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Build your own Quality, Value, and Dividend selection methods. Set the criteria, and see which stocks match. Transparent tools, not investment advice.

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Quality investing means owning genuinely good businesses - high returns on capital, durable advantages, strong balance sheets - and letting them compound. The discipline is to judge the business honestly and not confuse a great company with a great stock at any price. Here is what good looks like and what to watch for.

What good looks like

High, durable returns on capital: The engine of compounding. A business that earns far more than its cost of capital, year after year, builds value for owners without needing constant new investment.
Strong margins and real cash: Wide, stable profit margins and free cash flow that backs up reported earnings. Cash generation is the hardest thing to fake and the clearest sign of pricing power.
A fortress balance sheet: Low debt, comfortable interest coverage and healthy liquidity, so the business controls its own destiny through a downturn instead of depending on lenders.
Good for its sector, not just on paper: Best-in-class relative to peers, not flattered by an easy industry. That is why this tool blends an absolute score with a peer-relative one (you set the mix).

What to watch for

Quality at any price: Even a wonderful business is a poor investment if you overpay. A high quality score is not a reason to ignore valuation - it is the starting point, not the whole decision.
Yesterday's moat: Scores reflect the track record; competitive advantages erode. Strong history is necessary but not a guarantee that the next decade looks like the last.
Size mistaken for quality: The biggest or most famous company is not automatically the highest quality. The pillars judge the economics of the business, not its popularity.

How this score works. You build it: re-weight or switch off any of the 10 quality pillars and set how much absolute vs peer quality matters in the panel, and the market re-ranks live. The result is your definition of quality applied across the market, not ours.

51 matches

Your method

Market

Pillar weights

Set how much each pillar counts toward your quality definition. Weights are relative, so changing one never moves the others.

Returns Overview21%
18
Margin Efficiency19%
16
Cash Flow Quality16%
14
Top Line Growth14%
12
Operational Efficiency12%
10
Leverage & Coverage9%
8
Valuation Multiplesexcluded
0
Dividend Metricsexcluded
0
Per Share Fundamentals6%
5
Liquidity & Working Capital3%
3

Absolute vs peer

Blend

70% absolute / 30% peer

Absolute = how good the business is on its own. Peer = how it ranks within its sector. Valuation and dividend pillars are off by default (not really quality); switch them on above to include them.

51stocks scored on your pillars. Ranked by your score, best first.

NVIDIA Corporation
#1NVDATechnology
8.4
Your score
Best Returns Overview · Weakest Operational Efficiency
Absolute
4.3
Peer
4.3
$210.69
Meta Platforms, Inc.
#2METACommunication Services
8.3
Your score
Best Margin Efficiency · Weakest Liquidity & Working Capital
Absolute
4.3
Peer
4.2
$577.22
Adobe Inc.
#3ADBETechnology
8.3
Your score
Best Returns Overview · Weakest Liquidity & Working Capital
Absolute
4.4
Peer
3.9
$195.16
Alphabet Inc.
#4GOOGLCommunication Services
8.1
Your score
Best Leverage & Coverage · Weakest Liquidity & Working Capital
Absolute
4.2
Peer
4.0
$368.03
Microsoft Corporation
#5MSFTTechnology
8.0
Your score
Best Margin Efficiency · Weakest Liquidity & Working Capital
Absolute
4.1
Peer
4.0
$379.40
Mastercard Incorporated
#6MAFinancial Services
7.8
Your score
Best Returns Overview · Weakest Leverage & Coverage
Absolute
4.1
Peer
3.9
$489.79
Visa Inc.
#7VFinancial Services
7.7
Your score
Best Returns Overview · Weakest Top Line Growth
Absolute
4.1
Peer
3.7
$327.24
Broadcom Inc.
#8AVGOTechnology
7.6
Your score
Best Margin Efficiency · Weakest Leverage & Coverage
Absolute
3.9
Peer
3.9
$411.35
Apple Inc.
#9AAPLTechnology
7.1
Your score
Best Returns Overview · Weakest Liquidity & Working Capital
Absolute
3.7
Peer
3.7
$298.01
Eli Lilly and Company
#10LLYHealthcare
7.0
Your score
Best Returns Overview · Weakest Operational Efficiency
Absolute
3.6
Peer
3.9
$1,098.13
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
#11ADPIndustrials
6.8
Your score
Best Returns Overview · Weakest Liquidity & Working Capital
Absolute
3.5
Peer
3.7
$218.41
The Coca-Cola Company
#12KOConsumer Defensive
6.4
Your score
Best Margin Efficiency · Weakest Cash Flow Quality
Absolute
3.2
Peer
3.9
$79.39
The Procter & Gamble Company
#13PGConsumer Defensive
6.4
Your score
Best Returns Overview · Weakest Liquidity & Working Capital
Absolute
3.2
Peer
3.8
$150.38
Altria Group, Inc.
#14MOConsumer Defensive
6.4
Your score
Best Margin Efficiency · Weakest Top Line Growth
Absolute
3.4
Peer
3.5
$69.12
S&P Global Inc.
#15SPGIFinancial Services
6.4
Your score
Best Margin Efficiency · Weakest Liquidity & Working Capital
Absolute
3.3
Peer
3.5
$410.92
Accenture plc
#16ACNTechnology
6.3
Your score
Best Leverage & Coverage · Weakest Margin Efficiency
Absolute
3.4
Peer
3.2
$127.98
Texas Instruments Incorporated
#17TXNTechnology
6.3
Your score
Best Margin Efficiency · Weakest Operational Efficiency
Absolute
3.3
Peer
3.4
$322.86
American Express Company
#18AXPFinancial Services
6.3
Your score
Best Cash Flow Quality · Weakest Liquidity & Working Capital
Absolute
3.2
Peer
3.6
$338.16
QUALCOMM Incorporated
#19QCOMTechnology
6.3
Your score
Best Returns Overview · Weakest Per Share Fundamentals
Absolute
3.3
Peer
3.4
$226.11
Union Pacific Corporation
#20UNPIndustrials
6.2
Your score
Best Margin Efficiency · Weakest Liquidity & Working Capital
Absolute
3.2
Peer
3.5
$256.88
American Tower Corporation
#21AMTReal Estate
6.1
Your score
Best Margin Efficiency · Weakest Leverage & Coverage
Absolute
3.3
Peer
3.3
$176.05
Johnson & Johnson
#22JNJHealthcare
6.1
Your score
Best Margin Efficiency · Weakest Operational Efficiency
Absolute
3.3
Peer
3.2
$228.39
Costco Wholesale Corporation
#23COSTConsumer Defensive
6.1
Your score
Best Operational Efficiency · Weakest Margin Efficiency
Absolute
3.0
Peer
3.8
$951.45
Colgate-Palmolive Company
#24CLConsumer Defensive
6.0
Your score
Best Returns Overview · Weakest Top Line Growth
Absolute
3.1
Peer
3.4
$89.48
Oracle Corporation
#25ORCLTechnology
5.9
Your score
Best Margin Efficiency · Weakest Leverage & Coverage
Absolute
3.0
Peer
3.4
$184.31
Merck & Co., Inc.
#26MRKHealthcare
5.8
Your score
Best Margin Efficiency · Weakest Operational Efficiency
Absolute
3.3
Peer
2.8
$113.87
Comcast Corporation
#27CMCSACommunication Services
5.7
Your score
Best Cash Flow Quality · Weakest Liquidity & Working Capital
Absolute
3.0
Peer
3.2
$22.43
Prologis, Inc.
#28PLDReal Estate
5.7
Your score
Best Margin Efficiency · Weakest Returns Overview
Absolute
3.2
Peer
2.8
$140.54
Cisco Systems, Inc.
#29CSCOTechnology
5.7
Your score
Best Margin Efficiency · Weakest Liquidity & Working Capital
Absolute
3.1
Peer
3.1
$119.54
Abbott Laboratories
#30ABTHealthcare
5.6
Your score
Best Leverage & Coverage · Weakest Operational Efficiency
Absolute
3.2
Peer
2.8
$88.38
PepsiCo, Inc.
#31PEPConsumer Defensive
5.6
Your score
Best Returns Overview · Weakest Liquidity & Working Capital
Absolute
2.9
Peer
3.2
$142.02
Amgen Inc.
#32AMGNHealthcare
5.5
Your score
Best Margin Efficiency · Weakest Operational Efficiency
Absolute
2.9
Peer
3.2
$337.60
AbbVie Inc.
#33ABBVHealthcare
5.4
Your score
Best Cash Flow Quality · Weakest Leverage & Coverage
Absolute
2.9
Peer
3.3
$216.63
Caterpillar Inc.
#34CATIndustrials
5.4
Your score
Best Per Share Fundamentals · Weakest Operational Efficiency
Absolute
2.9
Peer
3.0
$985.82
Realty Income Corporation
#35OReal Estate
5.4
Your score
Best Cash Flow Quality · Weakest Returns Overview
Absolute
3.1
Peer
2.7
$60.24
Exxon Mobil Corporation
#36XOMEnergy
5.4
Your score
Best Leverage & Coverage · Weakest Returns Overview
Absolute
3.2
Peer
2.4
$137.81
Chevron Corporation
#37CVXEnergy
5.2
Your score
Best Leverage & Coverage · Weakest Returns Overview
Absolute
3.2
Peer
2.2
$173.63
Walmart Inc.
#38WMTConsumer Defensive
5.0
Your score
Best Operational Efficiency · Weakest Liquidity & Working Capital
Absolute
2.6
Peer
3.3
$117.18
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
#39JPMFinancial Services
5.0
Your score
Best Margin Efficiency · Weakest Liquidity & Working Capital
Absolute
2.9
Peer
2.5
$325.22
Verizon Communications Inc.
#40VZCommunication Services
5.0
Your score
Best Cash Flow Quality · Weakest Liquidity & Working Capital
Absolute
2.8
Peer
2.6
$45.37
Lockheed Martin Corporation
#41LMTIndustrials
4.9
Your score
Best Returns Overview · Weakest Margin Efficiency
Absolute
2.8
Peer
2.7
$510.95
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
#42TMOHealthcare
4.9
Your score
Best Per Share Fundamentals · Weakest Returns Overview
Absolute
2.8
Peer
2.5
$464.61
The Walt Disney Company
#43DISCommunication Services
4.8
Your score
Best Operational Efficiency · Weakest Liquidity & Working Capital
Absolute
2.7
Peer
2.7
$103.89
Deere & Company
#44DEIndustrials
4.7
Your score
Best Per Share Fundamentals · Weakest Leverage & Coverage
Absolute
2.8
Peer
2.2
$589.24
Medtronic plc
#45MDTHealthcare
4.7
Your score
Best Margin Efficiency · Weakest Operational Efficiency
Absolute
2.6
Peer
2.8
$79.34
Pfizer Inc.
#46PFEHealthcare
4.6
Your score
Best Margin Efficiency · Weakest Operational Efficiency
Absolute
2.6
Peer
2.4
$25.22
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
#47UNHHealthcare
4.4
Your score
Best Operational Efficiency · Weakest Liquidity & Working Capital
Absolute
2.6
Peer
2.4
$400.96
Bank of America Corporation
#48BACFinancial Services
4.3
Your score
Best Cash Flow Quality · Weakest Liquidity & Working Capital
Absolute
2.3
Peer
3.0
$56.20
Honeywell International Inc.
#49HONIndustrials
4.2
Your score
Best Margin Efficiency · Weakest Per Share Fundamentals
Absolute
2.6
Peer
2.1
$229.01
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
#50GSFinancial Services
3.9
Your score
Best Per Share Fundamentals · Weakest Leverage & Coverage
Absolute
2.3
Peer
2.4
$1,096.56

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Ranked by the quality definition you built from the pillars above (Absolute and Peer shown on a 1-5 scale). A research starting point, not investment advice or a recommendation.

Value investing means buying a business for less than it is worth and waiting for the gap to close. The hard part is telling a genuine bargain from a value trap - a stock that is cheap because it deserves to be. Here is what separates the two.

What good looks like

Buy with a margin of safety: Pay meaningfully less than a business is worth, so you are protected if your estimate is wrong. We measure this as the upside to a discounted-cash-flow model estimate: the bigger the discount, the more cushion.
Quality matters most: Cheap plus good beats cheap plus dying. A high return on capital, low debt and steady margins mean the discount reflects mispricing, not decline. That is why quality carries the most weight in the score.
Cheap on the numbers that matter: Low price relative to earnings (P/E), book value (P/B) and cash earnings (EV/EBITDA) - judged against sensible thresholds, not just against the market mood.
Backed by real cash: Genuine free cash flow and a sound balance sheet separate a real bargain from a melting ice cube. Earnings can be massaged; sustained cash generation is harder to fake.

What to avoid (the traps)

The value trap: A stock is cheap because the business is shrinking, and it keeps getting cheaper. The defence is quality: we weight return on capital and balance-sheet strength heavily so structural losers screen out.
The cyclical trap: Miners, banks and consumer-cyclicals look cheapest at the top of their cycle, when trailing earnings are peaking right before they fall. We exclude these sectors because standard multiples mislead for them.
The accounting trap: A low P/E on one-off or inflated earnings is not really cheap. Requiring positive cash flow and a margin of safety to a cash-based value estimate guards against this.

How this score works. Every eligible company gets a 0-10 score blended from four factors (Multiples, Margin of safety, Quality and Growth), with Quality weighted highest to keep value traps out. Set which stocks to include, the filters and factor weights in the panel, and the list re-ranks live. The defaults are our starting point, not a recommendation.

10 matches

Your method

Market

Your criteria

Maximum P/E

25x

Min upside to model estimate

off

Minimum ROE

off

Maximum debt / equity

2.0

Limited to profitable companies only.

What matters most

Set how much each factor counts toward the score. Weights are relative, so changing one never moves the others.

Multiples30%
30
Margin of safety20%
20
Quality35%
35
Growth15%
15

10stocks match your criteria. Ranked by score, best first.

Accenture plc
#1ACNTechnology
7.8
Score
Best Margin of safety · Weakest Growth
P/E
10.1
Upside
167%
ROE
25%
D/E
0.3
$127.98
Meta Platforms, Inc.
#2METACommunication Services
6.6
Score
Best Growth · Weakest Margin of safety
P/E
20.6
Upside
24%
ROE
33%
D/E
0.4
$577.22
Microsoft Corporation
#3MSFTTechnology
6.5
Score
Best Quality · Weakest Multiples
P/E
22.5
Upside
34%
ROE
33%
D/E
0.1
$379.40
Abbott Laboratories
#4ABTHealthcare
6.2
Score
Best Margin of safety · Weakest Multiples
P/E
24.6
Upside
67%
ROE
12%
D/E
0.7
$88.38
Medtronic plc
#5MDTHealthcare
6.1
Score
Best Margin of safety · Weakest Growth
P/E
21.2
Upside
48%
ROE
10%
D/E
0.6
$79.34
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
#6ADPIndustrials
5.3
Score
Best Quality · Weakest Margin of safety
P/E
20.3
Upside
20%
ROE
69%
D/E
0.7
$218.41
QUALCOMM Incorporated
#7QCOMTechnology
5.0
Score
Best Quality · Weakest Margin of safety
P/E
24.2
Upside
-21%
ROE
40%
D/E
0.6
$226.11
Pfizer Inc.
#8PFEHealthcare
4.7
Score
Best Multiples · Weakest Margin of safety
P/E
19.3
Upside
22%
ROE
8%
D/E
0.7
$25.22
Exxon Mobil Corporation
#9XOMEnergy
4.6
Score
Best Multiples · Weakest Margin of safety
P/E
23.4
Upside
-19%
ROE
10%
D/E
0.2
$137.81
The Coca-Cola Company
#10KOConsumer Defensive
4.0
Score
Best Quality · Weakest Margin of safety
P/E
24.9
Upside
-17%
ROE
44%
D/E
1.3
$79.39

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Stocks matching your criteria, ranked by the scoring method described above. A research starting point, not investment advice or a recommendation.

Dividend investing means buying companies that pay you a share of their profits in cash, and reinvesting or living off that income. Done well, it is one of the most reliable ways to compound wealth. Done badly, it is a series of value traps. Here is what separates the two.

What good looks like

Yield has a sweet spot: A 2-6% yield is usually the healthy range. Below that the income barely matters; far above it the market is often pricing in a cut. The highest yield on the screen is rarely the best dividend.
Growth beats raw yield: A 2.5% yield growing 10% a year overtakes a flat 5% yield within a decade, and the rising payout tends to pull the share price up with it. A growing dividend is also the clearest signal that management is confident.
It has to be paid from cash: A dividend is only safe if the company earns it. A payout ratio comfortably under ~70% of earnings, and free cash flow that covers the dividend, mean the company is not borrowing or dipping into reserves to keep paying you.
A long, unbroken record: Years of consecutive increases through different economic conditions is hard to fake. Companies that have raised the dividend for 25+ years (dividend aristocrats) have proven the payout survives recessions.

What to avoid (the traps)

The yield trap: A falling share price makes the yield look huge right before the dividend is cut. A 12% yield is a warning, not a bargain. We cap the investable yield and weight sustainability heavily to screen these out.
The payout trap: A company paying out more than it earns (payout ratio over 100%) is on borrowed time. The dividend looks generous until it is suddenly halved.
The stalled-grower trap: A dividend that has not risen in years is quietly shrinking against inflation. A token 1% increase is a different animal from a real 8-10% raise.

How this score works. Every dividend payer gets a 0-10 score blended from four factors (Yield, Growth, Safety and Consistency). Set the stocks to include, filters and factor weights in the panel, and the list re-ranks live. The defaults are our starting point, not a recommendation.

17 matches

Your method

Market

Your criteria

Minimum yield

2.0%

Maximum payout ratio

70%

Min years of increases

3y

Min dividend growth

off

Require dividend covered by cash flow

What matters most

Set how much each factor counts toward the score. Weights are relative, so changing one never moves the others.

Yield20%
20
Growth35%
35
Safety30%
30
Consistency15%
15

17dividend payers match your criteria. Ranked by score, best first.

Lowe's Companies, Inc.
#1LOWConsumer Cyclical
8.3
Score
Best Consistency · Weakest Yield
Yield
2.2%
Payout
40%
Growth
16.5%
Streak
27y
$222.10
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
#2UNHHealthcare
7.3
Score
Best Consistency · Weakest Safety
Yield
2.2%
Payout
68%
Growth
16.6%
Streak
16y
$400.96
The Home Depot, Inc.
#3HDConsumer Cyclical
7.1
Score
Best Consistency · Weakest Safety
Yield
2.8%
Payout
66%
Growth
14.6%
Streak
16y
$334.28
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
#4ADPIndustrials
7.0
Score
Best Consistency · Weakest Safety
Yield
3.0%
Payout
61%
Growth
12.2%
Streak
42y
$218.41
Comcast Corporation
#5CMCSACommunication Services
6.9
Score
Best Yield · Weakest Consistency
Yield
5.9%
Payout
25%
Growth
10.9%
Streak
6y
$22.43
American Tower Corporation
#6AMTReal Estate
6.7
Score
Best Growth · Weakest Safety
Yield
2.9%
Payout
84%
Growth
14.1%
Streak
14y
$176.05
Accenture plc
#7ACNTechnology
6.3
Score
Best Yield · Weakest Growth
Yield
5.0%
Payout
50%
Growth
6.8%
Streak
6y
$127.98
Amgen Inc.
#8AMGNHealthcare
6.3
Score
Best Consistency · Weakest Safety
Yield
2.9%
Payout
68%
Growth
11.7%
Streak
14y
$337.60
Union Pacific Corporation
#9UNPIndustrials
6.2
Score
Best Consistency · Weakest Growth
Yield
2.1%
Payout
45%
Growth
9.5%
Streak
19y
$256.88
McDonald's Corporation
#10MCDConsumer Cyclical
6.2
Score
Best Consistency · Weakest Growth
Yield
2.6%
Payout
60%
Growth
7.6%
Streak
36y
$278.61
Abbott Laboratories
#11ABTHealthcare
6.1
Score
Best Consistency · Weakest Growth
Yield
2.8%
Payout
68%
Growth
9.4%
Streak
12y
$88.38
Lockheed Martin Corporation
#12LMTIndustrials
5.9
Score
Best Consistency · Weakest Growth
Yield
2.7%
Payout
65%
Growth
8.1%
Streak
23y
$510.95
The Procter & Gamble Company
#13PGConsumer Defensive
5.7
Score
Best Consistency · Weakest Growth
Yield
2.8%
Payout
62%
Growth
4.7%
Streak
42y
$150.38
Johnson & Johnson
#14JNJHealthcare
5.5
Score
Best Consistency · Weakest Growth
Yield
2.3%
Payout
61%
Growth
5.7%
Streak
55y
$228.39
Verizon Communications Inc.
#15VZCommunication Services
5.3
Score
Best Yield · Weakest Growth
Yield
6.1%
Payout
67%
Growth
2.1%
Streak
21y
$45.37
The Coca-Cola Company
#16KOConsumer Defensive
5.3
Score
Best Consistency · Weakest Growth
Yield
2.6%
Payout
65%
Growth
4.5%
Streak
23y
$79.39
Duke Energy Corporation
#17DUKUtilities
5.2
Score
Best Consistency · Weakest Growth
Yield
3.4%
Payout
64%
Growth
2.7%
Streak
20y
$123.86

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Stocks matching your criteria, ranked by the scoring method described above. A research starting point, not investment advice or a recommendation.