analysts at EVA Dimensions The Financial Post reports in its Saturday edition analysts at EVA Dimensions are rarely, if ever, accused of serving up rosy outlooks about the companies they cover. The Post's David Pett writes the U.S. firm uses an investing tool known as economic value added to gauge a company's ability to generate wealth for its shareholders. A quick scan of EVA Dimensions coverage universe shows plenty of sell recommendations. For example, it rates Amaya Gaming Group "underweight." The other five analysts who cover the stock say buy. EVA Dimensions also rates Apple shares underweight, versus 45 buy recommendations, 13 holds and three sells. However, EVA Dimensions is not always negative: It is one of only five analysts with an overweight or buy recommendation on BlackBerry, against 10 sells and 21 holds. Economic value added (EVA) attempts to measure the value created by an investment, or a portfolio of investments, by comparing the return on a company's invested capital to its cost of capital, which includes the cost of debt (that is, interest paid on bonds) and the cost of equity or rate of return expected by investors from comparable stocks. EVA is rare because not many companies look good using that metric.