In English and potential upswing

Screening Filters

1. PriceAboveMA20 / PriceAboveMA200

   • Purpose: Find stocks trading above their short-term and long-term trend lines.
   • Rationale: This is a classic way to identify names with an established uptrend. If a stock is above both the 20-day and 200-day moving averages, it suggests recent momentum is positive and the longer-term trend is also supportive, which fits the “potential upswing” part of the query.

2. MACD: positive / bullish

   • Purpose: Capture stocks with improving momentum.
   • Rationale: A positive and bullish MACD indicates the stock’s trend is strengthening and momentum may be accelerating upward. This helps isolate candidates that are more likely to continue moving higher rather than stagnating.

3. RSI: moderate

   • Purpose: Avoid stocks that are too overbought or too weak.
   • Rationale: A moderate RSI typically means the stock has room to rise without being stretched. For an upside-focused screen, this is useful because it favors stocks with momentum but not excessive short-term exhaustion.

4. Sector: Financials / Financial Technology (Fintech) & Infrastructure

   • Purpose: Narrow the search to PROG Holdings’ business area.
   • Rationale: PROG Holdings operates in consumer finance / fintech, so this sector filter ensures the screen stays aligned with similar companies and avoids unrelated stocks.

5. Industry: Financial Technology (Fintech) & Infrastructure / Consumer Finance / Banking Services

   • Purpose: Make the screen more precise within the financial space.
   • Rationale: These industries closely match PROG Holdings’ profile as a consumer finance and fintech-oriented company. This helps the screen focus on comparables with similar business models, risk drivers, and upside catalysts.

6. Region: US

   • Purpose: Limit results to U.S.-listed companies.
   • Rationale: PROG Holdings is a U.S. company, so this keeps the screen consistent with the user’s reference point and the relevant market universe.

7. List Exchange: XNYS, XNAS, XASE

   • Purpose: Restrict the screen to major U.S. exchanges.
   • Rationale: This improves liquidity, transparency, and comparability. It also ensures the results are stocks the user can more easily trade and analyze alongside PROG Holdings.

8. Analyst Consensus: Moderate Buy / Strong Buy

   • Purpose: Focus on stocks with favorable Wall Street sentiment.
   • Rationale: If the user is asking about “potential upswing,” analyst support can be an important confirmation signal. Stocks with positive consensus are more likely to have improving fundamentals or catalysts already recognized by the market.

9. Target Price Upside Potential: AbovePrice / MoreAbovePrice

   • Purpose: Find stocks where analysts see meaningful upside from current levels.
   • Rationale: This directly targets the “potential upswing” objective by selecting names where consensus target prices are above the current share price, indicating room for appreciation.

Why Results Match:

• The filters combine technical strength (price above key moving averages, bullish MACD, moderate RSI) with fundamental/market support (positive analyst consensus and target-price upside).
• The sector/industry filters keep the screen aligned with PROG Holdings’ business profile in consumer finance / fintech, making the results relevant to the user’s reference stock.
• The US exchange and region filters ensure the stocks are comparable and tradable in the same market context.
• Together, these filters are designed to surface U.S.-listed financial/fintech stocks that already show trend strength and still have analyst-estimated room to rise, which is exactly the kind of setup a “potential upswing” screen is meant to find.