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Top 10 — Consumer Discretionary — 1 Sep 2026
The ten as they stood on 1 Sep 2026. Scores, pillars and reasons are the ones recorded that day; nothing here is recomputed. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100.
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The ten
| # | Company | Why it was here | Sector | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORP (PRDO) | Financial health 85th (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 25.8%).Financial health 85th (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 25.8%) and valuation 75th (price to earnings 12.6, price to book 2); weakest is trend (51st, over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 17.3 percentage points). |
Consumer Discretionary | 66.6 |
| 2 | LAUREATE EDUCATION INC (LAUR) | Profitability 79th (return on equity 28.6%, operating margin 24.4%).Profitability 79th (return on equity 28.6%, operating margin 24.4%) and trend 71st (a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day); weakest is capital return (40th, consecutive years of dividend increases 1 year). |
Consumer Discretionary | 65.5 |
| 3 | Airbnb (ABNB) | Trend 83rd (a strong uptrend, with buyers in control).Trend 83rd (a strong uptrend, with buyers in control) and financial health 81st (free cash flow margin 36.9%, debt to equity 0.3); weakest is valuation (13th, price to earnings 41.5, price to book 10.2). |
Consumer Discretionary | 64.8 |
| 4 | Garmin (GRMN) | Financial health 84th (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 20.9%).Financial health 84th (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 20.9%) and capital return 80th (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years); weakest is valuation (27th, price to earnings 28.4, price to book 5.7). |
Consumer Discretionary | 64.3 |
| 5 | Versigent (VGNT) | Financial health 86th (debt to equity 0).Financial health 86th (debt to equity 0) and trend 80th (a strong uptrend, with buyers in control); weakest is growth (47th, revenue growth year over year 8.2%). Scored on 5 of 6 pillars — it pays a dividend, but its filings carry no per-share series to count increases from; no annual share count in its filings. |
Consumer Discretionary | 62.8 |
| 6 | Gentex (GNTX) | Capital return 80th (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years).Capital return 80th (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years) and valuation 80th (price to earnings 11.5, price to book 1.9); weakest is trend (28th, over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 39.1 percentage points). |
Consumer Discretionary | 61.6 |
| 7 | Duolingo (DUOL) | Financial health 93rd (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 34.7%).Financial health 93rd (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 34.7%) and growth 90th (3-year revenue CAGR 41.1%, revenue growth year over year 29.4%); weakest is capital return (26th, consecutive years of dividend increases 0 years, net share count bought back over the year -2.6). |
Consumer Discretionary | 61.2 |
| 8 | Five Below (FIVE) | Trend 89th (a strong uptrend, with buyers in control).Trend 89th (a strong uptrend, with buyers in control) and growth 80th (revenue growth year over year 25.9%, 3-year revenue CAGR 15.7%); weakest is capital return (18th, consecutive years of dividend increases 0 years). |
Consumer Discretionary | 60.8 |
| 11 | ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH CLASS A (ANF) | Trend 76th (trading above its 200-day average).Trend 76th (trading above its 200-day average) and profitability 68th (return on equity 36.9%, operating margin 13%); weakest is capital return (18th, consecutive years of dividend increases 0 years). |
Consumer Discretionary | 58.7 |
| 15 | H&R Block (HRB) | Profitability 87th (return on equity 336.8%, operating margin 23.1%).Profitability 87th (return on equity 336.8%, operating margin 23.1%) and capital return 80th (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years); weakest is growth (33rd, 3-year revenue CAGR 2.8%, revenue growth year over year 5.4%). |
Consumer Discretionary | 57.4 |
Entered on 1 Sep 2026
Airbnb (ABNB) — Entered 1 Sep 2026: score 64.8, rank 3 (not compared with 18 Aug 2026 — those rows were scored under method version 1, this pass under 3, and the formula changed between them, so a score is only comparable within one version).
Versigent (VGNT) — Entered 1 Sep 2026: score 62.8, rank 5 (not compared with 18 Aug 2026 — those rows were scored under method version 1, this pass under 3, and the formula changed between them, so a score is only comparable within one version).
Duolingo (DUOL) — Entered 1 Sep 2026: score 61.2, rank 7 (not compared with 18 Aug 2026 — those rows were scored under method version 1, this pass under 3, and the formula changed between them, so a score is only comparable within one version).
Left on 1 Sep 2026
Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL) — Left 1 Sep 2026: score 56.4, rank 20 (not compared with 18 Aug 2026 — those rows were scored under method version 1, this pass under 3, and the formula changed between them, so a score is only comparable within one version) (a member leaves above rank 15).
Ross Stores (ROST) — Left 1 Sep 2026: score 56.9, rank 17 (not compared with 18 Aug 2026 — those rows were scored under method version 1, this pass under 3, and the formula changed between them, so a score is only comparable within one version) (a member leaves above rank 15).
SharkNinja (SN) — Left 1 Sep 2026: score 55.9, rank 23 (not compared with 18 Aug 2026 — those rows were scored under method version 1, this pass under 3, and the formula changed between them, so a score is only comparable within one version) (a member leaves above rank 15).
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