Finding Stocks That Are Actually Worth It

The hardest question in active investing is: what should I actually buy? Start looking, and you quickly end up with recommendation lists, catchy headlines, and an endless stream of tips from social networks. That may be entertaining, but it often has little to do with a decision you can actually justify. This is exactly where the screeners in Investiqal come in.

Strategies from Financial Literature, Not from Your Feed

Our screeners are built on approaches described in financial literature and studied over long periods of time. Joel Greenblatt's Magic Formula looks for companies that are both cheaply valued and earn a high return on capital. The Multi-Factor Value screener combines several valuation metrics into a single ranking, instead of relying on one number alone. The Business Quality screener asks about the substance of a business: how profitable is it, how stable, how soundly financed?

The advantage of these approaches is, first, that they are transparent. You can see which criteria are being applied, and you can judge the results for yourself. Second, they help you follow your investment strategy consistently, because they apply the same logic to every company and make them comparable.

Tailoring the Market to Your Investment Horizon

A screening result is only useful if it fits you. That is why Investiqal lets you filter by market cap, sector, and country. If you want to focus on U.S. companies, you can. If small caps are off the table for you, filter them out. And if you want to understand a single segment more closely, narrow down to one sector and see which companies come out on top by objective criteria. This lets you shape your portfolio around your own preferences without losing sight of your investment strategy.

From Screening to Decision

The screeners in Investiqal will not make the final buy or sell decision for you, but they do the time consuming and valuable groundwork: thousands of listed companies become a manageable list that follows a clear logic. From there you can take a closer look at the remaining candidates and check whether they really fit you and your appetite for risk. Every decision is ultimately yours to make, at your own risk, but Investiqal backs you up with solid information that would otherwise be tedious to gather.

Give It a Try

The screeners are available in Investiqal right now. The Pro plan gives you access to Joel Greenblatt's popular screener, which is particularly interesting from a value perspective. We deliberately chose this screener for the affordable Pro plan because it does not bet on hype and vague promises about the future, but on good companies at a reasonable valuation. If you want to try out and compare more screeners, our Pro Max plan opens up the full range. Just open the Screener section, pick a strategy, and set your filters. We hope you enjoy exploring the stock universe, and we would love to hear which strategies and filters you would like to see in the future. We keep expanding Investiqal so the world of stocks becomes understandable for everyone.