Every trading day we check thousands of listed stocks against the Altman Z-Score, a safety grade and their dividend history, so you can tell durable income from a falling share price.
See Today's ScreenEvery company is checked with the Altman Z-Score, a long-established formula for bankruptcy risk. Scores below 1.81 are flagged as distress, no matter how high the dividend looks.
We count how many years each company has paid a dividend. The screener only shows companies with at least five years of payments.
Stocks that pass the safety checks are ranked by our StockBond Score. See how the screen works.
Every stock below has a safety grade of A or B, an Altman Z-Score of at least 2.99 and five or more years of dividends. How the screen works
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A yield trap is a stock whose dividend yield looks high (say 10%) only because its share price has collapsed on business trouble, and the dividend is often cut next. We screen out companies with a distressed Altman Z-Score, a weak safety grade or a short dividend record. No screen catches every trap, so treat the list as a starting point for your own research.
The idea is to find companies stable enough that their stock behaves a bit like a bond: a strong balance sheet, steady income and a long record of paying shareholders.