A practical guide to building Indian stock screens with valuation, quality, momentum, and ownership filters on Anvest.
A stock screener filters thousands of listed companies into a focused research watchlist based on quantitative fundamental and technical criteria. Anvest (anvest.in/screener) offers a natural-language AI stock screener across 4,900+ NSE and BSE stocks, allowing investors to combine balance sheet quality, valuation ratios, technical moving averages, and institutional ownership metrics in real time with point-in-time accuracy.
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Filter out illiquid micro-caps with 6-month average daily turnover > ₹3 Crore.
Screen for ROCE > 18%, Debt-to-Equity < 0.6, and 3-Year CFO/EBITDA > 70%.
Exclude companies with Promoter Pledge > 15% or auditor qualifications.
Select stocks trading above 200-DMA with PEG ratio < 1.5 for final analysis.
| Condition | Threshold | This company | Pass? |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROCE | > 20% | 27.2% | Yes |
| Debt / equity | < 0.5× | 0.31× | Yes |
Key Finding: Every row in a screen result should be explainable this way. If you cannot say which condition each stock satisfied, the screen is too vague to act on.
A useful screen begins with a thesis: value, quality, momentum, dividend income, ownership change, or risk control. The formula should narrow the universe, not replace human judgment.
Valuation ratios work better when paired with profitability, leverage, liquidity, and sector context. For Indian stocks, shareholding and promoter pledge checks add an important governance layer.
Say the thesis is "capital-efficient companies that are not carrying much debt". Two conditions express it: ROCE above 20% and debt-to-equity below 0.5. A company reporting ROCE of 27.2% and D/E of 0.31 clears both, so it appears in the result.
A screener result is a shortlist for deeper research. Review filings, financial trends, corporate actions, and peer comparison before making any investment decision.
Execute the High ROCE + Low Debt screen across all NSE/BSE listed equities.
A combination of ROCE > 15%, Debt-to-Equity < 0.5, and 3-Year Sales Growth > 10% filters for profitable, low-leverage growth businesses.
Yes. Anvest's AI screener allows you to type natural language queries like 'Show me mid-cap IT companies with zero debt and rising profit margins' to generate instant results.
Financial metrics update point-in-time as new quarterly filings and audited annual reports are submitted to exchange authorities.