"The Micron before Nvidia" — Overlooked stocks with excellent fundamentals. Profitable companies trading at cheap valuations (P/E < 25) with strong growth (15-30% revenue/EPS growth), high quality metrics (ROE > 20%, margins > 15%), and solid balance sheets. These are the scanner's top picks.
Example: Undervalued tech/industrial stocks with strong margins that the market hasn't fully recognized yet
Solid fundamental picks with good valuation, moderate growth, and quality profitability. These stocks pass most screening tests but may have one dimension (valuation, growth, or quality) that's slightly weaker than Dark Horses.
Example: Value investing candidates with strong fundamentals but lower growth rates
Already won — Established market leaders with mega-cap market caps (>$500B) OR stocks with decent scores but high P/E ratios (>25) indicating the market is pricing in future growth. These are safe, proven companies but less likely to deliver explosive returns.
Example: AAPL, NVDA, META, MSFT — trillion-dollar giants everyone knows about
Speculative plays, turnarounds, and early-stage companies. Low or negative profitability, weak balance sheets, or inconsistent growth. High risk/reward — story-driven (AI hype, biotech breakthroughs, restructuring bets). Only for aggressive investors.
Example: Early-stage growth stocks, unprofitable AI plays, companies undergoing major restructuring
Fails fundamental screens — negative or extremely weak metrics across valuation, growth, quality, and financial health. High debt, no growth, poor profitability, distressed. These stocks are filtered out and not displayed.
Example: Distressed companies, zombie stocks, value traps with deteriorating fundamentals