Quality & Balance Sheet
Piotroski F-Score (7–9)
Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q) · Market filter active: the list shows 13 hits from US
Balance-sheet quality filter by Joseph Piotroski: 9 criteria covering earnings, cash flow, debt, and efficiency combine into a score from 0 to 9. Shown here only stocks scoring 7 to 9 in the most recent quarter — financially especially healthy. Has its own row in the stats box.
Global filters: 10- and 30-day ADR must be ≥ 1% (too little movement gets cut); names with a red Stress RS (rating ≤ 30 — weak on stress days) are excluded.
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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.
- Analysis (Full Company Analysis)
- If the Analysis column shows "Read," there is an in-depth Minnow Street company analysis for this stock: business model, scanner findings, quarterly results, evidence from SEC filings, plus opportunities and risks. One click opens it directly.
- Avg/Yr 3Y (Average Annual Return)
- 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.
- Funda Rating (Fundamental Rating A+ to F)
- 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.
- Market Capitalization (Mkt Cap)
- 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.
- Stage (Weinstein Stages 1-4)
- 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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| 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 |
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| ADEA ADEIA CORP | 08/04 | +69 % | 34 4/25 | Stage 2 | B +28 | 8 of 9 | 3.5 | Software - Application | Uses AI | — | — | Technology | 26.20 $ | +76.9 % | +91.0 % | +123.4 % | −11.5 % | +21.8 % | 91 | 85 | 6.3 % | 7.2 % | 0.94 | 28.3 | 21.3 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 23.3 | 1.51 | 13.8 | 39.0 % | 100.0 % | 26.5 % | 28.5 % | 12.7 % | 0.06 | 46.6 % | +17.9 % | 0.7 % | 11.3 % | 7.1 | 101.2 % | 13.7 % | 1.0 (3) |
| FSBC Five Star Bancorp | 07/22 | +45 % | 55 5/22 | Stage 2 | B +39 | 7 of 9 | 1.0 | Banks - Regional | Uses AI | — | — | Financial Services | 49.00 $ | +32.4 % | +33.0 % | +74.9 % | −1.1 % | -3.5 % | 81 | 75 | 3.0 % | 2.7 % | 0.51 | 15.1 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 13.4 | — | 0.0 | — | 100.0 % | 42.6 % | 15.5 % | 1.5 % | 0.19 | — | +20.4 % | 2.1 % | 28.6 % | -1.4 | 59.3 % | 3.2 % | — |
| FCFS FirstCash Inc | 07/23 | +50 % | 98 11/22 | Stage 2 | B +38 | 8 of 9 | 9.7 | Credit Services | – | — | — | Financial Services | 209.70 $ | +40.8 % | +33.1 % | +69.9 % | −8.0 % | +10.1 % | 80 | 71 | 3.9 % | 3.6 % | 0.53 | 26.6 | 20.5 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 17.7 | 1.17 | 11.7 | 16.7 % | 58.6 % | 9.2 % | 16.3 % | 7.8 % | 9.41 | 42.9 % | +8.0 % | 0.8 % | 17.9 % | 7.7 | 97.1 % | 4.2 % | 1.4 (5) |
| MCRI Monarch Casino & Resort Inc | 07/15 | +32 % | 81 10/31 | Stage 2 | B +33 | 9 of 9 | 2.3 | Resorts & Casinos | Neutral | — | — | Consumer Cyclical | 124.40 $ | +35.3 % | +36.9 % | +52.9 % | −2.7 % | -11.7 % | 77 | 76 | 3.1 % | 2.7 % | 1.33 | 22.7 | 21.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 15.0 | 1.07 | 11.7 | 25.8 % | 68.1 % | 19.6 % | 20.1 % | 12.7 % | 0.02 | 75.8 % | +4.4 % | 0.9 % | 19.9 % | 10.6 | 65.1 % | 2.8 % | 2.0 (5) |
| FCAP First Capital Inc | 07/24 | +45 % | 41 4/22 | Stage 2 | B +41 | 7 of 9 | 0.2 | Banks - Regional | Neutral | — | — | Financial Services | 60.40 $ | +11.4 % | +7.8 % | +59.1 % | −11.3 % | — | 74 | 73 | 3.1 % | 3.2 % | 0.73 | 12.7 | 9.6 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 9.6 | — | 0.0 | — | 100.0 % | 33.9 % | 13.5 % | 1.4 % | — | — | +12.4 % | 1.9 % | 23.8 % | 0.1 | 26.7 % | 1.8 % | — |
| LSBK Lake Shore Bancorp Inc | 07/22 | +45 % | 82 7/22 | Stage 2 | B +36 | 8 of 9 | 0.1 | Banks - Regional | Neutral | — | — | Financial Services | 17.10 $ | +16.3 % | +15.5 % | +47.1 % | −4.0 % | — | 68 | 84 | 3.2 % | 1.9 % | 0.28 | — | 14.4 | 3.2 | — | 13.4 | — | 0.0 | — | 100.0 % | 27.7 % | 7.0 % | 1.2 % | — | — | +3.8 % | 2.1 % | 30.9 % | -0.1 | 28.5 % | 0.2 % | — |
| JOE St Joe Company | 07/22 | +18 % | 63 5/21 | Stage 2 | B +31 | 7 of 9 | 3.8 | Real Estate - Diversified | Neutral | — | — | Real Estate | 60.20 $ | +12.2 % | +7.3 % | +42.7 % | −9.3 % | -71.5 % | 61 | 23 | 3.0 % | 2.4 % | 1.29 | — | 50.3 | 7.3 | — | 19.5 | — | 17.4 | 18.4 % | 43.1 % | 21.6 % | 14.9 % | 6.0 % | — | 50.5 % | +27.5 % | 1.0 % | 36.6 % | 6.7 | 86.7 % | 2.8 % | — |
| STRW Strawberry Fields REIT LLC | 08/14 | +45 % | 63 5/21 | Stage 2 | B +35 | 7 of 9 | 0.2 | REIT - Healthcare Facilities | Neutral | — | — | Real Estate | 13.90 $ | +6.2 % | +8.1 % | +26.1 % | −4.6 % | +11.7 % | 57 | 72 | 2.2 % | 2.1 % | 0.28 | 21.3 | 21.6 | 1.1 | 14.9 | 2.0 | — | 7.1 | — | 89.9 % | 5.3 % | 51.9 % | 6.3 % | 64.51 | — | +32.4 % | 4.9 % | 81.8 % | 2.6 | 27.4 % | 0.8 % | — |
| SBH Sally Beauty Holdings Inc | 08/04 | +4 % | 52 7/31 | Stage 4 | C +7 | 7 of 9 | 1.3 | Specialty Retail | Uses AI | — | — | Consumer Cyclical | 14.90 $ | -6.6 % | -5.9 % | +60.2 % | −21.1 % | +16.0 % | 39 | 61 | 5.3 % | 4.3 % | 1.03 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 5.1 | 0.63 | 6.7 | 7.9 % | 51.9 % | 4.9 % | 23.9 % | 6.4 % | 1.81 | 29.4 % | -0.4 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 7.1 | 121.4 % | 28.8 % | 1.6 (5) |
| NNI Nelnet Inc | 08/05 | +13 % | 39 4/22 | Stage 1 | C +3 | 7 of 9 | 4.8 | Credit Services | Uses AI | — | — | Financial Services | 134.10 $ | -2.1 % | -2.5 % | +15.7 % | −7.5 % | +1.1 % | 38 | 26 | 2.1 % | 2.2 % | 0.78 | 11.7 | 16.3 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 13.0 | 0.46 | 0.0 | 21.4 % | 86.6 % | 25.3 % | 10.7 % | 2.6 % | 2.06 | 26.3 % | +22.6 % | 1.0 % | 11.2 % | — | 47.7 % | 3.1 % | 2.0 (1) |
| EHC Encompass Health Corp | 08/03 | +19 % | 68 6/22 | Stage 4 | B +29 | 8 of 9 | 9.9 | Medical Care Facilities | – | — | — | Healthcare | 112.50 $ | -5.5 % | -5.4 % | -14.4 % | −22.1 % | +40.9 % | 26 | 71 | 3.0 % | 3.0 % | 0.60 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 21.3 | 0.41 | 9.1 | 19.0 % | 43.5 % | 10.0 % | 25.2 % | 9.7 % | 2.32 | 34.5 % | +10.5 % | 0.7 % | 13.4 % | 5.8 | 101.8 % | 3.6 % | 1.0 (12) |
| QTWO Q2 Holdings | 07/29 | +15 % | 61 6/25 | Stage 4 | B +47 | 7 of 9 | 2.8 | Software - Application | – | — | — | Technology | 55.60 $ | -40.0 % | -36.5 % | -51.5 % | −54.5 % | +63.9 % | 9 | 95 | 5.1 % | 5.0 % | 1.33 | 42.4 | 18.7 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 14.1 | 8.35 | 24.0 | 12.9 % | 55.6 % | 9.0 % | 12.8 % | 3.2 % | 0.56 | 49.1 % | +14.1 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 3.0 | 105.5 % | 8.6 % | 1.5 (17) |
| PLNT Planet Fitness Inc | 08/05 | -7 % | 64 8/31 | Stage 4 | B +33 | 7 of 9 | 4.1 | Leisure | – | — | — | Consumer Cyclical | 55.30 $ | -52.2 % | -53.1 % | -50.5 % | −54.6 % | +28.3 % | 5 | 71 | 3.9 % | 4.0 % | 1.04 | 18.8 | 16.6 | 2.9 | 139.4 | 15.3 | 0.92 | 11.2 | 32.5 % | 58.8 % | 17.8 % | 0.0 % | 8.4 % | -2.42 | -15.6 % | +12.1 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 3.6 | 116.1 % | 12.0 % | 1.2 (20) |
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Balance-sheet quality filter by Joseph Piotroski: 9 criteria covering earnings, cash flow, debt, and efficiency combine into a score from 0 to 9. Shown here only stocks scoring 7 to 9 in the most recent quarter — financially especially healthy. Has its own row in the stats box.
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, 13 stocks pass this scanner's criteria (as of 21. July 2026).
Global filters: 10- and 30-day ADR must be ≥ 1% (too little movement gets cut); names with a red Stress RS (rating ≤ 30 — weak on stress days) are excluded.
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