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Using the Stock Screener

Set your rules and let the screener find stocks that match.

What the Screener Does

The Screener page is like a search engine for stocks. Instead of googling "good stocks to buy," you set specific rules and the screener shows you every stock that matches. It checks thousands of stocks in seconds.

You can filter by price, volume, company size, valuation ratios, dividend yield, profitability, growth, debt, and technical signals like RSI and the moving averages. The TrustScore is not a filter: each result shows the stock's TrustScore and grade, and you can sort by it. The more filters you add, the fewer — but more targeted — results you get.

How to Set Filters

Start with the filter panel. Most filters take a minimum, a maximum, or both; the trend filters are on-off switches. For example, you might want stocks with a P/E of 15 or less and a market cap of at least $1 billion.

A good starter approach: begin with just 2-3 filters. If you get too many results (hundreds), add another filter to narrow it down. If you get zero results, remove a filter or widen your ranges.

Reading the Results

Results show up as a table, ranked by TrustScore. Each row is a stock that passed all your filters, with its TrustScore and grade. You can click any column header to sort — by TrustScore, price, volume, market cap, or dividend yield.

Click on any stock in the results to jump to its Analysis page for the full breakdown. The screener finds candidates — the analysis page helps you decide.

Tier Limits and Presets

Higher-tier plans return more results per screen. On the free plan, results are capped, so a large screen may show only a portion of the matches — upgrading reveals the rest.

You can save your favorite filter combinations as presets so you don't have to rebuild them every time. This is especially useful if you run the same screen every week to find new opportunities.

Screen Ideas to Try

Here are three screens to get you started:

  • •Value: The Value chip sets P/E at most 15, P/B at most 2, dividend yield at least 2%, and market cap at least $1 billion. Finds established companies that are cheap on the usual ratios.
  • •Growth: The Growth chip sets revenue growth and earnings growth at least 15% and market cap at least $500 million. Finds companies growing fast; sort by TrustScore to see the strongest-scored first.
  • •Income: The Dividend chip sets dividend yield at least 3%, profit margin at least 10%, debt-to-equity at most 1.5, and market cap at least $2 billion. Finds companies that pay a dividend while keeping their margin up and their debt down.

Key Takeaways

  • ✓The screener checks thousands of stocks against your rules in seconds.
  • ✓Start with 2-3 filters and add more to narrow results.
  • ✓Click any result to jump to the full Analysis page.
  • ✓Save filter presets to run the same screen quickly each week.
  • ✓Higher-tier plans return more results per screen; the free plan is capped.

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