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75Elite Cash GeneratorsStrong owner cash, quality, durability, and low trap risk.Open list
1176Mispriced Cash MachinesHigh owner earnings yield without obvious deterioration.Open list
1533Dividend Cash CoversYield backed by cash generation rather than accounting optics.Open list
839Buyback EnginesNet repurchasers with cash support and manageable risk.Open list
Factor Intelligence
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 84 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.
Coverage5150factor snapshots
Ranked5049cash scored
Top Decile84best 10%
Elite75score 80+ low risk
Trap Sensitive1902risk 45+
Median Owner Yield4.5%ranked universe
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 1-50 of 84 top-decile companies from 839 filtered companies. Click a ticker for the cash-generation detail page.
| Company | Setup Read | Score | Owner Yield | E/P | FCF/P | Trap Risk | Pillars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEM NYSE · Newmont Goldcorp Corp Basic Materials |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 90.7 | 13.4% | 8.2% | 15.8% | 0 | |
| JHG NYSE · Janus Henderson Group PLC Financial Services |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 90.0 | 14.2% | 9.6% | 16.0% | 0 | |
| KGC NYSE · Kinross Gold Corporation Basic Materials |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 89.7 | 16.2% | 9.7% | 19.0% | 0 | |
| PRDO NASDAQ · Perdoceo Education Corp Consumer Defensive |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 89.2 | 12.1% | 7.9% | 11.0% | 0 | |
| ATAT NASDAQ · Atour Lifestyle Holdings Limited American Depositary Shares Consumer Cyclical |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 88.2 | 67.4% | 41.4% | 52.5% | 0 | |
| B NYSE · Barrick Mining Corporation Basic Materials |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 87.9 | 16.0% | 9.5% | 20.2% | 0 | |
| GNTX NASDAQ · Gentex Corporation Consumer Cyclical |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 87.3 | 11.4% | 7.5% | 13.2% | 0 | |
| CF NYSE · CF Industries Holdings Inc Basic Materials |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 86.4 | 16.5% | 10.4% | 21.8% | 0 | |
| TROW NASDAQ · T. Rowe Price Group Inc Financial Services |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 86.0 | 10.2% | 8.2% | 10.7% | 0 | |
| ZTO NYSE · ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc Industrials |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 85.8 | 101.7% | 52.1% | 157.0% | 0 | |
| STRA NASDAQ · Strategic Education Inc Consumer Defensive |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 85.6 | 11.9% | 7.0% | 14.2% | 0 | |
| UTHR NASDAQ · United Therapeutics Corporation Healthcare |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 85.3 | 7.9% | 5.5% | 8.9% | 0 | |
| CRUS NASDAQ · Cirrus Logic Inc Technology |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 85.0 | 8.2% | 5.6% | 9.0% | 0 | |
| DECK NYSE · Deckers Outdoor Corporation Consumer Cyclical |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 85.0 | 8.7% | 7.0% | 9.1% | 0 | |
| FOX NASDAQ · Fox Corp Class B Communication Services |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 84.4 | 11.7% | 8.1% | 14.5% | 0 | |
| TDC NYSE · Teradata Corp Technology |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 84.1 | 19.9% | 12.9% | 22.4% | 0 | |
| KFY NYSE · Korn Ferry Industrials |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 83.5 | 13.0% | 7.9% | 14.3% | 0 | |
| FOXA NASDAQ · Fox Corp Class A Communication Services |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 83.4 | 10.5% | 7.2% | 13.0% | 0 | |
| ACT NASDAQ · Enact Holdings Inc Financial Services |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 83.2 | 11.1% | 10.7% | 11.4% | 10 | |
| URBN NASDAQ · Urban Outfitters Inc Consumer Cyclical |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 82.9 | 12.1% | 7.8% | 15.3% | 0 | |
| PSO NYSE · Pearson PLC ADR Communication Services |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 82.7 | 11.7% | 7.7% | 14.4% | 0 | |
| SNN NYSE · Smith & Nephew SNATS Inc Healthcare |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 82.5 | 17.4% | 8.1% | 24.2% | 0 | |
| ZM NASDAQ · Zoom Video Communications Inc Technology |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 82.2 | 8.2% | 8.1% | 8.1% | 0 | |
| PXED NYSE · Phoenix Education Partners, Inc. Consumer Defensive |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 82.1 | 11.3% | 4.9% | 13.6% | 0 | |
| TBLA NASDAQ · Taboola Communication Services |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 82.1 | 17.8% | 7.8% | 22.8% | 0 | |
| NATR NASDAQ · Natures Sunshine Products Inc Consumer Defensive |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 82.1 | 9.3% | 5.3% | 10.3% | 0 | |
| CGAU NYSE · Centerra Gold Inc Basic Materials |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 82.0 | 22.5% | 19.3% | 22.1% | 0 | |
| GAP NYSE · The Gap, Inc. Consumer Cyclical |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 81.8 | 25.8% | 14.0% | 38.1% | 0 | |
| CCSI NASDAQ · Consensus Cloud Solutions Inc Technology |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 81.7 | 17.4% | 12.6% | 24.8% | 0 | |
| EXEL NASDAQ · Exelixis Inc Healthcare |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 81.7 | 6.4% | 5.9% | 6.6% | 0 | |
| RNR NYSE · Renaissancere Holdings Ltd Financial Services |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 81.4 | 23.1% | 20.2% | 30.4% | 20 | |
| ESNT NYSE · Essent Group Ltd Financial Services |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 81.0 | 12.9% | 11.5% | 14.0% | 10 | |
| EDU NYSE · New Oriental Education & Technology Consumer Defensive |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 80.9 | 12.2% | 5.4% | 14.7% | 0 | |
| DLNG NYSE · Dynagas LNG Partners LP Energy |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 80.7 | 66.6% | 50.4% | 108.4% | 0 | |
| YETI NYSE · YETI Holdings Inc Consumer Cyclical |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 80.6 | 8.2% | 4.2% | 10.3% | 0 | |
| AMG NYSE · Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. Financial Services |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 80.5 | 9.6% | 8.3% | 11.9% | 0 | |
| LOGI NASDAQ · Logitech International SA Technology |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 80.1 | 7.6% | 5.3% | 8.1% | 0 | |
| ABEV NYSE · Ambev SA ADR Consumer Defensive |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 80.1 | 62.1% | 32.4% | 63.6% | 12 | |
| EVR NYSE · Evercore Partners Inc Financial Services |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 80.0 | 10.0% | 5.6% | 12.4% | 10 | |
| HIG NYSE · Hartford Financial Services Group Financial Services |
High-quality cash candidate: attractive cash production with manageable risk checks. | 79.7 | 13.8% | 10.7% | 16.3% | 22 | |
| APEI NASDAQ · American Public Education Inc Consumer Defensive |
High-quality cash candidate: attractive cash production with manageable risk checks. | 79.7 | 8.4% | 3.9% | 9.9% | 0 | |
| ANF NYSE · Abercrombie & Fitch Company Consumer Cyclical |
High-quality cash candidate: attractive cash production with manageable risk checks. | 79.7 | 17.8% | 12.0% | 22.4% | 18 | |
| THC NYSE · Tenet Healthcare Corporation Healthcare |
High-quality cash candidate: attractive cash production with manageable risk checks. | 79.5 | 19.1% | 9.7% | 30.7% | 0 | |
| YELP NYSE · Yelp Inc Communication Services |
High-quality cash candidate: attractive cash production with manageable risk checks. | 79.5 | 20.4% | 9.5% | 26.2% | 18 | |
| LULU NASDAQ · Lululemon Athletica Inc. Consumer Cyclical |
High-quality cash candidate: attractive cash production with manageable risk checks. | 79.4 | 16.2% | 10.9% | 19.3% | 18 | |
| PIPR NYSE · Piper Sandler Companies Financial Services |
High-quality cash candidate: attractive cash production with manageable risk checks. | 79.3 | 10.6% | 5.9% | 13.0% | 10 | |
| CCEP NASDAQ · Coca-Cola European Partners PLC Consumer Defensive |
High-quality cash candidate: attractive cash production with manageable risk checks. | 79.3 | 12.1% | 7.1% | 16.0% | 0 | |
| TAL NYSE · TAL Education Group Consumer Defensive |
High-quality cash candidate: attractive cash production with manageable risk checks. | 79.2 | 16.1% | 9.8% | 17.1% | 0 | |
| CART NASDAQ · Maplebear Inc. Consumer Cyclical |
High-quality cash candidate: attractive cash production with manageable risk checks. | 79.0 | 7.9% | 4.5% | 9.3% | 0 | |
| RAMP NYSE · Liveramp Holdings Inc Technology |
High-quality cash candidate: attractive cash production with manageable risk checks. | 78.9 | 7.6% | 6.4% | 7.5% | 0 |