CANSLIM
William O'Neil's growth leaders: accelerating earnings, new highs, and institutions buying.
O'Neil studied the biggest winners of the 20th century and found they shared strong current and annual earnings growth, high return on equity, prices near new highs, top relative strength and rising institutional ownership before their big moves. The method expects you to cut losses quickly; the screen only finds candidates.
Based on How to Make Money in Stocks (William O'Neil, 1988).
$10,000 in this list since 2016
Rebuilt every month from the data public at the time
- Per year
- +13.1%
- All stocks +9.4%, S&P 500 +13.8%
- Worst fall from a peak
- -44%
- All stocks -35%
- Months ahead of all stocks
- 57%
- 120 months tested
- Stocks held, on average
- 11
- Equal weights
- Past 12 months
- +2.9%
- All stocks +4.1%, S&P 500 +12.4%
- Volatility, per year
- 25%
- All stocks 22%
- Sharpe ratio
- 0.51
- All stocks 0.40; return over cash per unit of volatility
- Replaced each month
- 52%
- Share of the list that changes at a rebalance
Live since Oct 19, 2026. Holding the list as published, rebought at each month end: +0.0% against +2.1% for all stocks and +0.7% for the S&P 500, to Oct 30, 2026. Too short a period to read much into.
- CANSLIM
- All US stocks, equal weight
- S&P 500 (price only)
Year by year
| Portfolio | 2016from Oct 31 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026to Oct 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This list | +13% | +32% | -3% | +19% | +6% | -9% | -17% | -2% | +94% | +22% | +7% |
| All US stocks | +12% | +19% |
11 stocks on the list today
As of the close on Oct 30, 2026; 0 joined and 2 left since Oct 29, 2026
| # | Company | Share price | 1D | Market cap | EPS Q YoY | EPS 3Y | ROE | RS rank | From 52W high | Inst. shares chg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $13.93 | −2.9% | $787M | +450% | 86.6% | 30.8% | 98.0 | −10.8% | +15.9% | |
| 2 |
Left the list at the latest update
More growth ideas
- Breakout quarterJust reported: revenue up 20% and profit up 40% on the same quarter last year.
- Small-cap growthCompanies worth $300M to $2B growing sales and profits 20%+ with healthy returns on equity.
- Mega-cap growersCompanies worth over $50B that still grow revenue 10%+ a year with 15%+ return on equity.
- TurnaroundsFive flat or shrinking years, then a quarter with revenue up 25% and profit up 50%.
A list produced by rules, not a recommendation. Past results in the backtest don't predict future returns. How the backtests work.