Earnings Quality Rank is a percentile ranking (ranking between 0 -100) of the stock, against all other stocks in the country, based on sustainability of earnings.
The rank is calculated taking into consideration profit margin, efficiency of assets in generating sales, operating cash flow etc. Earnings quality is defined as the extent to which past earnings are reliable and are likely to persist. High earnings quality indicate that the company’s fundamentals are expected to further strengthen and vice versa. Higher the earnings quality rank, more likely the company is able to sustain its earnings.