price. Used for determining the daily trend of a stock.
VolumeToday’s volume
Vol Avg 3MAverage daily volume of the last 3 months. (YF only)
Vol % Avg 3MToday’s volume as a percentage of the average 3 month daily volume (YF only)
52Wk Lo52 week low price
52Wk Hi52 week high price
52Wk %Current price as percentage of 52 week high/low range. 100% means stock is at 52 week high; 0% means stock is at 52 week low.
% < 52Wk HiThe percentage that the stock has fallen since reaching its 52 week high price.
% > 52Wk LoThe percentage that the stock has risen since reaching its 52 week low price.
Price Tgt 1Y1 year price target (YF only)
50D MovAvg50 day moving average (YF only)
200D MovAvg200 day moving average (YF only)
DivPay DateDividend pay date (YF only)
ExDiv DateEx-dividend date (YF only)
DividendTrailing 12 month dividend per share
YieldTrailing 12 month dividend yield
DivPayoutRatioThe percentage of earnings paid to shareholders in dividends, using current EPS and trailing 12-month dividends.
FwdDivForward 12 month dividend per share, computed from the last known dividend payment.
FwdYieldForward 12 month dividend yield, computed from the last known dividend payment.
FwdPayoutRatioThe percentage of earnings paid to shareholders in dividends, using current EPS and the forward 12-month dividends.
Mkt CapMarket capitalization
FloatFloat: number of shares of a company that are freely bought and sold without restrictions by the public. (YF only)
Shares OutstandingShares outstanding: number of stocks issued by a company, both public and restricted. (YF only)
Short RatioShort ratio (YF only)
EPSEarnings per share
EPS Est Cur YrCurrent year EPS estimate (YF only)
EPS Est Next YrNext year EPS estimate (YF only)
EPS Est Next QtrNext quarter EPS estimate (YF only)
P/EPrice to earnings ratio
Fwd PE (Cur Yr)Forward PE current year (YF only)
Fwd PE (Next Yr)Forward PE next year (YF only)
PEGPrice to earnings over growth (5 year) ratio (YF only)
PEG (1Yr)Price to earnings over growth (1 year) ratio (YF only)
Book ValBook value
Price/BookPrice to book
Sales/ShareSales (i.e. revenue) per share
Price/SalesPrice to sales
EBITDAEarnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
ExchangeStock exchange
1W %Percentage change in share price over the last 1 week
4W %Percentage change in share price over the last 4 weeks
3M %Percentage change in share price over the last 3 months
6M %Percentage change in share price over the last 6 months
9M %Percentage change in share price over the last 9 months
YTD %Percentage change in share price since the beginning of the year
1Y %Percentage change in share price over the last year
2Y %Percentage change in share price over the last 2 years
5Y %Percentage change in share price over the last 5 years
10Y %Percentage change in share price over the last 10 years
Contract HighThe highest price at which this option contract has traded
Contract LowThe lowest price at which this option contract has traded
Exp DateThe option’s expiration date
Open InterestTotal number of option contracts that have not closed on a particular day
Strike PriceThe price at which the option contract can be exercised
Current RatioThe stocks current ratio. (GF only)
LT Debt to AssetsLong term debt to assets ratio (GF only)
Total Debt to AssetsTotal debt to assets ratio (GF only)
LT Debt to EquityLong term debt to equity ratio (GF only)
Total Debt to EquityTotal debt to equity ratio (GF only)
Return on Avg EquityReturn on average equity ratio (GF only)
Return on Avg AssetsReturn on average assets ratio (GF only)
ROIReturn on investment (GF only)
BetaThe stocks current beta (GF only)
Net Profit MarginThe company’s net profit margin (GF only)
Gross MarginThe company’s gross margin (GF only)
EBITD MarginThe company’s Earnings Before Interest, Tax and Depreciation margin (GF only)
Operating MarginThe company’s operating margin (GF only)
EmployeesThe company’s employee count (GF only)
RevenueThe company’s revenue (GF only)
Net IncomeThe company’s net income (GF only)
SectorThe general segmemt (sector) of the economy in which this company operates.
IndustryThe specific segment of the general sector of the economy in which this company operates.
MktCapThe market cap type (Mega, Large, Small, Micro, Nano).
🙂A graphical importance setting for this ticker symbol.
Sec TypeThe security type (stock, bond, etf… or custom value) for this ticker symbol.
TargetAn editable numerical value representing the target price of the security.
Target %The current Last price as a percentage of the Target price.
Target DsctThe target discount – difference between the Target price and the Last price as a percentage.
WatchlistName of the watchlist to which this item belongs.
Watch StartPrice at which you started watching this item.
Watch ChangeChange since you started watching
Watch %Percentage change since you started watching
Watch YieldDividend yield based on today’s dividend / watch start price
Watch DaysNumber of days since the item was added to the watchlist (Date Added column).