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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. Filtered by score tier "Elite", market cap "Mega ≥$200B", Has report: 27 match(clear filters).

#	Ticker	Mkt Cap	Score▼	Baillie	10Y ROE	Profit Streak	Net Debt/Eq	Gross Margin	Report	FY
1	Visa Inc. Class A V · US	$684B	95/100 Elite	49/100	35.7%low 18.2%	10 yr+	0.1×	81%	Visa Inc. Long-Term Business Owner ResearchMay 25, 2026 · Watch	FY2025
2	KLA Corporation KLAC · US	$239B	93/100 Elite	52/100	55.9%low 44.2%	10 yr+	0.2×	61%	KLA Corporation: A Deep Value Investment AnalysisMay 22, 2026 · Watch	FY2026
3	Kweichow Moutai Co Ltd 600519 · Shanghai	$236B	93/100 Elite	48/100	30.8%low 22.9%	10 yr+	Net cash	90%	Kweichow Moutai: A Long-Term Business Owner's PerspectiveMay 21, 2026 · Watch	FY2025
4	ASML Holding NV ADR ASML · US	$626B	92/100 Elite	55/100	36.5%low 15.9%	10 yr+	Net cash	49%	ASML Holding N.V.: A €43–45bn Guidance Reset, 38x Forward Earnings, and No Conservative Margin of SafetyAug 11, 2026 · Hold	FY2025
5	Applied Materials Inc AMAT · US	$403B	92/100 Elite	48/100	38.9%low 23.8%	10 yr+	Net cash	46%	Applied Materials Deep Value Investment ResearchMay 21, 2026 · Watch	FY2025
6	Roche Holding AG ROG · SW	$326B	92/100 Elite	36/100	39.6%low 26.1%	10 yr+	0.5×	72%	Roche Zen Horizon Framework Deep Dive: A Diagnostics and Pharma Giant Past the Patent Cliff, with a Fair Price and Debated GrowthJun 5, 2026 · Hold	FY2025
7	Microsoft Corporation MSFT · US	$3.5T	91/100 Elite	67/100	34.6%low 20.0%	10 yr+	0.1×	68%	Microsoft: Azure Demand Is Real and the Moat Is Intact, but 393 USD Already Prices a Clean Conversion of the 190 Billion USD Capex WaveJul 29, 2026 · Hold	FY2026
8	Lam Research Corp LRCX · US	$367B	90/100 Elite	49/100	48.3%low 24.3%	10 yr+	Net cash	47%	Lam Research from a Long-Term Business Owner's PerspectiveMay 22, 2026 · Watch	FY2026
9	American Express Company AXP · US	$227B	89/100 Elite	46/100	27.8%low 13.6%	10 yr+	0.3×	87%	American Express Closed-Loop Payments Platform ResearchMay 23, 2026 · Watch	FY2025
10	Arista Networks ANET · US	$227B	88/100 Elite	56/100	24.1%low 15.3%	10 yr+	Net cash	64%	Arista Networks: A Long-Term Study of the Data Center Switching LeaderMay 23, 2026 · Watch	FY2025
11	LOréal S.A. OR · Paris	$222B	88/100 Elite	46/100	16.5%low 12.3%	10 yr+	0.1×	73%	L’Oréal: Record First-Half Margins and a Broad-Based Recovery, but 30 Times Earnings Already Prices In the China and Gucci UpsideAug 5, 2026 · Hold	FY2025
12	Novo Nordisk A/S NOVO-B · CO	$210B	88/100 Elite	52/100	59.3%low 52.8%	10 yr+	0.5×	84%	Novo Nordisk: A Long-Term Owner's PerspectiveMay 17, 2026 · Watch	FY2025
13	Cisco Systems Inc CSCO · US	$457B	87/100 Elite	45/100	22.4%low 0.3%	10 yr+	0.3×	63%	Cisco Systems: A Value-Investing Deep DiveMay 22, 2026 · Watch	FY2025
14	Costco Wholesale Corp COST · US	$422B	87/100 Elite	45/100	25.4%low 19.5%	10 yr+	Net cash	13%	Costco: A Deep-Dive Value Investing AnalysisMay 21, 2026 · Watch	FY2025
15	Mastercard Inc MA · US	$502B	86/100 Elite	49/100	60.0%low 60.0%	10 yr+	1.0×	77%	Mastercard Deep Value Investment ResearchMay 25, 2026 · Watch	FY2025
16	Alphabet Inc Class C GOOG · US	$4.4T	85/100 Elite	65/100	21.7%low 8.3%	10 yr+	Net cash	57%	Alphabet: Search and Cloud Are Both Accelerating, but a 200 Billion Dollar Build Has Turned Free Cash Flow Negative and 333.68 Dollars Already Prices In the Base CaseJul 31, 2026 · Hold	FY2025
17	Meta Platforms Inc. META · US	$1.4T	84/100 Elite	56/100	24.3%low 17.3%	10 yr+	0.0×	82%	Meta Platforms: Revenue Grew 28% While Free Cash Flow Fell to 784 Million Dollars, and 556.71 Dollars Buys the Base Case With No Margin of SafetyAug 1, 2026 · Hold	FY2025
18	UnitedHealth Group Incorporated UNH · US	$376B	84/100 Elite	43/100	21.4%low 12.8%	10 yr+	0.5×	23%	UnitedHealth Group (UNH): A Deep-Dive Value Investing StudyMay 25, 2026 · Watch	FY2025
19	Procter & Gamble Company PG · US	$335B	84/100 Elite	44/100	26.6%low 8.3%	10 yr+	0.4×	50%	P&G Deep-Dive Value Research ReportMay 25, 2026 · Watch	FY2026
20	Apple Inc. AAPL · US	$4.5T	83/100 Elite	43/100	54.7%low 35.6%	10 yr+	0.8×	41%	Apple Inc.: Strip Out the Tariff Refunds and the 50.1% Margin Becomes 48.1%, While 308.91 Dollars Earns Less Than the Ten-Year TreasuryAug 1, 2026 · Hold	FY2025
21	LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton MC · Paris	$253B	83/100 Elite	44/100	19.2%low 12.1%	10 yr+	0.3×	67%	LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE: Fashion & Leather Goods Supplies 71% of H1 2026 Recurring Operating Profit, and EUR 426.55 Sits 33% Above the EUR 320 Conservative ValueSep 9, 2026 · Hold	FY2025
22	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing TSM · US	$2.1T	82/100 Elite	57/100	26.3%low 21.8%	10 yr+	Net cash	53%	TSMC: Earnings Have Outrun the Share Price to a 28.1x Trailing Multiple, but a Limit-Up Close at NT$2,425 Leaves Only a Limited Margin of SafetyJul 31, 2026 · Hold	FY2025
23	Johnson & Johnson JNJ · US	$618B	82/100 Elite	48/100	25.5%low 2.2%	10 yr+	0.3×	69%	Johnson & Johnson Deep Value Analysis: A Good Company Is Not CheapMay 25, 2026 · Watch	FY2025
24	Tencent Holdings Ltd 0700 · HK	$548B	82/100 Elite	53/100	21.1%low 13.2%	10 yr+	Net cash	48%	Tencent Holdings: A 12.8% Re-Rating on an Unconfirmed WeChat Agent, While Q1 Disclosed RMB8.8 Billion of AI DragAug 9, 2026 · Hold	FY2025
25	Texas Instruments Incorporated TXN · US	$252B	82/100 Elite	49/100	46.2%low 28.4%	10 yr+	0.6×	63%	Texas Instruments Analog and Embedded Processors ResearchMay 23, 2026 · Watch	FY2025
26	NVIDIA Corporation NVDA · US	$4.9T	81/100 Elite	66/100	39.9%low 19.8%	10 yr+	Net cash	64%	NVIDIA: Demand Has Broadened Beyond the Hyperscalers, but Its Funding Base Has Not, and 197 USD Already Prices Continued ExcellenceJul 29, 2026 · Hold	FY2026
27	Nestle S.A. NESN · SW	$265B	80/100 Elite	37/100	23.7%low 11.7%	10 yr+	1.6×	48%	Nestlé S.A.: A Narrow RIG Recovery Behind a 15-16x Operating Multiple Once L'Oréal's CHF 35bn Is Stripped Out, and CHF 78.31 Leaves No Conservative Margin of SafetySep 5, 2026 · Hold	FY2025

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.