Benjamin Graham Stock Screen — UK
Benjamin Graham, the father of value investing, told the defensive investor to buy established, profitable companies only when they are cheap on both their earnings and their book value, and to avoid heavy debt. This screen applies a modern version of those tests: a low P/E, a low price-to-book, modest leverage and a track record of profit.
The rules of this screen
A stock listed in the UK appears below only if it passes every rule:
- P/E (trailing 12 months) of 15 or less
- Price-to-book of 1.5 or less (share price at most 1.5x book value per share)
- Return on equity (ROE) of at least 10%
- Net profit margin of at least 5%
- Debt-to-equity of 0.5 or less (total debt at most 50% of shareholders' equity)
Data comes from company filings and market prices, refreshed after every trading day. Stocks with a missing value for any rule are left out.
Benjamin Graham Stock Screen — UK: top stocks by market cap
88 UK 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 | Shell plc | SHELLSE | Energy | €251.6B | 8.7 | 3.19% | +30.6% |
| 2 | 3i Group Ord | IIILSE | Financial Services | €32.1B | 4.6 | — | -37.7% |
| 3 | Trip.com Group Limited | 0I50LSE | Consumer Cyclical | €26.0B | 12.7 | — | -39.8% |
| 4 | Scottish Mortgage Ord | SMTLSE | Financial Services | €18.3B | 3.4 | — | +34.1% |
| 5 | South32 Limited | S32LSE | Basic Materials | €12.8B | 14.2 | 2.73% | +57.5% |
| 6 | Polar Capital Technology Ord | PCTLSE | Financial Services | €7.5B | 1.7 | — | +21.3% |
| 7 | F&C Investment Trust Ord | FCITLSE | Financial Services | €7.5B | 4.4 | — | +8.6% |
| 8 | Investec Group | INVPLSE | Financial Services | €4.8B | 8.5 | 5.98% | +9.0% |
| 9 | JPMorgan Global Growth & Income Ord | JGGILSE | Financial Services | €3.9B | 6.7 | — | +4.3% |
| 10 | City of London Ord | CTYLSE | Financial Services | €3.7B | 5.9 | — | +15.2% |
| 11 | RIT Capital Partners Ord | RCPLSE | Financial Services | €3.6B | 4.9 | — | +12.4% |
| 12 | Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT | TEMLSE | Financial Services | €3.2B | 4.0 | — | +26.3% |
| 13 | ITV plc | ITVLSE | Communication Services | €2.8B | 10.8 | 7.76% | -3.9% |
| 14 | Monks Ord | MNKSLSE | Financial Services | €2.8B | 4.5 | — | +5.0% |
| 15 | Murray International Ord | MYILSE | Financial Services | €2.7B | 5.0 | — | +21.4% |
| 16 | Fidelity European Trust Ord | FEVLSE | Financial Services | €2.4B | 8.2 | — | -1.3% |
| 17 | Mercantile Ord | MRCLSE | Financial Services | €2.1B | 10.5 | — | +13.0% |
| 18 | BlackRock World Mining Trust Ord | BRWMLSE | Financial Services | €1.9B | 2.2 | — | +27.2% |
| 19 | Lancashire Holdings Limited | LRELSE | Financial Services | €1.9B | 6.8 | 2.38% | -0.1% |
| 20 | Shawbrook Group PLC | SHAWLSE | Financial Services | €1.8B | 7.5 | 0.00% | -22.0% |
| 21 | Temple Bar Ord | TMPLLSE | Financial Services | €1.6B | 6.0 | — | +19.5% |
| 22 | Paragon Banking Group PLC | PAGLSE | Financial Services | €1.6B | 8.4 | 6.00% | -5.8% |
| 23 | Bankers Ord | BNKRLSE | Financial Services | €1.6B | 5.0 | — | +11.2% |
| 24 | JPMorgan Japanese Ord | JFJLSE | Financial Services | €1.4B | 5.3 | — | +5.9% |
| 25 | Merchants Trust Ord | MRCHLSE | Financial Services | €1.2B | 5.0 | — | +19.6% |
| 26 | Murray Income Trust Ord | MUTLSE | Financial Services | €1.1B | 7.4 | — | +9.8% |
| 27 | Schroder Oriental Income Ord | SOILSE | Financial Services | €1.1B | 2.9 | — | +24.9% |
| 28 | Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited | CORDLSE | Financial Services | €1.1B | 5.8 | 3.73% | +22.5% |
| 29 | Schroder AsiaPacific Ord | SDPLSE | Financial Services | €1.1B | 5.6 | — | +11.1% |
| 30 | Jupiter Fund Management Plc | JUPLSE | Financial Services | €1.1B | 10.3 | 3.23% | +24.4% |
The same rules on every market the screener covers: the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and more. Free, no account needed.
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Graham also asked for 10 years of uninterrupted earnings, 20 years of dividends and a minimum size, which a ratio screen cannot check. Treat the list as a starting point for reading annual reports, not as a portfolio. Cheap stocks are often cheap for a reason.
This page lists the stocks that pass a set of rules. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of them, and past results of a strategy say nothing certain about future returns.