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Altman Z: Balance Sheet Fortress

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July 21, 2026 last calculated

Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q) · showing the 25 strongest hits

The mirror image of the Distress Radar: Altman Z″ in the safe zone (≥ 2.6) in EVERY available quarter, plus a Piotroski F-Score ≥ 7 and interest coverage ≥ 10 — balance sheets that can withstand a recession. The Altman Z-Score condenses liquidity, profitability, leverage, and revenue efficiency into a single bankruptcy early-warning figure. Source: fundamental data.

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ADR (Average Daily Range)
The average daily swing of a stock in percent - measured over 10 or 30 trading days (columns "ADR 10D/30D"). An ADR of 5% means: on a normal day the gap between the intraday low and high runs about 5%. Traders look for movement - that is why stocks with an ADR under 1% are filtered out globally. Not to be confused with ADR meaning "American Depositary Receipt" (a US certificate for foreign shares) - here ADR always means the daily swing.
AI Classification
Our company-by-company assessment of the AI boom based on SEC filings (the last four quarterly 10-Q reports and two annual 10-K reports): "Sells AI" (AI is a revenue source), "Threatened" (AI is a concrete business risk), "Uses AI" (operational use), or "Neutral" (no material AI exposure). Every classification requires at least two direct quote citations - otherwise the column shows "-". Not a quality judgment or a buy recommendation; the full file is on the stock page, methodology at /stocks/ai-rating-methodology.
Altman Z-Score
A bankruptcy early-warning system developed by Edward Altman: several balance-sheet ratios are combined into one score. Values above 3 are considered a safe zone, values below about 1.1 a distress zone with elevated bankruptcy risk.
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The stock's average annual return over the past 3 years. Shows at a glance whether a stock delivers over the long run or just had a short hot streak.
Earnings Date
The date of the next quarterly earnings report. Price gaps in either direction are common around this date - that is why we color it red when it is 7 days away or less, and yellow when it is 14 days away or less: elevated risk for fresh positions.
EPS (Earnings per Share)
Quarterly earnings divided by the number of shares outstanding. The most important growth metric: if EPS rises strongly over several quarters, the company is earning more money per share.
Free Cash Flow (FCF)
Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures - the money left over for everything else (debt paydown, acquisitions, or buybacks). Consistently positive free cash flow is one of the most honest signs of a healthy business model.
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Our proprietary fundamental rating from -100 to +100 with a school-grade rank from A+ to F. Every stock is scored against all others by percentile: growth in earnings and revenue, earnings surprises, analyst estimates, and quality criteria such as margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet strength. A/A+ are the fundamentally strongest stocks in the universe.
Liquidity
How easily a stock can be bought and sold without moving the price - measured by (dollar) volume. Illiquid stocks have wide spreads and jerky prices; that is why almost every scanner applies a minimum liquidity filter.
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The market value of the company: share price x total shares outstanding, shown here in billions of dollars. Micro caps (< $0.3B) are small and volatile, mega caps (> $200B) are heavyweights. Our scanner universe is deliberately capped at $50B - we look for stocks with room to run.
Net Margin
How much of revenue is left as profit? Net income divided by revenue, in percent. A 20% margin means: out of every dollar of revenue, 20 cents is left as profit. Rising margins are a strong quality signal.
Operating Cash Flow (OCF)
The cash that actually flows into the company from day-to-day operations - without accounting effects such as depreciation. A company can report book profits while still burning cash; operating cash flow reveals that.
Piotroski F-Score
A balance-sheet health check developed by Joseph Piotroski: 9 yes/no criteria covering earnings, cash flow, leverage, and efficiency produce a score from 0 to 9. Scores of 7 or higher are considered financially very solid, scores under 3 a warning sign.
Sector & Industry
Two levels of industry classification: sector is broad (e.g., Technology), industry is narrow (e.g., Semiconductors). Many strategies watch industry strength, because strong stocks are almost always found in strong industries.
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Stan Weinstein divides every price chart into four stages: Stage 1 = basing (sideways after a downtrend), Stage 2 = uptrend (the only buying stage), Stage 3 = topping, Stage 4 = downtrend (avoid, or short candidate). Measured against the 30-week line (150-day moving average) and its slope.
Stress RS (Strength on Stress Days)
A stress day is a day on which both the overall market and the stock's own sector fell at least 0.5%. Stress RS counts on how many of these days the stock still closed green (shown as "g/n" = green days out of n stress days) and turns that into a rating from 1 to 99. High values point to buyers stepping in even on weak days - often a sign of institutional accumulation.

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Altman Z: Balance Sheet Fortress
Symbol Earnings Avg/Y 3Y Stress RS Stage Funda Rating Piotroski MktCap Industry AI Rating Deep Dive Deep-Dive Report Sector Price YTD 6 Mo. 1 Year Off High Price Target RS EPS Rating ADR 10D ADR 30D Beta P/E P/E (f) P/S P/B P/FCF PEG EV/EBITDA EBIT Margin Gross Margin Net Margin ROE ROA Debt/Eq Equity Ratio Sales +/Y Div. Yield Payout Ratio Altman Z Inst. % Short % Analysts
PENG Penguin Solutions, Inc. 07/07 +53 % Stage 2 B +39 7 of 9 0.0 Information Technology Services Sells AI Technology 53.20 $ +242.3 % +236.2 % +230.4 % −13.7 % -24.9 % 98 50 11.5 % 11.1 % 2.83 95.4 12.5 8.6 27.4 7.8 % 28.3 % 4.1 % 9.6 % 3.0 % 0.94 34.2 % +16.9 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 6.7 117.0 % 28.7 % 1.1 (8)
AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc 08/04 +124 % 77 8/25 Stage 2 A +61 7 of 9 921.5 Semiconductors Technology 503.60 $ +142.7 % +150.9 % +301.1 % −5.4 % -4.6 % 97 84 6.7 % 6.9 % 2.47 172.1 73.5 24.6 13.2 107.5 1.24 103.4 14.4 % 53.1 % 13.4 % 8.1 % 3.7 % 0.10 80.9 % +34.3 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 10.0 72.2 % 2.9 % 1.3 (49)
TER Teradyne Inc 08/04 +101 % 86 9/25 Stage 2 A +68 7 of 9 77.0 Semiconductor Equipment & Ma Uses AI Technology 333.80 $ +117.2 % +133.5 % +390.3 % −0.1 % -11.7 % 97 93 8.4 % 7.7 % 1.74 81.4 52.4 20.3 23.5 139.2 1.46 50.6 37.6 % 58.7 % 22.6 % 28.7 % 15.8 % 0.03 70.9 % +13.1 % 0.1 % 8.6 % 9.9 96.5 % 6.5 % 1.5 (17)
STRL Sterling Construction Company Inc 08/03 +532 % 48 6/29 Stage 2 A +64 7 of 9 28.3 Engineering & Construction Uses AI Industrials 650.20 $ +191.4 % +159.2 % +289.8 % −12.3 % +6.7 % 97 88 7.1 % 7.5 % 1.83 71.9 37.2 9.8 20.8 64.2 1.20 36.2 17.2 % 23.3 % 12.0 % 36.7 % 12.9 % 0.57 42.7 % +17.7 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 6.7 95.7 % 6.4 % 1.0 (3)
FORM FormFactor Inc 07/29 +126 % 87 9/25 Stage 2 A +51 8 of 9 12.7 Semiconductor Equipment & Ma Uses AI Technology 105.30 $ +156.0 % +147.9 % +327.0 % −6.5 % -2.7 % 97 91 9.4 % 8.6 % 1.22 150.3 51.8 15.1 9.6 347.5 1.39 73.0 17.7 % 42.2 % 8.1 % 6.8 % 5.1 % 0.04 84.3 % +2.8 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 12.3 98.8 % 5.9 % 1.6 (10)
LRCX Lam Research Corp 07/29 +176 % 71 7/25 Stage 2 A +59 8 of 9 554.2 Semiconductor Equipment & Ma Uses AI Technology 306.80 $ +117.3 % +132.2 % +311.4 % −1.9 % -13.2 % 96 75 7.4 % 6.9 % 1.81 71.4 44.2 25.6 44.8 85.9 2.03 54.3 35.0 % 50.0 % 30.9 % 66.8 % 22.8 % 0.35 50.9 % +23.7 % 0.3 % 19.5 % 14.5 88.1 % 2.7 % 1.3 (33)
AMAT Applied Materials Inc 08/13 +114 % 77 8/25 Stage 2 B +46 7 of 9 530.4 Semiconductor Equipment & Ma Uses AI Technology 525.70 $ +128.5 % +167.0 % +245.0 % −0.2 % -13.3 % 96 72 8.1 % 6.9 % 1.57 58.8 41.3 18.3 22.2 99.3 1.64 46.3 31.9 % 49.0 % 29.3 % 39.7 % 14.9 % 0.32 59.4 % +4.4 % 0.4 % 19.3 % 13.6 85.1 % 2.8 % 1.2 (39)
NWPX Northwest Pipe Company 08/06 +127 % 22 3/23 Stage 2 B +36 8 of 9 1.4 Steel Basic Materials 136.20 $ +121.8 % +130.9 % +259.6 % −3.6 % -25.4 % 96 90 4.6 % 4.4 % 1.07 34.9 30.0 2.6 3.5 20.1 2.73 18.5 9.2 % 20.2 % 7.7 % 10.7 % 5.8 % 0.25 63.7 % +6.8 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 9.1 87.9 % 6.5 % 1.5 (2)
ELA Envela Corp 08/05 +95 % 94 13/31 Stage 2 A +57 8 of 9 0.7 Luxury Goods Neutral Consumer Cyclical 20.70 $ +100.4 % +120.5 % +356.1 % −9.2 % -2.8 % 96 92 6.6 % 6.7 % 0.37 32.9 54.1 2.4 9.0 32.3 22.2 21.5 % 7.2 % 32.0 % 17.5 % 0.26 +33.6 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 11.9 19.6 % 3.4 %
FIX Comfort Systems USA Inc 07/23 +367 % 85 10/29 Stage 2 B +49 9 of 9 76.9 Engineering & Construction Industrials 1,712.20 $ +104.6 % +103.6 % +289.5 % −2.7 % +1.5 % 95 74 5.6 % 5.6 % 1.66 53.5 40.0 7.6 25.2 55.6 0.83 35.2 7.9 % 25.1 % 12.1 % 53.3 % 17.3 % 0.19 40.6 % +29.5 % 0.2 % 7.5 % 7.7 96.5 % 2.6 % 1.1 (7)
MTSI MACOM Technology Solutions Holding 08/06 +176 % 95 11/25 Stage 2 B +36 8 of 9 31.7 Semiconductors Sells AI Technology 269.80 $ +117.3 % +111.9 % +169.1 % −6.9 % +3.3 % 95 75 6.2 % 6.4 % 1.66 156.4 46.9 29.5 19.9 207.7 2.05 87.9 17.6 % 55.7 % 16.5 % 13.5 % 5.5 % 0.35 70.4 % +32.6 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 9.4 99.6 % 4.3 % 1.3 (16)
MYRG MYR Group Inc 07/29 +84 % 76 9/29 Stage 2 B +38 9 of 9 7.8 Engineering & Construction Neutral Industrials 390.30 $ +114.2 % +120.8 % +171.2 % −0.9 % -6.6 % 95 86 5.2 % 5.4 % 1.31 52.8 36.4 2.0 10.6 34.0 3.41 25.0 6.4 % 12.1 % 3.7 % 22.7 % 7.6 % 0.11 42.0 % +8.8 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 6.9 104.4 % 5.2 % 1.2 (5)
ON ON Semiconductor Corporation 08/03 +11 % 72 7/25 Stage 2 C +3 7 of 9 47.8 Semiconductors Technology 86.70 $ +116.2 % +60.8 % +117.7 % −12.0 % -4.7 % 94 15 9.4 % 7.6 % 2.01 86.7 29.4 7.9 6.3 32.9 0.30 23.8 18.2 % 42.7 % 9.5 % 7.5 % 6.8 % 0.54 60.8 % -15.4 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 10.0 109.0 % 11.0 % 1.5 (31)
MOV Movado Group Inc +25 % Stage 2 B +27 8 of 9 0.0 Luxury Goods Consumer Cyclical 38.40 $ +92.4 % +95.2 % +167.3 % −3.9 % +24.7 % 94 50 3.2 % 4.3 % 0.98 28.1 24.1 1.7 0.84 13.5 54.8 % 4.7 % 6.5 % 3.2 % 0.15 +2.7 % 4.3 % 92.4 % 11.5 91.4 % 5.3 %
CRS Carpenter Technology Corporation 07/30 +349 % 76 9/29 Stage 2 B +37 8 of 9 29.8 Metal Fabrication Neutral Industrials 555.10 $ +83.8 % +81.7 % +122.9 % −1.0 % -18.4 % 93 77 3.8 % 4.1 % 1.22 62.1 23.4 9.8 14.4 73.1 1.59 38.3 22.8 % 29.7 % 15.8 % 24.9 % 11.3 % 0.38 56.2 % +4.3 % 0.1 % 8.2 % 10.1 97.9 % 3.9 % 1.1 (9)
DIOD Diodes Incorporated 08/06 +10 % 61 6/25 Stage 2 B +49 7 of 9 5.8 Semiconductors Technology 87.30 $ +127.2 % +106.8 % +118.6 % −8.8 % +12.6 % 93 68 8.0 % 7.4 % 1.89 56.3 12.5 3.7 2.5 44.9 0.93 16.2 4.9 % 31.3 % 5.5 % 4.6 % 1.4 % 0.06 75.6 % +13.0 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 11.9 100.7 % 6.7 % 1.5 (4)
KN Knowles Cor 07/23 +45 % 46 5/25 Stage 2 B +21 7 of 9 3.7 Electronic Components Technology 35.50 $ +87.1 % +85.2 % +129.2 % −5.0 % -11.1 % 92 61 4.9 % 4.6 % 1.59 57.5 15.2 6.1 4.5 50.9 0.43 26.6 11.8 % 45.1 % 9.1 % 8.2 % 5.2 % 0.19 74.0 % +7.2 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 6.3 103.9 % 5.9 % 1.3 (4)
ROG Rogers Corporation 07/30 +0 % 46 5/25 Stage 2 B +11 9 of 9 3.1 Electronic Components Technology 130.80 $ +73.8 % +75.1 % +139.7 % −1.1 % +9.7 % 92 24 5.1 % 5.0 % 0.49 5.3 3.8 2.4 31.1 0.52 99.3 8.3 % 32.2 % -6.8 % -4.5 % 2.7 % 0.02 83.6 % -2.3 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 13.2 102.2 % 3.8 % 1.0 (3)
PACS PACS Group, Inc. 14 2/22 Stage 2 B +46 7 of 9 6.3 Medical Care Facilities Healthcare 44.70 $ -2.7 % +7.0 % +204.7 % −5.6 % +22.1 % 92 90 4.8 % 4.7 % -0.08 19.6 1.2 26.6 1.30 22.8 8.5 % 16.8 % 4.5 % 27.1 % 4.3 % 18.3 % +29.3 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 4.2 30.5 % 9.2 % 1.0 (4)
PLXS Plexus Corp 07/22 +70 % 46 5/25 Stage 2 B +31 8 of 9 7.9 Electronic Components Uses AI Technology 252.60 $ +96.3 % +86.9 % +114.4 % −3.3 % -1.2 % 91 70 4.1 % 4.2 % 0.88 43.5 28.7 1.8 5.3 104.7 2.09 24.7 5.3 % 10.1 % 4.4 % 13.2 % 4.3 % 0.17 44.3 % +1.8 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 8.4 104.4 % 4.8 % 1.4 (5)
FTNT Fortinet Inc 08/05 +36 % 97 12/25 Stage 2 B +38 8 of 9 107.9 Software - Infrastructure Sells AI Technology 160.40 $ +86.4 % +91.5 % +40.8 % −1.3 % -24.0 % 90 70 4.0 % 4.2 % 1.09 58.9 52.9 15.2 112.0 44.3 3.53 43.0 31.3 % 80.3 % 27.5 % 132.4 % 13.6 % 0.77 10.0 % +14.2 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 5.2 72.5 % 3.1 % 1.7 (45)
INOD Innodata Inc 07/30 +115 % 46 5/25 Stage 2 A +63 7 of 9 2.4 Information Technology Servi Technology 62.10 $ +70.8 % -23.0 % +72.6 % −41.5 % +67.7 % 90 84 9.7 % 10.3 % 2.89 65.3 55.6 8.4 18.6 38.6 0.87 38.1 18.8 % 41.5 % 13.9 % 38.6 % 18.1 % 0.03 61.0 % +47.6 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 10.8 53.7 % 8.1 % 1.0 (4)
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc 08/12 +54 % 77 8/25 Stage 2 B +28 7 of 9 468.9 Communication Equipment Technology 110.70 $ +59.0 % +52.5 % +81.8 % −8.7 % +6.9 % 89 74 3.0 % 3.5 % 1.01 37.9 24.6 7.7 9.6 37.2 1.62 26.3 25.0 % 64.3 % 19.7 % 25.2 % 7.3 % -3.00 38.9 % +5.3 % 1.5 % 40.6 % 4.6 82.9 % 1.6 % 1.5 (26)
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc 08/18 +41 % 77 8/25 Stage 2 B +38 7 of 9 65.2 Scientific & Technical Instr Technology 314.10 $ +73.5 % +65.7 % +118.1 % −4.0 % +6.4 % 89 73 4.5 % 4.4 % 1.21 58.2 26.8 10.7 9.7 45.0 1.20 35.1 18.8 % 62.1 % 17.3 % 18.2 % 6.0 % 0.96 53.9 % +8.0 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 8.7 92.8 % 2.0 % 1.2 (13)
NUE Nucor Corp 07/27 +21 % 22 3/23 Stage 2 B +32 9 of 9 57.9 Steel Neutral Basic Materials 230.70 $ +47.4 % +39.1 % +93.8 % −8.1 % +4.8 % 89 94 3.7 % 3.2 % 1.92 23.8 14.2 1.7 2.6 108.9 5.21 10.9 11.8 % 14.1 % 6.8 % 12.3 % 6.2 % 0.42 60.2 % +5.7 % 1.0 % 21.8 % 10.0 79.6 % 2.4 % 1.3 (15)

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The mirror image of the Distress Radar: Altman Z″ in the safe zone (≥ 2.6) in EVERY available quarter, plus a Piotroski F-Score ≥ 7 and interest coverage ≥ 10 — balance sheets that can withstand a recession. The Altman Z-Score condenses liquidity, profitability, leverage, and revenue efficiency into a single bankruptcy early-warning figure. Source: fundamental data.

All scanners are recalculated daily across the entire stock universe — most recently on 21. July 2026. The data basis is fundamental data and SEC filings (10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports).

Currently, 197 stocks pass this scanner's criteria (as of 21. July 2026). The 25 strongest hits are shown.

No global trading filters — this strategy checks the entire stock universe purely against its own criteria (mega caps over $50B included).

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