The Screener's job is not to find the best stock in the market. It is to cut 5,957 names down to the few worth a real look, and it does that in a couple of clicks. You set the filters; you still make the call.
Step 1: Open it up and pick where to start
Figure 1. On Custom (no preset), the Screener shows the full universe: 5,957 records.
Across the top: Stocks, ETFs, Themes, Bonds, Commodities, Options. Stay on Stocks for now. In the filter bar you get 2 ways to begin:
- Finapolis Recommend (the pill with the count) — a ready-made quality screen. Click it to see the ~20 names the platform rates highly today.
- Custom (no preset) — a blank slate. That is the full universe, 5,957 records, and where we will build our own.
What Finapolis Recommend actually screens for:
- Market cap of at least $5B
- Gross margin of at least 40%, operating margin of at least 15%
- ROIC of at least 15%, ROE of at least 12%
- Free cash flow yield of at least 2%
- Debt to equity no higher than 1.0, interest coverage of at least 5x
- An Overall Score of A, with a research report
Big, profitable, low-debt, top-graded.
Step 2: Narrow it with filters
Figure 2. Set the top fields (here, United States and Overall Score A and B), then add metric cards with quick-band chips, a histogram, a slider, and exact inputs.
The top strip has 7 fields: Sector, Industry, Country, Overall Score, Report, Include, Exclude.
- For a first run → set Country = United States and Overall Score = A and B. That alone takes 5,957 down to 682.
- The rest, fast: Sector and Industry narrow where you look; Report = Y keeps only names with a research report; Include and Exclude force a ticker in or out.
Overall Score is the one to lead with:
- One grade, A to D, blending Fundamental, Health, and Technical.
- A is rare, B is common, C is the middle, D is a caution flag.
- It is the most useful single filter on the page.
Now add a metric or 2. Pick a tab (Valuation, Profitability, Ratios & Growth, Performance, Score, Themes) or just type in Search metrics. Each metric is a card with 4 ways to set a range:
- Quick-band chips → 1 click (Market Cap: Micro to Mega; Debt/Equity: Low to Extreme).
- A histogram → shows where the market actually sits.
- A slider → drag the range.
- Exact boxes → type the numbers.
The % badge tells you how much of the universe is still in range, and the count updates as you drag. Start broad and add filters only until the list is short enough to read. Over-filtering hides good names.
Step 3: Read your shortlist and hand it off
Figure 3. The same filters, now a 15-name result you can read top to bottom.
Screener Results now shows 15 records, down from 5,957. The tabs swap the columns (Overview, Valuation, Profitability, Ratios & Growth, Performance), and + New tab opens a second screen so you can compare 2 ideas side by side.
This run surfaced names like Conoco Phillips (COP), Deckers (DECK), and Brown-Forman (BF.B), all graded B. That is what the screen returned, not a tip: whether any is worth owning is a job for the Analyzer and for you.
From here:
- + Save Filter — keep the screen as a preset to reload later.
- Tick the names you want — send them on with Analyze, Report, Build Trader, or Add to Portfolio.
A screen's job is not to find the best stock. It is to cut nearly 6,000 names down to the few you can actually read.
Lead with the Overall Score, add the 2 or 3 metrics that actually define your thesis, and read the histogram before you commit to a number. Stop filtering when the list is short enough to read.
