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Forensic vs. Macrotrends

Macrotrends specializes in long-term historical financial statement charts going back decades. Forensic focuses on disclosure-risk events in real-time.

Macrotrends price

Free, $30/mo Pro

Forensic price

$9 one-shot · $29/mo Pro · $99/mo Elite

Their audience

Retail investors and analysts who want long-term historical financial charts

Forensic audience

Retail traders, small RIAs, independent analysts

What Macrotrends does well

Historical financial statement data going back 20-30+ years
Long-term valuation ratio charts (P/E, P/S, P/B history)
Industry-level aggregations
Macro indicator overlays
Strong free tier

Where Forensic fills the gap

Past-performance focus — not real-time disclosure tracking
No 8-K red-flag detection
No SEC Item 1.05 cyber tracking
No forensic risk scoring per ticker

When Forensic is the right fit

You want forward-looking disclosure risk, not 20-year historical charts
You're researching small-caps where the most recent 8-K matters more than 20 years of revenue history
You want a $9 forensic report instead of charting subscriptions

Try Forensic free →

When Macrotrends is the right fit

You want long-term historical chart visualization — Macrotrends is purpose-built for that
Your analysis is macro/industry-level rather than ticker-level forensics

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