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Understanding the Stock Screener and its Benefits

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Filtering Stocks

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A stock screener is a tool to filter stocks based on specific criteria. Users can use basic filters such as market (or country) and industry, as well as advanced filters to screen stocks based on fundamental parameters like market capitalization, price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, price-to-book value (P/BV) ratio, price/earnings to growth (PEG) ratio, dividend yield, past performance and future growth, and more to quickly find stocks that meet their investment preferences.
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Screener Alert

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If you save a screener, you will receive weekly notifications whenever new companies match the criteria that you've set.
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You can also easily view these newly matched companies within the Screener tool by clicking the button next to the results.

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Enabling Screener Alert

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To receive screener alerts, please ensure that your Screener Alert notification is enabled. To do this, go to the Notifications page and toggle on the Screener Alerts option.

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Using the Screener

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How to do basic Stock screening: By Market and Industry

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This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to screen stocks by country and market (filter by market), as well as by sector and industry (filter by industry).
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\nStep 1: Go to Screener at the top of the page or click here to launch it now.

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\nStep 2: In the “FILTER BY MARKET” click on the “Add” button to filter by country or market. This should bring up a list of countries and exchanges.
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\nStep 3: Tick on your desired country or exchange to filter and then click on the “Done” button.

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\nStep 4: In the “FILTER BY INDUSTRY” click on the “Add” button to start filtering stocks by industry.
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\nStep 5: Tick on your desired industry or industries and then click on the “Done” button to see results.
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How to use the Advanced Filters

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You can also apply Advanced Filters to screen stocks based on your preferred fundamental parameters.

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Click the \"Metrics\" button, then set the fundamental parameters according to your preferences. After adding filters, click the Done button.

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Metrics included in the Advanced Filters

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Company

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Valuation

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Future Growth Estimate

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Past Performance

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Financial Health

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Dividends

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Management

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Other

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How to Filter by Snowflake

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You can also filter by the snowflake score and shape. Just drag the pointers to adjust the Snowflake score and shape. Learn more about how the snowflake works.

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How to Filter Stocks by Searching Keywords

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The keywords field enables you to filter stocks based on the terms you enter. For example, you can input terms like 'artificial intelligence' or 'autonomous driving,' among others. Please note that this feature is currently in the beta stage. For learn more and see additional samples in this separate guide for Screening Stocks Using Keywords.

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How to Sort Screener Results

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The two dropdown menus on the right should allow you to sort the results in many different ways including market capitalization, total or individual snowflake scores, and other key metrics.

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The dropdown on the far right should allow you to choose the direction. For example, if you are looking for companies with the highest market capitalizations, simply click on “Market Cap” under “Sort by” and choose the direction as High to Low.

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Toggling Between List and Grid Views

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Simply click on the icon located to the right of the sorting option to switch between the two views.

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How to Save a Screener

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Once you have finished filtering stocks, you can save the screener by clicking on “Save Screener” and providing a name and description before clicking “Confirm”. This way you can come back to this saved screener whenever you wish to, without having to set the same parameters again.

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Another advantage of saving a screener is that you will benefit from our so-called Screener Alert. You get notified whenever a new company matches the criteria you have set for your filter.

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Accessing Your Saved Screener

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There are two ways to access your saved screeners and they are pretty straightforward:

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  1. Within the Screener, just click on the ‘Stock Screener’ dropdown field and select your saved screener as demonstrated below.

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  2. In the Dashboard, your saved screeners can also be accessed under \"My Screeners\" as shown in the screenshot below.

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Popular Screens and how to use them

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Popular Screens are curated pre-made screeners based on common and popular things that people like to screen for. Clicking on them automatically applies the filters and generates results.

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You can also find them in the Investing Ideas section under the Discover page.

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