{"id":14616,"date":"2026-06-02T07:39:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/?p=14616"},"modified":"2026-06-02T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:45:00","slug":"how-to-use-screener-to-find-stocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/finance\/how-to-use-screener-to-find-stocks\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Screener.in to Find Great Indian Stocks: Step-by-Step Guide 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"How<\/figure>\n\n\n

Why Screener.in is the Best Free Tool for Indian Stock Research<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Screener.in<\/a> provides fundamental financial data for all NSE<\/a>\/BSE-listed companies going back 10+ years \u2014 free of charge for basic use. It allows you to build custom screens (filters) to find stocks meeting specific criteria across 4,000+ listed companies. It is the most widely used equity research tool among Indian retail investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting Started: Navigating Screener.in<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Go to screener.in and create a free account (email + password)In the search bar, type any company name or NSE symbolThe company page shows: Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Ratios, ShareholdingTo build a screen: click ‘Screens’ \u2192 ‘Create New Screen’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more:<\/strong> How to read a balance sheet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Ratios to Screen For<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Ratio<\/th>Formula<\/th>What It Indicates<\/th>Good Range (India)<\/th><\/tr>
P\/E Ratio<\/td>Price \/ Earnings per share<\/td>Market’s valuation vs earnings<\/td>< 25x for value; varies by sector<\/td><\/tr>
ROE<\/td>Net Profit \/ Shareholders Equity<\/td>How efficiently equity is deployed<\/td>> 15%<\/td><\/tr>
ROCE<\/td>EBIT \/ Capital Employed<\/td>Returns on all capital<\/td>> 15%<\/td><\/tr>
Debt to Equity<\/td>Total Debt \/ Equity<\/td>Leverage risk<\/td>< 1x (lower is better)<\/td><\/tr>
Sales Growth (5Y CAGR)<\/td>Revenue compound growth<\/td>Business momentum<\/td>> 12%<\/td><\/tr>
Promoter Pledge %<\/td>Pledged shares \/ Total promoter<\/td>Governance risk<\/td>< 10% (zero is best)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Building a Quality Screen on Screener.in<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the Screen builder, enter these criteria (separated by AND):Return on equity > 15Debt to equity < 1Sales growth 5Years > 12Profit growth 5Years > 12Promoter holding > 40Current ratio > 1.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Run the screen \u2014 it will show companies matching all these criteria. Review the list for further manual research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading a Screener.in Company Page<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Section<\/th>What to Look For<\/th><\/tr>
Profit & Loss<\/td>Revenue and profit trend \u2014 consistent growth or lumpy?<\/td><\/tr>
Balance Sheet<\/td>Debt trend \u2014 is the company reducing debt over time?<\/td><\/tr>
Cash Flows<\/td>Is operating cash flow greater than reported profit? (Quality check)<\/td><\/tr>
Ratios Chart<\/td>10-year trend of ROE, ROCE, PE \u2014 is quality improving or deteriorating?<\/td><\/tr>
Shareholding<\/td>Promoter pledge trend \u2014 increasing pledge is a major red flag<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Why Screener.in is the Best Free Tool for Indian Stock Research Screener.in provides fundamental financial data for all NSE\/BSE-listed companies going back 10+ years \u2014 free of charge for basic use. It allows you to build custom screens (filters) to find stocks meeting specific criteria across 4,000+ listed companies. It is the most widely used […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":14617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_ayudawp_aiss_exclude":false,"_ayudawp_aiss_summary":"Why Screener.in is the Best Free Tool for Indian Stock Research. Screener.in provides fundamental financial data for all NSE\/BSE-listed companies going back 10+ years \u2014 free of charge for basic use. Go to screener.in and create a free account (email + password)In the search bar, type any company name or NSE symbolThe company page shows: Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Ratios, ShareholdingTo build a screen: click 'Screens' \u2192 'Create New Screen'.","_ayudawp_aiss_summary_provider":"extractive","_ayudawp_aiss_summary_hash":"a6bb5bcd37edd6188bb06bd2b89d4e4d3a7763b4","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[621,620,622],"class_list":["post-14616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance","tag-how-to-use-screen-in","tag-screener-in","tag-screener-in-review"],"blocksy_meta":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eff60121-c928-4386-bd79-6acad12b7b02.png",1693,929,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eff60121-c928-4386-bd79-6acad12b7b02-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eff60121-c928-4386-bd79-6acad12b7b02-300x165.png",300,165,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eff60121-c928-4386-bd79-6acad12b7b02-768x421.png",768,421,true],"large":["https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eff60121-c928-4386-bd79-6acad12b7b02-1024x562.png",1024,562,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eff60121-c928-4386-bd79-6acad12b7b02-1536x843.png",1536,843,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eff60121-c928-4386-bd79-6acad12b7b02.png",1693,929,false],"web-stories-poster-portrait":["https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eff60121-c928-4386-bd79-6acad12b7b02-640x853.png",640,853,true],"web-stories-publisher-logo":["https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eff60121-c928-4386-bd79-6acad12b7b02-96x96.png",96,96,true],"web-stories-thumbnail":["https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eff60121-c928-4386-bd79-6acad12b7b02-150x82.png",150,82,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Team Lemonn","author_link":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/author\/yudh\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Why Screener.in is the Best Free Tool for Indian Stock Research Screener.in provides fundamental financial data for all NSE\/BSE-listed companies going back 10+ years \u2014 free of charge for basic use. It allows you to build custom screens (filters) to find stocks meeting specific criteria across 4,000+ listed companies. It is the most widely used…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14616"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14619,"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14616\/revisions\/14619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonn.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}