Screening Filters
Market Capitalization ≥ $20,000,000,000 (Large Caps)
- Purpose: Focus on large, established U.S. companies.
- Rationale:
- When someone asks for “options to buy today,” they often want relatively stable, well-known names rather than speculative small caps.
- Large-cap stocks tend to have:
- More stable earnings and business models
- Deeper liquidity (easier to get in and out at fair prices)
- More analyst coverage and public information, which can reduce information risk.
PriceAboveMA200 (Current Price Above 200-Day Moving Average)
- Purpose: Identify stocks in longer-term uptrends or at least not in established downtrends.
- Rationale:
- The 200-day moving average is a widely used technical indicator for the long-term trend.
- Price above the 200-day MA suggests:
- Market participants currently value the stock higher than its longer-term average price.
- The stock is not in a prolonged downtrend, which aligns with the idea of “buying today” into strength rather than weakness.
- This reduces the likelihood of picking a stock that is structurally deteriorating in price.
list_exchange: XNYS, XNAS, XASE (NYSE, NASDAQ, NYSE American)
- Purpose: Limit results to major U.S. exchanges.
- Rationale:
- Your question is specifically about the U.S. stock market.
- These are the primary, most liquid U.S. exchanges where most mainstream investors trade.
- It avoids OTC/pink sheet stocks, which can be illiquid and higher risk.
Return on Equity (ROE) ≥ 15%
- Purpose: Focus on companies that generate strong profitability relative to shareholder equity.
- Rationale:
- ROE is a key measure of how efficiently a company uses shareholder capital to generate profits.
- A minimum of 15% is a relatively high bar, tending to capture:
- High-quality businesses with strong competitive positions
- Better capital allocation and operational efficiency
- This helps ensure that the “options to buy” are not just big and trending, but also fundamentally profitable and efficient businesses.
P/E (TTM) between 8 and 25
- Purpose: Filter out extremely expensive or unusually cheap (potentially distressed) stocks.
- Rationale:
- P/E below 8 can sometimes indicate deep value, but also heightened risk (cyclical downturns, business problems).
- P/E above 25 can capture high-growth names but also speculative or overvalued stocks.
- A range of 8–25 aims to:
- Keep valuations in a “reasonable” band, balancing growth prospects with price discipline
- Avoid the extremes on both ends where risk (overvaluation or fundamental trouble) is often higher.
Why Results Match Your Request
- You asked for options to buy today in the U.S. stock market, not speculative long shots.
- The combined filters:
- Restrict to large, liquid U.S. companies (market cap + exchange filters).
- Ensure stocks are in a constructive price trend (price above 200-day MA), appropriate for considering a buy now.
- Require solid business quality and profitability (ROE ≥ 15%).
- Impose reasonable valuation boundaries (P/E 8–25) to avoid the most overhyped or most distressed names.
Overall, these filters are designed to surface a list of high-quality, established U.S. stocks that are currently in uptrends and not obviously over- or under-valued, which is a rational starting point for “what to consider buying today” in the U.S. market.
This list is generated based on data from one or more third party data providers. It is provided for informational purposes only by Intellectia.AI, and is not investment advice or a recommendation. Intellectia does not make any warranty or guarantee relating to the accuracy, timeliness or completeness of any third-party information, and the provision of this information does not constitute a recommendation.