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Piotroski F-score: S&P 500 companies scoring 8 or 9
61 of 497 companies (US (S&P 500)) pass; 69 lack the data.*
The F-score adds a point for each of nine improvements over the prior year: positive ROA and cash flow, rising ROA, cash flow above earnings, lower leverage, better liquidity, no new shares, higher gross margin and asset turnover. Piotroski applied it to cheap stocks; we use no prices, so this is the quality half of the method only.
Condition: Piotroski F-score ≥ 8 of 9. Nine checks on the two latest annual reports: ROA > 0; operating cash flow > 0; ROA up; cash flow > net income; debt/assets down; current ratio up; no more shares; gross margin up; asset turnover up. The score is the number of checks passed; where a check has no data, the threshold scales with the number of checkable items (7 of 9 → 6 of 8 or 6 of 7, rounded up); fewer than seven checkable — “no data”. Not computed for banks and insurers — the method is for non-financial companies.
First 10 alphabetically
| Company | Piotroski F-score ≥ 8 of 9 |
|---|---|
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.AMD · Information Technology · FY2025 | 8 of 9 |
| Analog Devices, Inc.ADI · Information Technology · FY2025 | 8 of 9 |
| Apple Inc.AAPL · Information Technology · FY2025 | 8 of 9 |
| AppLovin CorporationAPP · Communication Services · FY2025 | 7 of 7 checkable (threshold 7) |
| Automatic Data Processing, Inc.ADP · Industrials · FY2026 | 8 of 8 checkable (threshold 8) |
| Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.BR · Industrials · FY2026 | 8 of 8 checkable (threshold 8) |
| Cintas CorporationCTAS · Industrials · FY2026 | 8 of 9 |
| CME Group Inc.CME · Financials · FY2025 | 7 of 7 checkable (threshold 7) |
| FactSet Research Systems Inc.FDS · Financials · FY2025 | 8 of 8 checkable (threshold 8) |
| Fastenal CompanyFAST · Industrials · FY2025 | 8 of 9 |
51 more in the full screener table: every company, sorting, “why it failed” and any other conditions.
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By sector
- Industrials — 14
- Information Technology — 11
- Health Care — 10
- Financials — 8
- Consumer Discretionary — 6
- Consumer Staples — 5
- Materials — 5
- Communication Services — 1
- Energy — 1
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Data: annual company filings, updated 2026-10-16. No prices or multiples are used.
* Not investment advice. The screener lists companies that formally meet the conditions you choose, based on published reports; it does not consider your goals, horizon or risk tolerance and does not say whether to buy or sell.
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