The screening items in the EZ Screen are as follows:
- Market Value – Market Capitalization in millions: (Current Price x Shares Outstanding).
- Zacks Rank – based on Zacks Indicator score. The Zacks Indicator is a proprietary fundamental stock selection model, which predicts stock price movements based on estimate revisions and EPS surprises. 1 = Strong Buy; 2 = Buy; 3 = Hold; 4 = Sell; 5 = Strong Sell; N/A = Not available.
- % Price Change - 1 Week – Percentage price change for one week.
- % Price Change - 4 Week – Percentage price change for four weeks.
- % Price Change - YTD – Percentage price change for the year to date period.
- Average Broker Rating – The average of analyst ratings for company (Strong Buy = 1; Buy = 2; Hold = 3; Sell = 4; Strong Sell = 5).
- Last EPS Surprise – Calculated as [(Act EPS Q - Last Est Q0)/Absolute value of Last Est Q0] x 100.
- Estimate Revisions - % Change F(1) 4 Week – Percent change in mean EPS estimate for the current fiscal year over the last four weeks. Calculated as ((Est EPS F1 [current]-Est EPS F1 [4 weeks ago])/Absolute value of Est EPS F1 [4 weeks ago]) x 100.
- Growth - EPS Projected - Next Year = (F1)/(F0) – Estimated EPS growth for one year using consensus estimate of current fiscal year divided by EPS of last completed fiscal year (actual if reported - consensus if not). EPS is before NRI.
- Growth - EPS Projected - Next 3-5 Yrs (%/yr.) – Mean estimate for long-term (3-5 year) annualized EPS growth as of the last completed week.
- PEG Ratio – PEG Ratio: P/E to expected EPS growth using next fiscal year estimates and projected earnings growth. A PEG of 1.0 means that a stock is trading in line with its projected growth rate.
- P/E using F(1) estimate – Price/Earnings ratio using current fiscal year estimated earnings and current price.
- Current Yield (%) – Current dividend yield.