Recency and services scores
The Motley Fool offers various stock-picking services, and the recency score tracks the number of days since a stock was recommended across its services. This applies across all its services and has been tested to demonstrate outperformance and potency; newer picks tend to outperform more than older picks.
In addition to newer picks, the number of services in conjunction with the estimated stock-picking skill of those services has proven over time to demonstrate a positive relationship with returns. According to the models, if a stock tends to receive more recommendations from higher-skilled Motley Fool services, it tends to produce better performance than the market. These two elements -- the number of services and the estimated stock-picking skill of these services -- are combined to create the services score.