Which classic investing checklists does each stock pass?
See which classic investing methods each S&P 500 stock passes, test by test. We turn 3 well-known approaches into plain yes/no tests and run them against every company in the S&P 500, using the companies' own SEC filings and daily closing prices. Every score shows its working.
| Ticker | Company | Sector | Buffett-inspired | Trend Template-inspired | F-score-inspired | All tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAPL | Apple Inc. | Information Technology | 3/6 | 7/7 | 8/9 | 18/22 |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | Health Care | 2/6 | 7/7 | 4/9 | 13/22 |
| KO | Coca-Cola Company (The) | Consumer Staples | 2/6 | 7/7 | 7/9 | 16/22 |
| MSFT | Microsoft | Information Technology | 5/6 | 7/7 | 6/9 | 18/22 |
| NVDA | Nvidia | Information Technology | 5/6 | 6/7 | 4/9 | 15/22 |
Scores are tests passed out of tests we could evaluate. "All tests" is a plain count across the three checklists, not a rating. Click a column heading to sort.
The checklists
Buffett-inspired quality & value
Looks for durable, high-return businesses with little debt, steady earnings growth, strong pricing power and real cash generation, bought at a sensible price relative to the cash the owner could take out. See all 6 tests and the leaderboard →
Minervini Trend Template-inspired
A purely price-based checklist for stocks in a confirmed long-term uptrend: price stacked above rising moving averages, well off its lows, near its highs, and outperforming the market. See all 8 tests and the leaderboard →
Piotroski F-score-inspired
Nine yes/no accounting tests comparing the latest fiscal year with the one before: is the company profitable, is its balance sheet getting safer, and is it running more efficiently? See all 9 tests and the leaderboard →
Why checklists?
Famous investors rarely publish a formula, but many have described what they look for in enough detail to test. A checklist makes those ideas concrete and repeatable: the same thresholds applied to every company, with no story-telling. It also shows where a method and a stock disagree. A business can pass every quality test and still fail on price, or be in a strong uptrend while its accounts are getting weaker.
These are screens, not verdicts. They are a starting point for your own research and are no substitute for reading the filings. See how we score for the exact definitions and their limits.