Stock screener examples

179 curated screens for every kind of trader and investor, written in plain English. Open one to see today's matches, then refine it in your own words.

Premium Sellers

  • Wheel candidates (Wheel / CSP): “Find quality stocks I'd be happy to own where a 30-delta put pays at least 20% annualized, options are liquid, and there are no earnings before expiration”
  • Rich premium in large caps (High IV rank): “Large caps over $50B with IV rank above 60, implied volatility above 20-day realized volatility and an options liquidity score above 70”
  • Range-bound condor setups (Iron condor): “Range-bound stocks with IV rank above 50, ADX below 20, liquid options and no earnings in the next 45 days”
  • Covered-call income (Covered calls): “Dividend payers with covered call yield above 15% annualized, beta under 1.2 and no ex-dividend date before expiry”
  • Biggest volatility risk premium (Volatility risk premium): “Top 30 stocks by volatility risk premium with options liquidity score above 70, excluding biotech”
  • Overpriced earnings moves (Earnings IV crush): “Stocks reporting in the next 10 days where the implied earnings move is at least 30% larger than the average move of the last 8 quarters”
  • Inverted term structure (Term structure): “Liquid optionable stocks whose IV term structure is in backwardation and IV rank is above 70”
  • Paid to wait for dividend growers (Puts on dividend growers): “Companies with at least 10 years of dividend increases where a 30-delta put yields more than 12% annualized and the stock is above its 200-day moving average”
  • ETF strangle candidates (Strangles on ETFs): “ETFs with IV rank above 50, weekly options and an options liquidity score above 80”
  • Weekly premium machines (Weekly income): “Stocks with weekly options, 30-day expected move above 8% and options volume at least 50,000 contracts a day”

Premium Buyers

  • Underpriced earnings moves (Earnings straddle): “Stocks reporting within 3 weeks where options price a smaller move than the stock's average earnings move over 8 quarters”
  • Cheap calls on leaders (Long calls): “Uptrending stocks with RS rating above 85 and IV rank below 30 with liquid options”
  • Unusual call flow (Options flow): “Show unusual options activity today with net call premium above $1M and options volume at least 3x the 20-day average”
  • Cheap puts on laggards (Long puts): “Downtrending stocks below the 200-day moving average with IV rank under 30 and EPS expected to decline next year”
  • Quiet before the storm (Low IV + catalyst): “Stocks with IV percentile under 20, earnings in the next 30 days and Bollinger bandwidth in the bottom 10%”
  • Cheapest index hedges (Portfolio hedge): “Index ETFs ranked by lowest IV rank with 30-day ATM straddle cost under 5%”

Earnings

  • Serial beaters reporting soon (Earnings momentum): “Companies that beat EPS estimates the last 4 quarters and report in the next 2 weeks”
  • Biggest earnings movers (Earnings volatility): “Stocks whose average earnings-day move over the last 8 quarters is above 10% and options are liquid”
  • Post-earnings drift (Post-earnings drift): “Stocks that reported in the last 10 days, beat EPS estimates by more than 10% and rose more than 5% on the report”
  • Big names reporting this week (Calendar): “Companies over $10B reporting in the next 7 days with their implied move and average earnings move”
  • Earnings overreactions (Overreaction): “Quality companies that fell more than 10% on their last report but are still expected to grow EPS more than 10% next year”

Swing & Momentum

  • Pullbacks in uptrends (Pullback in uptrend): “Stocks in an uptrend within 3% of the 50-day moving average, RSI between 40 and 50, and average dollar volume over $50M”
  • Volume breakouts (Breakouts): “Stocks making new 52-week highs today on at least twice normal volume with market cap over $2B”
  • Growth leaders (Relative strength): “Top 25 stocks by RS rating with revenue growth above 20% and price above the 200-day moving average”
  • Oversold quality (Mean reversion): “High quality large caps with RSI below 30 that are still above their 200-day moving average”
  • Fresh golden crosses (Trend change): “Mid and large caps with a golden cross in the last 10 days and EPS expected to grow next year”
  • CAN SLIM-style leaders (CAN SLIM style): “Stocks within 10% of their 52-week high with EPS growth above 25%, revenue growth above 20%, RS rating above 80 and rising institutional ownership”

Day Traders

  • In play today (Momentum): “Top gainers today with relative volume above 3, price over $5 and average dollar volume over $20M”
  • Gap-ups on news volume (Gap and go): “Stocks gapping up more than 4% today on at least twice their average volume”
  • Wide-range liquid names (Range): “Stocks with ATR above 4% of price, price over $10 and average dollar volume over $100M”
  • Squeezes in progress (Short squeeze): “Small caps up more than 10% today with short interest above 15% of float”
  • Most traded today (Liquidity): “The 25 stocks with the highest dollar volume today and their percent change”

Technical Setups

  • Bollinger squeezes (Volatility squeeze): “Stocks with Bollinger bandwidth in the bottom 10% of the market, above the 50-day moving average, with average dollar volume over $20M”
  • RSI(2) dips in uptrends (Short-term mean reversion): “Stocks above their 200-day moving average with 2-day RSI below 10”
  • MACD turning up (MACD): “Stocks with a positive MACD histogram, MACD below zero and price above the 200-day moving average”
  • Strongest trends (Trend strength): “Stocks with ADX above 30, price above the 20, 50 and 200-day moving averages and a 6-month return above 30%”
  • 20-day breakouts (Donchian breakout): “Large caps closing at a new 20-day high with relative volume above 1.5”

Value

  • Quality at a fair price (Quality at a reasonable price): “High quality companies trading at least 20% below their industry's median forward P/E with positive free cash flow”
  • Free cash flow machines (FCF yield): “Companies with free cash flow yield above 8%, net cash on the balance sheet and market cap over $1B”
  • Beaten-down quality (Contrarian): “Find high quality beaten-down growth stocks”
  • Deep value (Deep value): “Profitable companies trading below 1x book value and under 8x earnings with Piotroski F-score of 7 or more”
  • Magic Formula ranking (Magic Formula): “Rank companies over $1B by earnings yield and return on invested capital combined, excluding financials and utilities, top 30”
  • Graham defensive value (Graham number): “Companies where P/E times price-to-book is under 22.5, current ratio above 1.5 and dividends paid for at least 10 years”
  • Cheapest on EV/EBITDA (EV/EBITDA): “Companies over $2B with EV/EBITDA under 6, net debt to EBITDA under 2 and positive revenue growth”

Growth

  • Profitable software growth (Software): “Find profitable global software companies over $5B growing revenue more than 20% with RSI below 45”
  • Accelerating revenue (Acceleration): “Show companies where revenue increased every quarter for the last two years and gross margin expanded over the last four”
  • Semiconductor momentum (Semiconductors): “Find global semiconductor companies with EPS expected to grow more than 15% next year, strong six-month relative strength, and forward P/E under 30”
  • Rule of 40 (Rule of 40): “Software and internet companies where revenue growth plus FCF margin exceeds 40%”
  • Growth at a reasonable price (GARP): “Companies with PEG under 1, EPS growth next year above 15% and ROE above 15%”
  • Small-cap rockets (Small-cap growth): “Small caps growing revenue more than 30% with improving operating margins and price above the 200-day moving average”

Quality & Compounders

  • Compounders (Compounders): “Companies with ROIC above 20%, gross margin above 50%, FCF margin above 20% and net debt to EBITDA under 1”
  • Improving fundamentals (Piotroski): “Companies with Piotroski F-score of 8 or 9 and positive 6-month relative strength”
  • Fortress balance sheets (Balance sheet): “Companies over $5B with net cash, interest coverage above 20 and Altman Z-score above 3”
  • Steady compounders (Consistency): “Companies with 5-year revenue CAGR above 10%, 3-year EPS CAGR above 10% and maximum drawdown under 25% in the last year”

Dividend & Income

  • Dividend growers (Dividend growth): “Companies with at least 15 years of dividend increases, payout ratio under 60% and dividend yield above 2.5%”
  • Safer high yield (High yield): “Dividend yield above 5% with net debt to EBITDA under 3 and positive free cash flow”
  • Going ex-dividend soon (Ex-dividend): “Large caps going ex-dividend in the next 10 days with yield above 3%”
  • Fast dividend growers (Dividend growth rate): “Companies growing dividends more than 10% a year over 3 years with payout ratio under 50%”
  • REIT income (REITs): “Real estate companies with dividend yield above 5%, payout covered by free cash flow and debt to equity under 1.5”
  • Monthly dividend payers (Monthly payers): “Stocks and ETFs that pay dividends monthly with yield above 4%”

Smart Money

  • Insider cluster buying (Insider buying): “Stocks where insiders made at least 3 open-market purchases in the last 90 days and net insider buying exceeds $500K”
  • Insiders buying the dip (Insider buying): “Stocks at least 25% below their 52-week high where insiders bought shares in the last 90 days”
  • Institutions accumulating (Institutional accumulation): “Companies where institutional ownership rose more than 5 percentage points last quarter and price is above the 50-day moving average”
  • Under-owned growth (Under-owned growth): “Companies growing revenue above 20% with institutional ownership under 30% and market cap over $500M”
  • Heavy insider selling (Insider selling): “Large caps where insiders sold more than $50M in the last 90 days with no insider purchases”

Short Sellers & Contrarian

  • Squeeze candidates (Squeeze): “Stocks with short interest above 20% of float, days to cover above 5 and price above the 50-day moving average”
  • Deteriorating fundamentals (Deterioration): “Companies with EPS expected to fall next year, shrinking margins, a downtrend and high valuation”
  • Shorts piling in (Rising short interest): “Stocks where short interest rose more than 25% since the previous report and is above 10% of float”
  • Priced for perfection (Overvaluation): “Companies with price-to-sales above 20, negative free cash flow and heavy insider selling”
  • Capitulation lows (Capitulation): “Large caps down more than 40% from their 52-week high with RSI below 25 and positive free cash flow”

Analyst & Estimates

  • Biggest analyst upside (Price targets): “Stocks with at least 10 analysts, a Buy or Strong Buy consensus and price at least 30% below the mean price target”
  • Strong expected EPS growth (Forward growth): “Companies expected to grow EPS more than 20% next year with a Buy consensus and price above the 50-day moving average”
  • Strong-buy consensus at a fair price (Consensus): “Buy or Strong Buy consensus stocks over $5B with forward P/E below their industry median”

Defensive & Low Volatility

  • Low volatility leaders (Low volatility): “Large caps with 90-day realized volatility under 20%, beta under 0.8 and price above the 200-day moving average”
  • Recession resilient (Defensive sectors): “Consumer staples, healthcare and utilities companies with positive free cash flow, dividend yield above 2% and beta under 0.9”
  • Smallest drawdowns (Drawdown): “Companies over $10B with the smallest maximum drawdown over the last year and positive 1-year return”

Sectors & Themes

  • AI infrastructure (AI infrastructure): “Semiconductor, software and hardware companies over $10B with revenue growth above 25% and EPS expected to grow more than 20% next year”
  • Cheap profitable banks (Banks): “Banks trading below 1.2x book value with ROE above 12% and dividend yield above 3%”
  • Energy cash flow (Energy): “Energy companies with free cash flow yield above 10% and net debt to EBITDA under 1.5”
  • Biotech below cash (Biotech): “Biotech companies whose market cap is less than their cash and equivalents”

Global

  • European quality (Europe): “European companies with ROIC above 20%, revenue growth above 10% and market cap over $10B”
  • Asian value with income (Asia): “Asian large caps with forward P/E below 12, dividend yield above 3% and EPS expected to grow next year”
  • Emerging market momentum (Emerging markets): “Stocks listed in emerging markets such as India, Brazil, Taiwan, Korea, Mexico and South Africa with 6-month relative strength above 15% and average dollar volume over $10M”
  • Japan governance plays (Japan): “Japanese companies trading below 1x book value with net cash and ROE improving above 8%”
  • Korea value-up (Korea): “South Korean companies with price-to-book under 1, dividends that grew over the last 3 years and positive free cash flow”
  • China A-share quality (China A-shares): “Shanghai and Shenzhen listed companies with ROE above 15%, P/E under 15 and positive 3-month relative strength”
  • Resource-rich dividends (Canada & Australia): “Canadian and Australian companies with dividend yield above 4% and free cash flow covering the dividend”

India

  • Indian quality compounders (Quality growth): “Indian companies over $2B with ROE above 18%, revenue growth above 15% and debt to equity under 0.5”
  • Indian mid-caps at highs (Mid-cap momentum): “Indian mid caps within 5% of their 52-week high with EPS growth above 20%”
  • Indian dividend value (Value & dividends): “Indian companies with dividend yield above 3%, P/E under 15 and positive free cash flow”
  • Indian quality on sale (Contrarian): “Indian companies with ROIC above 20% trading more than 25% below their 52-week high”
  • Largest Indian companies (Largest companies): “Largest companies listed in India by market cap, with sector, P/E and dividend yield”
  • Golden cross stocks in India (Golden cross): “Stocks listed in India with a golden cross in the last 10 days and market cap over $1B”
  • Oversold Indian stocks (Oversold): “Stocks listed in India with RSI below 30 and market cap over $1B”
  • High-dividend Indian stocks (Dividends): “Companies listed in India with dividend yield above 4%, payout ratio under 80% and positive free cash flow”
  • Indian stocks near 52-week highs (52-week highs): “Stocks listed in India within 3% of their 52-week high with revenue growth above 10% and market cap over $1B”
  • Indian momentum leaders (Momentum): “Stocks listed in India with the strongest 6-month relative strength, market cap over $1B and average dollar volume over $5M”

ETFs

  • ETF momentum leaders (Momentum): “ETFs at 52-week highs with 6-month return above 15% and average dollar volume over $50M”
  • Oversold ETFs (Mean reversion): “ETFs with RSI below 30 that are still above their 200-day moving average”

Crypto

  • Layer 1s off their highs (Drawdown): “Layer 1 crypto assets more than 50% below their all-time high but above their 200-day moving average”
  • Crypto momentum (Momentum): “Top 20 crypto assets by 30-day performance excluding stablecoins”
  • Calmer large caps (Lower volatility): “Crypto assets in the top 50 by market cap with 30-day volatility below 50%”
  • Near all-time highs (Breakouts): “Crypto assets within 10% of their all-time high, excluding stablecoins”

Signals

  • Top gainers (Signal): “Biggest gainers today with at least average volume”
  • Top losers (Signal): “Biggest losers today with at least average volume”
  • New highs (Signal): “Stocks making new 52-week highs today”
  • New lows (Signal): “Stocks making new 52-week lows today”
  • Unusual volume (Signal): “Stocks trading at more than 3 times their average volume today”
  • Most active (Signal): “Most actively traded stocks today by dollar volume”
  • Gap up (Signal): “Stocks that gapped up more than 4% at the open today”
  • Gap down (Signal): “Stocks that gapped down more than 4% at the open today”
  • 20-day breakout (Signal): “Stocks closing at a new 20-day high on above-average volume”
  • Oversold (Signal): “Oversold stocks with RSI below 30”
  • Overbought (Signal): “Overbought stocks with RSI above 70”
  • Insider buying (Signal): “Stocks with insider buying in the last 30 days”
  • Earnings this week (Signal): “Companies reporting earnings in the next 7 days”

United Kingdom

  • Largest UK companies (Largest companies): “Largest companies listed in the UK by market cap, with sector, P/E and dividend yield”
  • Golden cross stocks in the UK (Golden cross): “Stocks listed in the UK with a golden cross in the last 10 days and market cap over $1B”
  • Oversold UK stocks (Oversold): “Stocks listed in the UK with RSI below 30 and market cap over $1B”
  • High-dividend UK stocks (Dividends): “Companies listed in the UK with dividend yield above 4%, payout ratio under 80% and positive free cash flow”
  • UK stocks near 52-week highs (52-week highs): “Stocks listed in the UK within 3% of their 52-week high with revenue growth above 10% and market cap over $1B”
  • Cheap quality UK stocks (Value): “Companies listed in the UK with P/E under 12, ROE above 15% and debt to equity under 1”
  • UK momentum leaders (Momentum): “Stocks listed in the UK with the strongest 6-month relative strength, market cap over $1B and average dollar volume over $5M”

Germany

  • Largest German companies (Largest companies): “Largest companies listed in Germany by market cap, with sector, P/E and dividend yield”
  • Golden cross stocks in Germany (Golden cross): “Stocks listed in Germany with a golden cross in the last 10 days and market cap over $1B”
  • Oversold German stocks (Oversold): “Stocks listed in Germany with RSI below 30 and market cap over $1B”
  • High-dividend German stocks (Dividends): “Companies listed in Germany with dividend yield above 4%, payout ratio under 80% and positive free cash flow”
  • German stocks near 52-week highs (52-week highs): “Stocks listed in Germany within 3% of their 52-week high with revenue growth above 10% and market cap over $1B”
  • Cheap quality German stocks (Value): “Companies listed in Germany with P/E under 12, ROE above 15% and debt to equity under 1”
  • German momentum leaders (Momentum): “Stocks listed in Germany with the strongest 6-month relative strength, market cap over $1B and average dollar volume over $5M”

Japan

  • Largest Japanese companies (Largest companies): “Largest companies listed in Japan by market cap, with sector, P/E and dividend yield”
  • Golden cross stocks in Japan (Golden cross): “Stocks listed in Japan with a golden cross in the last 10 days and market cap over $1B”
  • Oversold Japanese stocks (Oversold): “Stocks listed in Japan with RSI below 30 and market cap over $1B”
  • High-dividend Japanese stocks (Dividends): “Companies listed in Japan with dividend yield above 4%, payout ratio under 80% and positive free cash flow”
  • Japanese stocks near 52-week highs (52-week highs): “Stocks listed in Japan within 3% of their 52-week high with revenue growth above 10% and market cap over $1B”
  • Cheap quality Japanese stocks (Value): “Companies listed in Japan with P/E under 12, ROE above 15% and debt to equity under 1”
  • Japanese momentum leaders (Momentum): “Stocks listed in Japan with the strongest 6-month relative strength, market cap over $1B and average dollar volume over $5M”

Hong Kong

  • Largest Hong Kong companies (Largest companies): “Largest companies listed in Hong Kong by market cap, with sector, P/E and dividend yield”
  • Golden cross stocks in Hong Kong (Golden cross): “Stocks listed in Hong Kong with a golden cross in the last 10 days and market cap over $1B”
  • Oversold Hong Kong stocks (Oversold): “Stocks listed in Hong Kong with RSI below 30 and market cap over $1B”
  • High-dividend Hong Kong stocks (Dividends): “Companies listed in Hong Kong with dividend yield above 4%, payout ratio under 80% and positive free cash flow”
  • Hong Kong stocks near 52-week highs (52-week highs): “Stocks listed in Hong Kong within 3% of their 52-week high with revenue growth above 10% and market cap over $1B”
  • Cheap quality Hong Kong stocks (Value): “Companies listed in Hong Kong with P/E under 12, ROE above 15% and debt to equity under 1”
  • Hong Kong momentum leaders (Momentum): “Stocks listed in Hong Kong with the strongest 6-month relative strength, market cap over $1B and average dollar volume over $5M”

China

  • Largest Chinese companies (Largest companies): “Largest companies listed in Shanghai or Shenzhen by market cap, with sector, P/E and dividend yield”
  • Golden cross stocks in China (Golden cross): “Stocks listed in Shanghai or Shenzhen with a golden cross in the last 10 days and market cap over $1B”
  • Oversold Chinese stocks (Oversold): “Stocks listed in Shanghai or Shenzhen with RSI below 30 and market cap over $1B”
  • High-dividend Chinese stocks (Dividends): “Companies listed in Shanghai or Shenzhen with dividend yield above 4%, payout ratio under 80% and positive free cash flow”
  • Chinese stocks near 52-week highs (52-week highs): “Stocks listed in Shanghai or Shenzhen within 3% of their 52-week high with revenue growth above 10% and market cap over $1B”
  • Cheap quality Chinese stocks (Value): “Companies listed in Shanghai or Shenzhen with P/E under 12, ROE above 15% and debt to equity under 1”
  • Chinese momentum leaders (Momentum): “Stocks listed in Shanghai or Shenzhen with the strongest 6-month relative strength, market cap over $1B and average dollar volume over $5M”

Australia

Saudi Arabia

  • Largest Saudi companies (Largest companies): “Largest companies listed in Saudi Arabia by market cap, with sector, P/E and dividend yield”
  • Golden cross stocks in Saudi Arabia (Golden cross): “Stocks listed in Saudi Arabia with a golden cross in the last 30 days”
  • Oversold Saudi stocks (Oversold): “Stocks listed in Saudi Arabia with RSI below 30 and market cap over $1B”
  • High-dividend Saudi stocks (Dividends): “Companies listed in Saudi Arabia with dividend yield above 4%, payout ratio under 80% and positive free cash flow”
  • Saudi stocks near 52-week highs (52-week highs): “Stocks listed in Saudi Arabia within 5% of their 52-week high and market cap over $500M”
  • Cheap quality Saudi stocks (Value): “Companies listed in Saudi Arabia with P/E under 12, ROE above 15% and debt to equity under 1”
  • Saudi momentum leaders (Momentum): “Stocks listed in Saudi Arabia with the strongest 6-month relative strength, market cap over $1B and average dollar volume over $5M”

Taiwan

  • Largest Taiwanese companies (Largest companies): “Largest companies listed in Taiwan by market cap, with sector, P/E and dividend yield”
  • Golden cross stocks in Taiwan (Golden cross): “Stocks listed in Taiwan with a golden cross in the last 10 days and market cap over $1B”
  • Oversold Taiwanese stocks (Oversold): “Stocks listed in Taiwan with RSI below 30 and market cap over $1B”
  • High-dividend Taiwanese stocks (Dividends): “Companies listed in Taiwan with dividend yield above 4%, payout ratio under 80% and positive free cash flow”
  • Taiwanese stocks near 52-week highs (52-week highs): “Stocks listed in Taiwan within 3% of their 52-week high with revenue growth above 10% and market cap over $1B”
  • Cheap quality Taiwanese stocks (Value): “Companies listed in Taiwan with P/E under 12, ROE above 15% and debt to equity under 1”
  • Taiwanese momentum leaders (Momentum): “Stocks listed in Taiwan with the strongest 6-month relative strength, market cap over $1B and average dollar volume over $5M”

South Korea