In a market flooded with thousands of stocks, finding high-quality companies with strong financial health can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. That’s where InvestingPro’s advanced stock screener steps in — a powerful tool designed to save time and enhance precision by filtering the best opportunities from a vast universe of stocks. Among its many pre-built screeners, one stands out for its rigorous, academically-backed approach: the Piotroski Score Screener.
The Piotroski Score is a well-regarded financial scoring system developed by Stanford professor Joseph Piotroski. It evaluates a company’s financial strength based on nine accounting-based criteria that fall into three broad categories: profitability, leverage and liquidity, and operational efficiency. Companies are scored on a scale of 0 to 9, with higher scores indicating stronger financial health. Successful value investors have long used the Piotroski Score to sift through undervalued stocks and isolate those with a solid foundation and upside potential.
For everyday investors, calculating and interpreting this score across hundreds of companies can be daunting. But with InvestingPro’s screener, it takes just seconds. The screener automatically assesses companies across all nine criteria and instantly highlights those with high Piotroski Scores, saving investors hours of analysis.
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Take Persistent Systems (NSE:PERS), for instance — a current standout from this screener. With a Piotroski Score of 8, a robust Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) of 21.8%, and a Financial Health Score of 4 out of 5, it clearly ticks all the boxes for quality. InvestingPro’s rating system evaluates stocks on five broad parameters: Profitability, Momentum, Valuation, Cash Flow, and Growth — delivering a comprehensive view of the stock’s fundamental strength.
These kinds of insights can significantly elevate portfolio quality, especially when markets turn volatile and only fundamentally sound companies tend to outperform. The Piotroski Score Screener does the heavy lifting for you — no spreadsheets, no guesswork, just actionable results.
And the best part? Right now, InvestingPro is offering discounts of up to 45% on its premium plans. So if you’re serious about finding quality stocks with speed and precision, there’s no better time to subscribe. Opportunities don’t wait — and neither should you.
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