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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 154 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 Decile154best 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 154 top-decile companies from 1533 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 | |
| TSM NYSE · Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 87.9 | 124.9% | 85.9% | 164.0% | 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 | |
| DRD NYSE · DRDGOLD Limited ADR Basic Materials |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 86.9 | 457.4% | 253.7% | 661.1% | 8 | |
| NTES NASDAQ · NetEase Inc Communication Services |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 86.6 | 74.6% | 41.9% | 65.9% | 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 | |
| EBF NYSE · Ennis Inc Industrials |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 85.3 | 12.6% | 7.9% | 14.3% | 0 | |
| BVN NYSE · Compania de Minas Buenaventura SAA ADR Basic Materials |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 85.3 | 16.8% | 13.0% | 18.9% | 0 | |
| AU NYSE · AngloGold Ashanti plc Basic Materials |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 85.1 | 14.3% | 8.1% | 17.5% | 8 | |
| 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 | |
| ITRN NASDAQ · Ituran Location and Control Ltd Technology |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 84.4 | 9.1% | 5.3% | 10.5% | 0 | |
| DHT NYSE · DHT Holdings Inc Energy |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 83.8 | 21.3% | 12.0% | 27.6% | 0 | |
| LPG NYSE · Dorian LPG Ltd Energy |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 83.8 | 14.4% | 12.6% | 17.0% | 0 | |
| AEM NYSE · Agnico Eagle Mines Limited Basic Materials |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 83.6 | 10.9% | 6.9% | 12.7% | 8 | |
| 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 | |
| DDI NASDAQ · Doubledown Interactive Co Ltd Communication Services |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 83.1 | 41.9% | 20.0% | 24.9% | 0 | |
| FLXS NASDAQ · Flexsteel Industries Inc Consumer Cyclical |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 82.9 | 14.2% | 10.5% | 15.9% | 0 | |
| GFI NYSE · Gold Fields Ltd ADR Basic Materials |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 82.9 | 23.9% | 15.2% | 29.0% | 8 | |
| 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 | |
| FRO NYSE · Frontline Ltd Energy |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 82.6 | 12.9% | 11.1% | 15.4% | 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 | |
| ESEA NASDAQ · Euroseas Ltd Industrials |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 82.5 | 32.1% | 28.3% | 36.0% | 11 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| AZZ NYSE · AZZ Incorporated Industrials |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 81.8 | 10.9% | 7.1% | 13.5% | 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 | |
| WEYS NASDAQ · Weyco Group Inc Consumer Cyclical |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 81.4 | 12.6% | 6.3% | 13.9% | 0 | |
| TTAM NYSE · Titan America SA Basic Materials |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 81.4 | 10.9% | 5.5% | 14.1% | 0 | |
| STNG NYSE · Scorpio Tankers Inc Energy |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 81.3 | 18.6% | 13.8% | 19.8% | 0 | |
| PAAS NYSE · Pan American Silver Corp. Basic Materials |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 81.2 | 9.4% | 6.5% | 10.6% | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| SD NYSE · SandRidge Energy Inc Energy |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 80.9 | 32.3% | 15.5% | 35.9% | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| GSL NYSE · Global Ship Lease Inc Industrials |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 80.7 | 37.0% | 28.2% | 44.2% | 11 | |
| BANX NASDAQ · Arrowmark Financial Corp Financial Services |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 80.6 | 17.6% | 18.1% | 18.3% | 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 | |
| SOGP NASDAQ · Sound Group Inc. Communication Services |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 80.3 | 567.5% | 504.1% | 631.0% | 20 | |
| JCSE NASDAQ · JE Cleantech Holdings Ltd Industrials |
Elite cash generator: strong owner-cash yield with clean quality and limited trap risk. | 80.3 | 119.5% | 47.4% | 50.7% | 8 |