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Cash Generators

A US ranking of companies producing real owner cash. We score cash yield, cash quality, durability, balance sheet strength, capital allocation, and market confirmation, then apply a value-trap brake.

The top decile currently contains 156 companies. The strongest reads combine owner earnings, cash conversion, manageable leverage, and enough market confirmation to reduce the chance of a cheap-but-declining trap.

Method

Not just cheap. Cash-rich without the trap.

The proprietary indicator is Sharemaestro Owner Earnings Yield: a conservative blend of free cash flow yield, FCF to market value, and earnings to price. The final score rewards businesses that convert profit into cash and penalises deterioration.

01Cash Yield

Owner earnings yield, FCF yield, earnings/price and EV/FCF.

02Cash Quality

FCF margin, cash conversion, accruals, ROIC and Piotroski strength.

03Durability

FCF growth, revenue growth, margin quality and earnings stability.

04Trap Brake

Weak momentum, leverage, shrinking revenue, poor conversion and distress signals reduce the score.

Coverage5118factor snapshots
Ranked5018cash scored
Top Decile156best 10%
Elite70score 80+ low risk
Trap Sensitive1876risk 45+
Median Owner Yield4.7%ranked universe
70Elite Cash GeneratorsStrong owner cash, quality, durability, and low trap risk.Open list 1195Mispriced Cash MachinesHigh owner earnings yield without obvious deterioration.Open list 1554Dividend Cash CoversYield backed by cash generation rather than accounting optics.Open list 844Buyback EnginesNet repurchasers with cash support and manageable risk.Open list
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Owner Yield Cohorts

How the top decile is distributed by owner earnings yield, with average quality overlaid.

Top-Decile Pillar Shape

The average profile of the best 10%: yield, quality, durability, balance sheet, allocation and trend.

Top 10% Cash Generators

Showing 151-156 of 156 top-decile companies from 1554 filtered companies. Click a ticker for the cash-generation detail page.

CompanySetup ReadScoreOwner YieldE/PFCF/PTrap RiskPillars
BBW
NYSE · Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc
Consumer Cyclical
High-quality cash candidate: attractive cash production with manageable risk checks. 74.9 16.6% 12.8% 20.4% 18
Yield100
Quality82
Durable74
OSPN
NASDAQ · OneSpan Inc
Technology
High-quality cash candidate: attractive cash production with manageable risk checks. 74.9 12.5% 12.4% 12.0% 8
Yield98
Quality74
Durable69
OTTR
NASDAQ · Otter Tail Corporation
Industrials
High-quality cash candidate: attractive cash production with manageable risk checks. 74.9 17.7% 8.1% 24.5% 0
Yield94
Quality76
Durable70
UAN
NYSE · CVR Partners LP
Basic Materials
High-quality cash candidate: attractive cash production with manageable risk checks. 74.9 14.0% 9.9% 18.5% 0
Yield98
Quality95
Durable41
LTM
NYSE · LATAM Airlines Group S.A.
Industrials
High-quality cash candidate: attractive cash production with manageable risk checks. 74.9 22.1% 10.2% 32.2% 0
Yield100
Quality85
Durable70
FTI
NYSE · TechnipFMC PLC
Energy
High-quality cash candidate: attractive cash production with manageable risk checks. 74.9 5.8% 3.8% 6.9% 0
Yield53
Quality98
Durable80
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