What us stocks should i buy

Screening Filters

1. market_cap ≥ 20,000,000,000 & market_cap_category = Large

   • Purpose: Focus on large, established U.S. companies.
   • Rationale: When someone asks “What US stocks should I buy?”, a sensible starting point is bigger, more stable businesses rather than speculative small caps. Large-cap stocks (≥ ~$20B) tend to:
     • Have more diversified revenue streams
     • Be better covered by analysts and institutions
     • Generally have lower business-risk than very small companies

2. list_exchange = XNAS (NASDAQ)

   • Purpose: Limit results to U.S.-listed stocks on the NASDAQ exchange.
   • Rationale: You asked about “US stocks,” so the screener focuses on a major U.S. exchange. NASDAQ is home to many leading tech and growth-oriented companies, which are commonly considered by U.S. investors looking for well-known names.

3. is_index_component = NDX (Nasdaq-100 Index)

   • Purpose: Restrict to members of the Nasdaq-100 index.
   • Rationale: The Nasdaq-100 contains 100 of the largest non-financial companies on NASDAQ. Using this:
     • Ensures you’re looking at well-established, widely followed leaders
     • Avoids microcaps and obscure names
     • Aligns with a typical “what should I buy?” starting universe—high-quality, benchmark constituents

4. monthly_average_dollar_volume ≥ 1,500,000

   • Purpose: Ensure stocks are sufficiently liquid (traded value per month).
   • Rationale: Higher dollar volume means:
     • Easier trade execution at fair prices
     • Smaller bid–ask spreads
     • Less risk of being “stuck” in an illiquid stock
       For someone just asking broadly what to buy, liquid names are more practical and safer to trade.

5. net_margin ≥ 0

   • Purpose: Include only companies with positive net income (profitable).
   • Rationale: Requiring positive profitability:
     • Screens out firms losing money, which are often riskier
     • Tilts toward more financially solid companies
       This fits a general “buy” question where the priority is usually stability over speculation.

6. pe_ttm between 8 and 45

   • Purpose: Filter out extremely cheap (possibly distressed) and extremely expensive (possibly overhyped) valuations based on trailing P/E.
   • Rationale:
     • P/E < 8 can sometimes flag deep-value or troubled companies (turnaround, cyclical low points, potential issues).
     • P/E > 45 often flags highly speculative or very richly valued growth names.
       By bracketing P/E, the screener aims for a middle ground of “reasonably valued” companies, which is a sensible default when the user doesn’t specify a style (e.g., deep value vs hyper-growth).

Why Results Match Your Request

• The universe is U.S.-listed, large, liquid companies (Nasdaq-100 large caps), which are a logical starting point when you ask, “What US stocks should I buy?” without extra constraints.
• The filters add basic quality and sanity checks—profitability and reasonable valuation—to avoid the riskiest or most speculative names.
• Overall, this produces a list of well-known, established U.S. stocks that are more suitable for a general investor inquiry than tiny, illiquid, unprofitable, or extremely overvalued companies.