Value investing stock screener: find stocks trading below what they are actually worth

Use a value investing stock screener built around the principles of Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett. Filter 25,000 stocks by P/E, P/B, margin of safety and quality metrics.

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Graham and Buffett methodology

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Price relative to annual earnings per share. Graham used below 15 as his upper threshold for value stocks.

Current share price relative to net asset value per share. A P/B below 1 means you are paying less than the accounting value of the assets.

Total debt relative to shareholder equity. High leverage amplifies losses in downturns. Graham preferred below 0.5.

Net income relative to shareholder equity. Buffett used consistent ROE above 15% as a sign of durable competitive advantage.

Net income as a percentage of revenue. Stable margins over time indicate pricing power and cost control.

Price relative to next year's expected earnings. Useful for seeing whether current valuation assumes significant earnings growth.

Annual dividend relative to share price. Graham viewed consistent dividends as evidence of earnings quality and management discipline.

Where the current price sits relative to the year's high and low. Deep value candidates often cluster near their 52-week lows.

Relative Strength Index between 0 and 100. Value investors sometimes use RSI to confirm a stock has been oversold before entry.

Apply Benjamin Graham's criteria and Warren Buffett's quality filters across 25,000 companies in 52 countries. Set your margin of safety threshold and let the screener do the first pass.

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All filters in one flat list. Adjust any threshold and the value investing stock screener updates the results instantly across 25,000 companies.

Professor at Columbia Business School. Mentor of Warren Buffett.

Security Analysis

The Intelligent Investor

The man who turned stock picking into a discipline

Benjamin Graham began his career on Wall Street in 1914, during a period when investing was largely speculation dressed up as analysis. What he observed was that most people bought stocks the way they bought lottery tickets: on hope, rumour and the direction prices had recently moved. Graham believed there was a better way.

His first major book, Security Analysis, co-authored with David Dodd in 1934, laid out a systematic framework for evaluating businesses rather than just their share prices. The Intelligent Investor followed in 1949 and introduced the concept of Mr Market: a fictional business partner whose mood swings between fear and euphoria, creating mispricing that a patient investor can exploit.

Graham taught at Columbia Business School for decades. One of his students was Warren Buffett, who later described The Intelligent Investor as the best book ever written on investing. Buffett took Graham's principles and adapted them by placing greater emphasis on business quality, but the foundation, buying at a discount to what something is actually worth, has never changed.

Answer a few questions and get a focused value stock list

The Smart Filter translates your investment approach into a concrete set of criteria. Tell it how you think about valuation, how much margin of safety you need, and how patient you are. It sets the filters and generates the list.

Valuation philosophy

Graham-style deep value or Buffett-style quality at a fair price

Margin of safety threshold

Set how far below fair value the stock needs to trade before you act

Holding period

Short patience or multi-year commitment changes which stocks fit

Graham's original thresholds, applied across global markets

P/E below 15, P/B below 1.5 and a clean balance sheet. These criteria were designed to find companies where the price already reflected bad news, leaving room for recovery. The value investing stock screener lets you apply them to 25,000 companies at once.

Classic valuation filters

P/E, P/B, EV/EBITDA and free cash flow yield in one place

Quality layer on top

ROE, profit margin and earnings consistency to avoid value traps

Technical confirmation

RSI and 52-week position to check whether the price is already moving

Build and save your filter set

Store your criteria and rerun them each week with one click

Value investing ratio reference

What each ratio measures and the thresholds Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett have used historically. Green does not mean buy, but it means the number passes the first test.

How value investing works in practice

The philosophy behind the value investing stock screener. What Graham and Buffett actually meant, why certain criteria matter, and how to use them without repeating the mistakes most investors make.

Ready to apply Graham's criteria to real stocks?

The value investing stock screener covers 25,000 stocks across 52 countries, with all the classic Graham and Buffett criteria in one place. Free account, no credit card.

Built for value investors who want results, not complexity

The screener is organised around the metrics that actually matter for finding undervalued businesses

About Belegget

Belegget was built around one observation: finding quality stocks does not have to involve hours of manual research. The screener gives individual investors access to the same filtering logic that professional analysts use, without requiring a Bloomberg terminal or a finance degree.

Questions about value investing and the screener

Practical answers for investors who are new to screening and those who have been doing it for years

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Benefits

Margin of safety built in

Every filter combination surfaces candidates trading below what their numbers justify. The screener does not pick winners for you, but it removes the noise.

Graham and Buffett methodology

P/E, P/B, debt coverage and ROE thresholds follow the logic Benjamin Graham described in The Intelligent Investor and that Buffett has applied for decades.

25,000 stocks across 52 countries

Classic value opportunities appear outside the S&P 500 more often than inside it. European and Asian markets are included by default.

Screen in under three minutes

Set your thresholds, click apply, review the list. No spreadsheets, no data subscriptions, no manual ratio calculation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is value investing stock screening different from general stock screening?
Yes, in a meaningful way. General screeners let you filter by almost anything and leave the interpretation to you. A value investing screener is organised around the specific question of whether a stock is trading below what the business is actually worth. The filters that matter most are valuation ratios like P/E and P/B, combined with quality indicators that tell you whether the underlying business deserves a higher valuation in the first place.
Can a screener replace doing your own fundamental research?
No, and it was never designed to. A screener narrows 25,000 companies down to a manageable list based on quantitative criteria. It cannot tell you whether a company
Why do some genuinely cheap stocks never recover?
These are called value traps. A business can have a low P/E because the market expects earnings to fall, and it turns out to be right. The screener addresses this partly by including quality filters alongside valuation filters. A low P/E combined with healthy ROE and profit margins is more interesting than a low P/E on its own. That combination does not guarantee recovery, but it reduces the likelihood of buying a structurally declining business.
How does the Smart Filter work for value investing?
The Smart Filter asks you a short series of questions about your investment approach, your preferred holding period, and how much margin of safety you want. It then translates your answers into a specific combination of filters and shows you companies that match. You can review or adjust the criteria before and after running it.
What data sources does Belegget use?
Financial data is sourced from EODHD, which covers exchanges in North America, Europe, Asia and emerging markets. Ratios like P/E, P/B, debt to equity and ROE are calculated from reported financial statements and updated on a regular schedule. The screener shows you data as it stands at the time of screening, not historical simulations.
Does the screener cover international value stocks?
Yes. The database includes approximately 25,000 companies across 52 countries. European and Asian markets tend to produce more traditional value opportunities than US large caps, which have traded at premium valuations for many years. You can filter by country or region and combine that with any fundamental criteria.
Is the screener free to use?
The basic version including core value filters is free with a registered account. No credit card is required to create an account and run your first screen. A premium plan unlocks additional filters, unlimited screening and the full watchlist functionality.
How long should I expect to hold a value stock after buying it?
There is no fixed answer, but value investing historically requires patience measured in years rather than months. A stock trading at a 30% discount to fair value might hold that discount for 18 months before the market recognises it. The holding period question is really a question of whether your thesis remains intact, not whether the price has moved yet.