Net Cash Fortress Stock Screen — US
A fortress balance sheet: more cash than debt, positive free cash flow and enough short-term assets to cover short-term bills one and a half times over. Companies like these can fund themselves through a downturn without asking banks or shareholders for money. The screen also asks for a return on equity of at least 8%.
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 8%
- Net cash: more cash than total debt, with positive free cash flow
- Current ratio of at least 1.5 (short-term assets cover short-term liabilities 1.5 times)
- Market cap of at least €50 million
Data comes from company filings and market prices, refreshed after every trading day. Stocks with a missing value for any rule are left out.
Net Cash Fortress Stock Screen — US: top stocks by market cap
302 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 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | TSMNYSE | Technology | €1.9T | 25.8 | 0.93% | +38.3% |
| 3 | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | BRK-ANYSE | Financial Services | €1.1T | 16.6 | 0.00% | +20.1% |
| 4 | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | BRK-BNYSE | Financial Services | €1.1T | 16.6 | 0.00% | +20.0% |
| 5 | Micron Technology, Inc. | MUNAS | Technology | €794.7B | 10.5 | 0.08% | +248.1% |
| 6 | Palantir Technologies Inc. | PLTRNYSE | Technology | €383.9B | 156.5 | 0.00% | +7.5% |
| 7 | Palantir Technologies Inc. | PLTRNAS | Technology | €365.3B | 118.3 | 0.00% | -8.8% |
| 8 | Applied Materials, Inc. | AMATNAS | Technology | €265.3B | 29.4 | 0.56% | +59.7% |
| 9 | Lam Research Corporation | LRCXNAS | Technology | €254.7B | 33.7 | 0.56% | +43.9% |
| 10 | Arista Networks, Inc. | ANETNYSE | Technology | €224.9B | 52.9 | 0.00% | +25.1% |
| 11 | Arm Holdings plc | ARMNAS | Technology | €184.0B | 219.0 | 0.00% | +18.9% |
| 12 | Shopify Inc. | SHOPNAS | Technology | €170.8B | 90.2 | 0.00% | -6.1% |
| 13 | BlackRock, Inc. | BLKNYSE | Financial Services | €170.4B | 27.8 | 1.88% | +14.1% |
| 14 | Shopify Inc. | SHOPNYSE | Technology | €156.2B | 93.2 | 0.00% | -9.3% |
| 15 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | ISRGNAS | Healthcare | €138.8B | 53.6 | 0.00% | -17.0% |
| 16 | Sandisk Corporation | SNDKNAS | Technology | €113.6B | 7.1 | 0.00% | +212.6% |
| 17 | Spotify Technology S.A. | SPOTNYSE | Communication Services | €113.6B | 37.3 | 0.00% | -5.4% |
| 18 | Newmont Corporation | NEMNYSE | Basic Materials | €106.1B | 13.1 | 0.87% | +28.8% |
| 19 | PDD Holdings Inc. | PDDNAS | Consumer Cyclical | €101.4B | 8.9 | 0.00% | -41.0% |
| 20 | Airbnb, Inc. | ABNBNAS | Consumer Cyclical | €100.6B | 35.0 | 0.00% | +46.7% |
| 21 | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | REGNNAS | Healthcare | €89.2B | 21.1 | 0.40% | +47.2% |
| 22 | Monster Beverage Corporation | MNSTNAS | Consumer Defensive | €82.1B | 42.2 | 0.00% | +39.0% |
| 23 | Agnico Eagle Mines Limited | AEMNYSE | Basic Materials | €81.4B | 14.5 | 1.01% | +3.8% |
| 24 | NetEase, Inc. | NTESNAS | Communication Services | €70.6B | 17.0 | 2.39% | -10.4% |
| 25 | Manulife Financial Corporation | MFCNYSE | Financial Services | €65.7B | 17.6 | 3.11% | +31.5% |
| 26 | Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | MPWRNAS | Technology | €61.2B | 76.2 | 0.55% | +38.9% |
| 27 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EWNYSE | Healthcare | €55.6B | 62.3 | 0.00% | +27.4% |
| 28 | Barrick Mining Corporation | BNYSE | Basic Materials | €55.2B | 9.6 | 1.85% | +9.4% |
| 29 | Baker Hughes Company | BKRNYSE | Energy | €50.1B | 18.6 | 1.64% | +23.9% |
| 30 | Garmin Ltd. | GRMNNYSE | Technology | €49.2B | 27.2 | 1.46% | +44.9% |
The same rules on every market the screener covers: the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and more. Free, no account needed.
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Cash can sit in a country it cannot easily leave, or belong to customers (deposits, prepayments). A big cash pile also lowers returns if management never uses it. Check where the cash is and what the company plans to do with it.
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