Screen stocks the Benjamin Graham way
Graham wanted stocks so cheap that even bad management could not destroy the investment. He focused on balance sheet strength and a significant margin of safety.
How this screen is built
Every result passes all filters
This screen applies all criteria simultaneously across 100,000+ stocks. Every result must pass all filters — not just one or two.
Trading Below Book Value
Graham's most fundamental test: pay less for a company than its net assets are worth. P/BV below 1 provides a hard floor of safety — even if the business earns little, the underlying assets protect the investor.
Low P/E Ratio
A low P/E as a second layer of value. Graham combined low P/BV with low P/E so the stock is cheap on both earnings and assets simultaneously — two independent confirmation signals, not just one.
Strong Current Ratio Above 2
The balance sheet must be able to pay all short-term obligations twice over. This filters out businesses that look cheap because they are financially fragile — a trap Graham called the 'balance sheet value illusion'.
Margin of Safety
Graham's defining concept: the discount between price and value must be wide enough to survive being wrong. The screen uses the undervalued flag combined with a low trap score to enforce this — genuine cheapness, not distress.
What Swalex adds on top
Ohlson O-Score below 10% to confirm bankruptcy risk is minimal. Graham was obsessed with avoiding permanent capital loss — this statistical model captures exactly that risk in a single number.
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| Ticker | Name | Country | P/BV | P/E | Current Ratio | Debt Ratio | Value Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 013030.KQ | Hy-Lok Corporation | South Korea | 1.00 | 8.8 | 9.8 | 9% | 56% |
| TRS | TriMas Corporation | USA | 1.00 | 1.6 | 4.9 | 37% | 56% |
| PTC.NS | PTC India | India | 0.99 | 6.8 | 2.0 | 49% | 58% |
| PLRM.TA | Palram | Israel | 0.99 | 7.2 | 4.6 | 28% | 53% |
| 2121.T | Mixi Inc | Japan | 0.96 | 10.1 | 4.4 | 32% | 51% |
| 5013.T | Yushiro Chemical | Japan | 0.92 | 9.3 | 2.4 | 26% | 50% |
| 601801.SS | Anhui Xinhua Media | China | 0.91 | 14.9 | 2.4 | 37% | 50% |
| 0316.HK | Orient Overseas | Hong Kong | 0.91 | 8.1 | 2.9 | 24% | 54% |
| BKG.L | Berkeley Group | UK | 0.91 | 8.8 | 3.5 | 45% | 50% |
| EXX.JO | Exxaro Resources | South Africa | 0.90 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 31% | 53% |
This screen is inspired by investment principles described in 'The Intelligent Investor' and 'Security Analysis' by Benjamin Graham. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the estate of Benjamin Graham. Not investment advice.