- 1). Go to Yahoo! Finance's Stock Screener. Yahoo! Finance is rated as the most popular investment research site on the web. See Resources for a link to the screener.
- 2). Select an industry. There are numerous industries to choose from; it depends on what you're looking for. If you're not concerned with industry, select "Any."
- 3). Select share data criteria. This part of the screen allows you to select stocks based on share price, market capitalization (size), dividend yield, and beta (volatility).
- 4). Select sales and profitability levels. The next section of the screen allows you to select stocks based on profitability criteria. This includes sales revenue and profit margin.
- 5). Select stock based on valuation criteria. Valuation ratios range from price/earnings ratio, price/book ratio, and price/sales ratio. Each of these tells you how under- or overvalued a company is, but only when compared to other companies in the same industry.
- 6). Click "Find Stocks." The screen will return a basket of stocks which match your criteria.
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