Benjamin Graham — Defensive Investor
What it finds: Investment-grade businesses trading cheap on Graham's classic Defensive Investor checklist — modest PE, low PB, real dividend, strong current ratio, and conservative leverage. • Source: 'The Intelligent Investor' (1949), Chapter 14. • Typical trigger: PE ≤ 15, PB ≤ 1.5, yield ≥ 2%, current ratio ≥ 2, D/E ≤ 1. Financial companies (banks, insurers, asset managers) are left out: their current ratios mean nothing.
Benjamin Graham — 'The Intelligent Investor' (1949), Defensive Investor framework; this screen applies 5 of his 7 tests (P/E, P/B, dividend, current ratio, leverage), not size, earnings stability or dividend record. Foundational value methodology with decades of academic backing.
Filter breakdown
- All sectors except Financial Services
- Price to earnings up to 15
- Price to book up to 1.5
- Dividend yield 2%+
- Current ratio 2+
- Debt to equity up to 1
- $5M+ a day
- Price $10+ in US dollars (outside the US, companies worth $2B+ pass)
- Sorted by company value score, highest first
How to use this screen
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