This screen implements the strategy of Martin Zweig as described in the book "Winning on Wall Street". The strategy focusses on Growth stocks at reasonable price (GARP) and has also looks at the general market performance as well as the relative price performance of the individual stocks. Check the linked article for more details.
The criteria described by Martin Zweig find growth stocks at reasonable prices, also known at the GARP style. We will discuss the rules of the stock screener in this article.
An overview of the best stock screener filters, settings and criteria for Growth Investing
The revenue growth in the past 5 years should be at least half the EPS growth
The EPS growth was at least 15% on average in the past 5 years.
The EPS growth over the last year should be positive
Earnings momentum:The last quarter's Q2Q revenue growth should be above the 5 year growth rate
Earnings momentum:The last quarter's Q2Q revenue growth should be above the revenue growth over the last 12 months
The debt-equity should be amongst the 50% best of the industry
The revenue growth in the last 12 months should be positive
The ChartMill Relative Strength should be at least 70
The price earnings ratio should be at least 5, but not above 48
Earnings momentum:The last quarter's Q2Q EPS growth should be above the EPS growth over the last 12 months
Earnings momentum:The last quarter's Q2Q EPS growth should be above the 5 year growth rate
Only stocks
A minimum daily average volume of at least 100K stocks
Default chart settings
Run this screen in your favorite region. You can always further fine tune the screen by changing the general settings after it opened in the screener.