Stock screeners

[Arbikal]

Hey everyone I'm curious what parameters everyone uses for searching for potential growth stocks when using stock screeners. I've been playing around with it but still not sure what to look for to come up with the best results. There's a lot of different choices and I haven't been able to figure out the best combination... Thanks for the help!

[Arbikal]

Here's some of the info I've been reading so far... Pretty good link but you have to understand what they are talking about :P
Getting To Know Stock Screeners
How Investors Can Screen For Stock Ideas
Hopefully this will help some of you...I'm a little slow at times so I will read it a few more times and see if I can get anything out of it hehe

[anfern057]

I used to screen all the time for growth stocks but the Reuters screener I was using is no longer available. Which one do you use?

Here is what I would put in more or less, its based on CANSLIM:

EPS growth % last quarter vs same quarter 1 year ago > 20%

ROE> 15%

Annual Sales growth > 20%

Institutional Holdings > 65%

Profit margins > 10%

There might be some more, but that will probably end you up with a couple hundred stocks to choose from.

Anyways, what screener are you using? I have nothing going right now.

Thanks

[Novice Investing]

Hi, folks:

The above is a good screening technique to find a solid growth stocks. How about the a screen about the stock price itself? Should we just buy at any price? Because buying AAPL at $ 120 and at $ 200 makes a great deal of difference when you compare your total return. It is still the same company producing great margins, products, profits.

[jsssm]

I am really starting to like this site Technical Analysis Morning Trader: swing trading, stock picks, scans and ideas for day trading and swing trading using technical analysis. It filters stocks and finds patterns for you each day. Give it a try.

[DonBartell]

I like Louis Navellier's site, but you first have to buy his little book to have access to it. The book is The Little Book that Makes You Rich ($19.95 list). From there, it's free. He has an excellent long term track record. I also like AAII for the specifics on all of the top growth criteria. Membership is cheap. Then there's IBD, and all of it's lists, such as the IBD top 100, which essentially are O'Neil's CANSLIM system already screened. On MSN.com you can enter some 500 variables, for free. Good luck! Don

[StockJunkie]

For me it is all about investors.com and IBD. Nothing beats CANSLIM in my eyes besides good old technical analysis.