Screen · Berkshire Criteria

Buffett Quality Screen

Buffett's "wonderful business" criteria, quantified into six dimensions: earnings record (20), ROE quality (25 — Fortune's double standard), low leverage (15), pricing power (15), business stability (15) and capital efficiency (10), for a 0–100 total. The entry gate is the first of Berkshire's acquisition criteria — at least $50M average pre-tax earnings over the last three fiscal years (banks and insurers excluded, as leverage is their business model; investment trusts and closed-end funds excluded, as they are portfolios rather than operating companies). Recomputed periodically from each company's last ten fiscal years; cross-listings merged by canonical ticker. Hover the score for the six-dimension breakdown; companies we cover link to their report. Gefiltert nach score tier "Eher schwach", market "Europe (incl. UK)", market cap "Mid $2–10B": 19 match(Filter löschen).

#	Titel	Mkt Cap	Score▼	10Y ROE	Profit Streak	Net Debt/Eq	Gross Margin	Analyse	FY
1	Hugo Boss AG BOSS · XETRA	$2.8B	49/100 Eher schwach	14.7%low -29.1%	5 yr	0.5×	62%	—	FY2025
2	Watches Of Switzerland Group PLC WOSG · LSE	$2.1B	49/100 Eher schwach	12.0%low -2.3%	7 yr	0.8×	12%	—	FY2026
3	Rubis SCA RUI · Paris	$3.7B	48/100 Eher schwach	11.8%low 9.6%	10 yr+	0.5×	20%	—	FY2025
4	Sodexo SA SW · Paris	$9.0B	46/100 Eher schwach	12.1%low -11.6%	5 yr	0.9×	14%	—	FY2025
5	Nexans S.A. NEX · Paris	$7.6B	46/100 Eher schwach	8.3%low -9.7%	6 yr	0.1×	12%	—	FY2025
6	NKT A/S NKT · CO	$8.6B	45/100 Eher schwach	2.1%low -9.5%	5 yr	Net cash	34%	—	FY2025
7	ISS A/S ISS · CO	$6.9B	45/100 Eher schwach	4.5%low -79.9%	5 yr	1.4×	83%	—	FY2025
8	Mitie Group PLC MTO · LSE	$3.3B	44/100 Eher schwach	11.2%low -59.0%	5 yr	0.9×	11%	—	FY2026
9	Chemring Group PLC CHG · LSE	$2.1B	44/100 Eher schwach	5.6%low -13.9%	7 yr	0.2×	85%	—	FY2025
10	Ackermans & Van Haaren NV ACKB · BR	$9.5B	43/100 Eher schwach	9.8%low 6.5%	10 yr+	1.5×	28%	—	FY2025
11	Weir Group PLC WEIR · LSE	$8.7B	43/100 Eher schwach	4.7%low -23.7%	5 yr	0.7×	36%	—	FY2025
12	RIT Capital Partners RCP · LSE	$4.1B	43/100 Eher schwach	7.0%low -15.5%	3 yr	0.0×	100%	—	FY2025
13	Elis SA ELIS · Paris	$5.7B	42/100 Eher schwach	5.4%low 0.1%	10 yr+	1.0×	36%	—	FY2025
14	Storebrand ASA STB · OL	$9.1B	39/100 Eher schwach	10.0%low 6.2%	10 yr+	0.8×	17%	—	FY2025
15	Metlen Energy & Metals PLC MTLN · LSE	$7.1B	38/100 Eher schwach	12.9%low 3.5%	10 yr+	1.0×	16%	—	FY2025
16	SBM Offshore N.V. SBMO · Amsterdam	$5.8B	38/100 Eher schwach	10.3%low -6.2%	8 yr	1.8×	30%	—	FY2025
17	Enagás S.A. ENG · MC	$4.8B	37/100 Eher schwach	11.9%low -12.6%	1 yr	0.9×	89%	—	FY2025
18	Law Debenture Corp LWDB · LSE	$2.1B	37/100 Eher schwach	9.2%low -10.8%	3 yr	0.1×	92%	—	FY2025
19	Qinetiq Group PLC QQ · LSE	$3.5B	35/100 Eher schwach	11.2%low -29.6%	1 yr	0.3×	33%	—	FY2026

Data and methodology: the six dimensions quantify Berkshire's published acquisition criteria and Buffett's shareholder letters (1981/1987/1991/2007 among others). Qualitative tests in the originals (e.g. "simple, understandable business", "management in place") are out of scope, and price ("available at a fair price") is covered by each report's valuation range instead. Financials come from company annual reports (via EODHD); ratios are computed in reporting currency, the USD gate via static FX. "‡" marks companies whose equity is persistently negative or tiny (ROE falls back to ROCE); "†" marks missing gross profit (operating margin used). Investment trusts and closed-end funds are excluded on two tests — name and financial shape (operating margins beyond what an operating company can achieve); REITs and operating asset managers are unaffected. This is a quantitative first pass, not investment advice. When citing this data, please credit Zen Horizon (zh.app). See our methodology for the scoring process.