Warren Buffett Quality Stock Screen — US
Warren Buffett prefers a wonderful business at a fair price to a fair business at a wonderful price. This screen looks for the financial footprint of such businesses: high returns on equity and on assets, wide profit margins and little debt, among companies worth at least €1 billion.
The rules of this screen
A stock listed in the US appears below only if it passes every rule:
- Return on equity (ROE) of at least 15%
- Return on assets (ROA) of at least 7%
- Net profit margin of at least 15%
- Debt-to-equity of 0.5 or less (total debt at most 50% of shareholders' equity)
- Market cap of at least €1 billion
Data comes from company filings and market prices, refreshed after every trading day. Stocks with a missing value for any rule are left out.
Warren Buffett Quality Stock Screen — US: top stocks by market cap
164 US stocks match this screen. Top 30 by market cap, data as of 13 Nov 2026.
| # | Company | Ticker | Sector | Mkt Cap | P/E | Div Yield | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA Corporation | NVDANAS | Technology | €3.5T | 20.6 | 0.60% | -14.9% |
| 2 | Microsoft Corporation | MSFTNAS | Technology | €3.5T | 27.3 | 0.75% | +0.3% |
| 3 | Alphabet Inc. | GOOGLNAS | Communication Services | €3.3T | 15.4 | 0.29% | +5.3% |
| 4 | Alphabet Inc. | GOOGNAS | Communication Services | €3.2T | 15.3 | 0.30% | +3.9% |
| 5 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | TSMNYSE | Technology | €1.9T | 25.8 | 0.93% | +38.3% |
| 6 | Meta Platforms, Inc. | METANAS | Communication Services | €1.5T | 21.9 | 0.34% | -0.9% |
| 7 | Micron Technology, Inc. | MUNAS | Technology | €794.7B | 10.5 | 0.08% | +248.1% |
| 8 | ASML Holding N.V. | ASMLNAS | Technology | €520.0B | 36.8 | 0.62% | +43.9% |
| 9 | Palantir Technologies Inc. | PLTRNYSE | Technology | €383.9B | 156.5 | 0.00% | +7.5% |
| 10 | Palantir Technologies Inc. | PLTRNAS | Technology | €365.3B | 118.3 | 0.00% | -8.8% |
| 11 | Applied Materials, Inc. | AMATNAS | Technology | €265.3B | 29.4 | 0.56% | +59.7% |
| 12 | Lam Research Corporation | LRCXNAS | Technology | €254.7B | 33.7 | 0.56% | +43.9% |
| 13 | SAP SE | SAPNYSE | Technology | €244.7B | 29.3 | 1.25% | -5.7% |
| 14 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | UBERNYSE | Technology | €128.4B | 41.0 | 0.00% | -25.9% |
| 15 | Marvell Technology, Inc. | MRVLNAS | Technology | €127.3B | 51.6 | 0.15% | +67.4% |
| 16 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | VRTXNAS | Healthcare | €123.2B | 34.7 | 0.00% | +28.3% |
| 17 | Rio Tinto Group | RIONYSE | Basic Materials | €121.8B | 11.2 | 5.50% | +23.9% |
| 18 | Sandisk Corporation | SNDKNAS | Technology | €113.6B | 7.1 | 0.00% | +212.6% |
| 19 | Newmont Corporation | NEMNYSE | Basic Materials | €106.1B | 13.1 | 0.87% | +28.8% |
| 20 | PDD Holdings Inc. | PDDNAS | Consumer Cyclical | €101.4B | 8.9 | 0.00% | -41.0% |
| 21 | Airbnb, Inc. | ABNBNAS | Consumer Cyclical | €100.6B | 35.0 | 0.00% | +46.7% |
| 22 | Western Digital Corporation | WDCNAS | Technology | €99.9B | 10.4 | 0.22% | +114.3% |
| 23 | Canadian Natural Resources Limited | CNQNYSE | Energy | €91.4B | 10.2 | 3.67% | +56.4% |
| 24 | Intuit Inc. | INTUNAS | Technology | €82.4B | 20.8 | 1.62% | -48.6% |
| 25 | Agnico Eagle Mines Limited | AEMNYSE | Basic Materials | €81.4B | 14.5 | 1.01% | +3.8% |
| 26 | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | CDNSNAS | Technology | €80.0B | 64.2 | 0.00% | -4.6% |
| 27 | Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. | BAMNYSE | Financial Services | €74.3B | 17.5 | 3.91% | -3.0% |
| 28 | EOG Resources, Inc. | EOGNYSE | Energy | €74.1B | 10.2 | 2.90% | +51.1% |
| 29 | NetEase, Inc. | NTESNAS | Communication Services | €70.6B | 17.0 | 2.39% | -10.4% |
| 30 | Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | MPWRNAS | Technology | €61.2B | 76.2 | 0.55% | +38.9% |
The same rules on every market the screener covers: the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and more. Free, no account needed.
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High returns today do not prove a durable competitive advantage, and the screen has no valuation test, so many of these companies trade at high multiples. Check how long the returns have lasted and what the price implies before drawing conclusions.
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