Graham Defensive Screener
Cheap, profitable, and financially sound
Graham’s defensive investor wanted stable, profitable companies with a strong balance sheet, bought at a modest valuation and a margin of safety.
We approximate it with a P/E of 20 or below, positive net margin, an Altman Z in the safe zone, and no Beneish flag. (This is the Defensive screen — not the net-net screen, which needs balance-sheet data we don’t yet compute.)
Every metric is computed from each company’s own SEC filings and documented in the glossary. This is an honest approximation of a classic strategy using the data we have — a starting point, not a verdict or a recommendation.
Educational only — not investment advice. Screens are computed from filing-derived metrics and are a research starting point, not a buy or sell signal. Strategy names refer to well-known investing approaches and do not imply endorsement by those investors.