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Screener Variables Cheat Sheet
Screener Variables Cheat Sheet
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Written by Ryan Faloona
Updated over a year ago

Below are descriptions to the different variables available in the screener. Also included is a link to more information on this variable. NOTE: you can hover your mouse over any field and a tool tip will explain what that variable is.

Symbol - Company ticker/symbol

Market Cap - Market capitalization. Total # of shares x price per share = market cap

Price - Last price

% Chg - % Price change within the time period selected

Chg, $ - Price change

Volume - Volume of shares traded within the time period selected

Exchange - Limited to companies traded on specific exchanges

Sector - Large segments of the economy

Type - Stock or ETF

Country - Limited to companies traded in specific countries

Currency - USD only right now

Industry - Industries and sub-industries

Div Yield - Dividend yield = Annual dividend / Current share price

P/E - Price to Earnings ratio.  Current share price / Earnings per share

Fwd P/E - Forward Price to Earnings Ratio. Current share price / Estimated future earnings per share

PEG - Price/Earnings-to-Growth Ratio. PEG Ratio = (Price/EPS) / EPS Growth  

P/S - Price-to-Sales Ratio. P/S Ratio = Current share price / Sales per share

P/B - Price-to-Book Ratio. P/B Ratio = Market price per share / Book Value per share

P/C - Price-to-Cash-Flow Ratio. 

ROA - Return on Assets = Net Income / Total Assets

ROA (R) - Restated Return on Assets

ROE - Return on Equity = Net Income / Shareholders’ Equity

Gross M - Gross Margin = Net Sales - Cost of goods sold

Gross M (R) - Restated Gross Margin

Oper M - Operating Margin = Operating Earnings / Revenue

Oper M (R) - Restated Operating Margin

Profit M - Gross Profit Margin = (Net sales - COGS) / Net Sales

Profit M (R) - Restated profit margin

Payout - Dividend Payout Ratio = Dividends Paid / Net Income

Inside Own - % Insider Ownership

Inst Own - % Institutional Ownership

High 52W, $ - Highest price of shares within the past 52 weeks

Low 52 W, $ - Lowest price of shares within the past 52 weeks

EPS (TTM), $ - Earnings per Share (Trailing Twelve Months) 

EPS = (Net Income - Preferred Dividends) / End-of-Period Common Shares Outstanding

Diluted EPS (TTM), $ - Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing Twelve Months)

Diluted EPS = (Net Income - Preferred Dividends) / (Weighted Average Shares Outstanding + Conversion of dilutive securities)

Float - Shares Float is the total number of shares available to trade.

Shares Float = Total # Shares - (Institutional and Closely Held Shares)

% Float - % Shares Float “shows the percentage of total Common Shares Outstanding which are freely floated on the stock exchange.” % Shares Float = Shares Float / Total Shares

Shares - Shares Outstanding “refer to a company’s stock currently held by all its shareholders”. 

Open, $ - “The opening price is the price at which a security first trades upon the opening of an exchange on a trading day.”  https://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/openingprice.asp

High, $ - High price is “the highest price at which a stock traded during the course of the trading day.” https://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/todayshigh.asp

Low, $ - Low price is “the lowest price at which a stock trades over the course of a trading day.” 

VWAP, $

”The volume weighted average price (VWAP) is a trading benchmark used by traders that gives the average price a security has traded at throughout the day, based on both volume and price.” 

% from Open - % Price change from open is the percentage change in the price of the security since the opening bell.

Avg Vol 10D - Average Volume (10 Days)

Avg Vol 30D - Average Volume (30 Days)

Avg Vol 60D - Average Volume (60 Days)

Avg Vol 90D - Average Volume (90 Days)

Vol (Rel) - Relative Volume is the ratio of the current volume of a stock compared to the average volume over a given period.

% Gap - % price gap is the difference between the premarket or opening price of a stock, compared to the closing price of the previous trading day. 

SMA 20D, $ - Simple Moving Average (20 Days) “A simple moving average (SMA) is an arithmetic moving average calculated by adding recent closing prices and then dividing that by the number of time periods in the calculation average.”

SMA 50D, $ - Simple Moving Average (50 Days) “A simple moving average (SMA) is an arithmetic moving average calculated by adding recent closing prices and then dividing that by the number of time periods in the calculation average.”

SMA 200D, $ - Simple Moving Average (200 Days) “A simple moving average (SMA) is an arithmetic moving average calculated by adding recent closing prices and then dividing that by the number of time periods in the calculation average.”

High 20D, $ - High Price (20 Days) - Highest price at which a stock has traded within the past 20 trading days.

High 50D, $ - High Price (50 Days) - Highest price at which a stock has traded within the past 50 trading days.

High 200D, $ - High Price (200 Days) - Highest price at which a stock has traded within the past 200 trading days.

Low 20D, $ - Low Price (20 Days) - Lowest price at which a stock has traded within the past 20 trading days.

Low 50D, $ - Low Price (50 Days) - Lowest price at which a stock has traded within the past 50 trading days.

Low 200D, $ - Low Price (200 Days) - Lowest price at which a stock has traded within the past 200 trading days.

RSI (14) - Relative Strength Index (14) - “The relative strength index (RSI) is a momentum indicator that measures the magnitude of recent price changes to evaluate overbought or oversold conditions in the price of a stock or other asset. The RSI is displayed as an oscillator (a line graph that moves between two extremes) and can have a reading from 0 to 100."

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