I like to play with screeners now and again, and my favorite screen tool is Finviz.com. I go back and forth between growth and value screens, sometimes combining measures from each.
This morning I was playing with a new screener focused on growth measures, and of course several companies favored by this board popped up.
This is the screener, it pulled in 37 stocks for me, hopefully it works for you: https://bit.ly/2S4m1wJ
The criteria I am using includes (1)Market Cap > $300M, (2)Avg Daily Volume > 200k, (3)EPS growth this year > 10%, (4)EPS growth next year > 10%, (5)EPS growth qtr over qtr > 10%, (6)Sales growth qtr over > 10%, (7)Performance trailing half > 20%, (8)Performance trailing year > 20%.
There are various ways to sort and view this list. The one stock on here that really surprised me was BA (Boeing). I’ve been hearing a lot about their performance and also listened to a segment on them on Bloomberg a week or so ago. With a cap of > $238B I just didn’t expect to see them on this list.
Several technology companies grace this list, including AYX, TTD, DATA, VEEV, UBNT, NOW, etc.
Anyone have any other screening inputs they like to use for identifying potential candidates for deeper analysis? Please share.
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To that I would add
Gross Margin >50%
Stock Price >$30
FWIW… there’s no need to use URL shorteners. TMF boards handle that automatically (URL shorteners are well known for abuse/malware).
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To that I would add
Gross Margin >50%
Stock Price >$30
Stock price is a very unneccesary screener. I would not recommend this to anyone.
Stock price is completely independent of the market cap, which is #of shares * stock price. Market Cap is the appropriate screener.
I would increase my growth to >30% and margins >50%
You may call it greedy, but in all honesty, when you’re trying to invest in the best, that’s what you look for.
I also tend to exclude oil, gas and mining companies that show up in the screen as they are prone to boom and bust.
EPS could screen out companies that are investing in growth for network effect. That should be evaluated in the deeper dive.
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Folks,
We’re getting a bit off topic with screening methodologies. How about this: if you find an interesting company through a screen, write it up and tell us how you found it. Otherwise, let’s not get into a long back and forth about screens.
Thanks,
Bear
Board deputy
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I would increase my growth to >30% and margins >50%
Growth may be a bit vague in this case without some measure and some period of time. Do you use 30% EPS growth, sales growth, stock price growth? Quarter, annual?
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SoloFool,
Please respect Bear’s request (and the rules of this board) and stop discussing Screening. Saul post’s a “Monday Morning Rules of the Board” post every Monday if you aren’t familiar with rules.
Again, if you identify companies using your screen and want to start a post bringing a new company to the board, highlighting the investment case, then great!
But screeners are OT here.
Thanks for your cooperation,
Austin
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But screeners are OT here.
Got it. Thanks!
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