Benjamin Graham Stock Screen — US
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 US 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 — US: top stocks by market cap
235 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 | Shell plc | SHELNYSE | Energy | €252.8B | 8.6 | 3.21% | +40.6% |
| 2 | Trip.com Group Limited | TCOMNAS | Consumer Cyclical | €24.8B | 8.8 | 0.00% | -37.8% |
| 3 | The Allstate Corporation | ALL-PHNYSE | Financial Services | €24.7B | 3.4 | 7.20% | -13.7% |
| 4 | Regions Financial Corporation | RFNYSE | Financial Services | €22.1B | 11.3 | 4.18% | +17.6% |
| 5 | Markel Group Inc. | MKLNYSE | Financial Services | €21.8B | 14.1 | 0.00% | -4.0% |
| 6 | Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz | KSPINAS | Technology | €15.4B | 7.9 | 6.41% | +27.6% |
| 7 | Everest Group, Ltd. | EGNYSE | Financial Services | €14.3B | 9.0 | 1.89% | +33.0% |
| 8 | Tencent Music Entertainment Group | TMENYSE | Communication Services | €13.3B | 11.0 | 2.66% | -51.1% |
| 9 | RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | RNRNYSE | Financial Services | €12.9B | 10.1 | 0.46% | +33.4% |
| 10 | CNA Financial Corporation | CNANYSE | Financial Services | €11.9B | 12.8 | 3.99% | +15.1% |
| 11 | Mueller Industries, Inc. | MLINYSE | Industrials | €10.8B | 14.1 | 1.27% | +2.5% |
| 12 | Webster Financial Corporation | WBSNYSE | Financial Services | €10.8B | 12.6 | 2.06% | +35.7% |
| 13 | Alcoa Corporation | AANYSE | Basic Materials | €9.5B | 6.9 | 0.99% | +7.5% |
| 14 | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | BIO-BNYSE | Healthcare | €9.5B | 10.4 | 0.00% | — |
| 15 | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | BIONYSE | Healthcare | €8.9B | 9.7 | 0.00% | +19.2% |
| 16 | Zions Bancorporation, National Association | ZIONNAS | Financial Services | €8.7B | 8.1 | 2.91% | +30.7% |
| 17 | Eldorado Gold Corporation | EGONYSE | Basic Materials | €7.4B | 10.5 | 0.84% | +9.7% |
| 18 | AXIS Capital Holdings Limited | AXSNYSE | Financial Services | €7.0B | 8.3 | 1.63% | +7.9% |
| 19 | Smithfield Foods, Inc. | SFDNAS | Consumer Defensive | €6.8B | 8.4 | 6.58% | -9.1% |
| 20 | First American Financial Corporation | FAFNYSE | Financial Services | €6.0B | 9.5 | 3.61% | +2.9% |
| 21 | B2Gold Corp. | BTGAMEX | Basic Materials | €5.8B | 6.0 | 1.61% | -5.3% |
| 22 | Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. | BVNNYSE | Basic Materials | €5.7B | 5.3 | 4.19% | +8.7% |
| 23 | Vipshop Holdings Limited | VIPSNYSE | Consumer Cyclical | €5.7B | 4.5 | 4.79% | -29.7% |
| 24 | Enact Holdings, Inc. | ACTNAS | Financial Services | €5.5B | 9.5 | 2.09% | +26.0% |
| 25 | Home BancShares, Inc. | HOMBNYSE | Financial Services | €5.4B | 12.3 | 2.91% | +12.1% |
| 26 | Ingredion Incorporated | INGRNYSE | Consumer Defensive | €5.3B | 10.7 | 3.61% | -11.1% |
| 27 | Home BancShares, Inc. | HOMBNAS | Financial Services | €5.2B | 12.2 | 3.05% | +2.3% |
| 28 | TAL Education Group | TALNYSE | Consumer Defensive | €5.1B | 7.8 | 0.00% | -11.5% |
| 29 | Essent Group Ltd. | ESNTNYSE | Financial Services | €5.1B | 8.8 | 2.16% | +6.3% |
| 30 | Ameris Bancorp | ABCBNYSE | Financial Services | €5.0B | 14.5 | 0.97% | +12.9% |
The same rules on every market the screener covers: the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and more. Free, no account needed.
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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.