Deep Value 50
50 Graham-style bargain stocks — the unloved, low-P/E names the market has discounted but that are still profitable and paying shareholders. This is the classic value-investor list: stocks you buy when everyone else is scared. Hardest part of a Graham screen is separating 'cheap because boring' from 'cheap because broken' — our coverage + beta + profitability gates catch most traps.
Selection Criteria
- Market cap ≥ $5B — real businesses, not penny-stock speculation
- Positive TTM earnings — profits are Graham's first rule
- P/E between 5 and 18 — value sweet spot; below 5 signals distress
- Price within 35% of 52-week high — not a falling knife
- Not in a blocked category (Chinese ADRs, miners, distressed biotech)
- Ranked 100-pt score: Cheapness 30 · Size 15 · Shareholder 15 · Coverage 15 · Stability 15 · Quality 10
Who This List Is For
Value investors, Graham disciples, contrarians, and anyone who buys when others are fearful.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How does this differ from Buffett Quality?
Buffett buys great businesses at fair prices. Graham bought average businesses at bargain prices. Overlap exists (a great business at a bargain is gold), but Deep Value will include unloved cyclicals and utilities that Buffett's moat-first lens would pass on.
How do you avoid value traps?
Three guardrails: (1) we reject P/E < 5 (almost always distress); (2) price must be within 35% of 52wk high (no falling knives); (3) the quality pillar penalizes analyst-negative names. No screen is trap-proof — do your homework.
Why is the style tagged 'dividend'?
We use the same screener column preset as Dividend 50 since both audiences care about yield, P/E, and stability. Graham himself favored dividend-payers — they proved the earnings were real cash, not an accounting artifact.
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