Learn how to choose stocks with these 9 free stock-picking services

The Motley Fool is an investment education website that provides lots of free and paid content. Its core offering, the Motley Fool Stock Advisor, provides stock picks. According to the company’s website, Stock Advisor has quadrupled the S&P 500 over the past two decades.

When you sign up, you’ll get two stock recommendations per month, top 10 timely buys chosen from over 300 stocks, and foundational stock recommendations. You’ll also have access to a library of educational materials to help you learn how to choose stocks and a community of fellow investors.

You can get more monthly picks and access to additional resources, with an upgrade to one of the higher subscription tiers: Epic, Epic+, Fool Portfolios and Fool One. You can get real money portfolios and options trading with Epic+, Fool Portfolios and Fool One, though it's recommended that you have a portfolio size of at least $100k.

You can also visit The Motley Fool's website for free stock reports and picks. But you have to pay for Stock Advisor or its many other services for more premium research.

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This large investment research organization provides information on stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs and more. Morningstar offers many stock picks to its community for free, but much more content for its Morningstar Premium members.

When you sign up, you get access to in-depth research on hundreds of thousands of securities and a list of the best stocks.

Unlike other stock-picking services, Morningstar doesn’t give you a tailored list of stocks to add to your portfolio. Instead, it provides in-depth research on many stocks and the tools to track your portfolio.

Morningstar offers a seven-day free trial. After that, you’ll pay $34.95 for a monthly subscription or $249 for an annual subscription.

This mega-investing site includes a vast array of free articles. Much of Seeking Alpha's content comes from its own community of investors, so you can read a wide range of takes and research.

Their staff writers' analyses include detailed stock market reporting and insights on why specific stocks look good or bad at the moment. You can also read about their investment strategies and catch up on market news.

If you upgrade to premium, you'll get access to proprietary stock-picking tools, including author ratings and performance, quantitative ratings, and stock dividend grades.

You can try their premium plan for seven days free of charge. After that, new subscribers pay $199 a year.

StockRover — A robust investment screening and analysis website, StockRover members have access to various tools, including investment data, charts, research reports, ratings, customizable screeners, and custom alerts. The research focuses on stocks, ETFs and mutual funds.

It goes beyond the typical free screeners on large investment data websites. There are 140 prebuilt screeners and screeners can be customized with over 500 different criteria. The free account is extensive but their paid versions will give you access to even more bells and whistles.

The three paid versions (Essentials, Premium, and Premium Plus) range from $7.99 to $27.99 for monthly subscriptions.

TradeStation — This investing platform caters to active and experienced traders. Its desktop platform is where TradeStation shines, providing customizable charting and advanced order types you don't get with basic investing apps.

You can scan and monitor up to 1,000 stock symbols in real-time, allowing you to identify trading opportunities.

Zacks is a stock and investment research company that offers reports and screeners for a wide range of investments. If you already have a brokerage account with a major broker, Zacks reports may be included. Premium memberships give you more reports and tools for $249 per year after a 30-day free trial.

A paid subscription adds a few features, but the free version is a top stock market screener.

The Yahoo Finance stock screener has a clean and user-friendly design. It doesn't have as many filters and features as some of the other names on this list.

But it's quick to use and has a familiar, interface that Yahoo Finance users know and love.

With more than half a million subscribers, Stansberry Research is one of the top stock research companies. They provide actionable investment recommendations for hands-on investors.

The company has several membership options to choose from, offering original research and recommendations, an online position-size calculator, and lifetime access to several in-house publications.

You can choose a membership subscription that best fits your investing style to ensure the recommendations are actually a good fit for you. Stansberry offers a 30-day free trial, followed by a yearly subscription of $199.

Founded in 1984, Investor’s Business Daily specializes in stock lists and research to help you build your portfolio. When you sign up for IBD’s Leaderboard, you get 10-15 of the strongest stocks expected to see huge price humps.

You’ll also get a specific trading plan, including exact buy and sell points. Leaderboard has a monthly cost of $29, then $69 thereafter. You can also purchase IBD’s stock lists, which include the IBD Top 50, IBD Big Cap 20, and IPO Leaders.