Featured Screeners

Screening Filters

1. Market Cap ≥ $20,000,000,000 (Large Caps)

   • Purpose: Focus on established, widely followed “blue-chip” or near blue-chip companies.
   • Rationale:
     • “Featured” screeners typically highlight well-known, stable businesses rather than tiny or speculative names.
     • Large-cap companies (> $20B) tend to have more stable earnings, better access to capital, and broader analyst coverage, making them more suitable as “core” or “flagship” ideas.

2. Monthly Average Dollar Volume ≥ $2,000,000

   • Purpose: Ensure good liquidity and tradability.
   • Rationale:
     • A higher dollar volume means shares trade actively, so it’s easier to enter and exit positions without moving the price too much.
     • “Featured” lists usually avoid illiquid stocks that users might struggle to trade, especially for larger order sizes.

3. Price Above 200-Day Moving Average (PriceAboveMA200)

   • Purpose: Select stocks in a longer-term uptrend.
   • Rationale:
     • The 200-day moving average is a widely used indicator of a stock’s long-term trend.
     • Requiring price > 200-day MA filters out many names in prolonged downtrends or bear phases, aligning with the idea that “featured” ideas should have positive technical momentum, not just good fundamentals.

4. EPS 5-Year CAGR ≥ 15%

   • Purpose: Focus on consistent earnings growth companies.
   • Rationale:
     • A 5-year EPS compound annual growth rate of at least 15% targets businesses that have actually delivered strong profit growth over time.
     • This makes the screener tilt toward high-quality growth names, which are typically more “feature-worthy” than flat or shrinking earners.

5. P/E (TTM) Between 15 and 30

   • Purpose: Capture growth at a reasonable (not extreme) valuation.
   • Rationale:
     • A P/E below 15 might skew toward deep value or cyclical names; above 30 often moves into very expensive, high-expectation territory.
     • By keeping P/E in the 15–30 range, the screener focuses on companies that are neither bargain-bin nor bubble-level but sit in a “reasonable” valuation band for quality growth stocks.

Why Results Match “Featured Screeners”:

• The large market cap and high liquidity filters ensure the list leans toward recognizable, institutionally followed stocks that are practical for most investors to trade.
• The PriceAboveMA200 requirement favors stocks in established uptrends, avoiding many names under technical pressure.
• The EPS 5-Year CAGR ≥ 15% filter ensures these are not just big and liquid, but also proven earnings growers.
• The P/E 15–30 band keeps the focus on growth names that are not priced at extreme levels, aligning with a balanced, “flagship” screener rather than a speculative or ultra-deep-value list.

Altogether, these filters build a featured-style screen emphasizing liquid, large-cap growth stocks in uptrends, trading at reasonable valuations—a sensible, broadly appealing set for a “Featured Screeners” category.