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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 "Poor", market cap "Mid $2–10B", profit streak "≥5 yr": 20 match(clear filters).

#	Ticker	Mkt Cap	Score▼	10Y ROE	Profit Streak	Net Debt/Eq	Gross Margin	Report	FY
1	Ryder System Inc R · US	$9.8B	34/100 Poor	13.6%low -5.4%	5 yr	2.8×	20%	—	FY2025
2	Macy’s Inc M · US	$6.5B	34/100 Poor	0.9%low -154.5%	5 yr	0.8×	39%	—	FY2026
3	Hubei Dinglong Chemical 300054 · Shenzhen	$8.4B	33/100 Poor	6.9%low -4.5%	5 yr	0.1×	38%	—	FY2025
4	Asia Potash International Investment Guangzhou Co Ltd 000893 · Shenzhen	$6.3B	33/100 Poor	5.5%low -19.0%	8 yr	0.1×	43%	—	FY2025
5	NewJersey Resources Corporation NJR · US	$5.8B	33/100 Poor	12.2%low 7.2%	10 yr+	1.6×	13%	—	FY2025
6	Guangzhou Friendship Group Co Ltd 000987 · Shenzhen	$5.5B	33/100 Poor	8.5%low 2.8%	10 yr+	0.7×	52%	—	FY2025
7	Churchill Downs Incorporated CHDN · US	$5.9B	31/100 Poor	34.6%low -22.3%	5 yr	4.9×	29%	—	FY2025
8	Henan Zhongfu Industrial Co Ltd 600595 · Shanghai	$3.8B	31/100 Poor	-14.7%low -109.1%	5 yr	0.0×	13%	—	FY2025
9	United Parks & Resorts Inc PRKS · US	$2.1B	31/100 Poor	12.2%^‡low -13.6%	5 yr	—	61%	—	FY2025
10	Luckin Coffee LKNCY · US	$9.3B	28/100 Poor	-12.0%low -71.6%	5 yr	Net cash	13%	Luckin Coffee Zen Horizon Analysis: China's Coffee Leader in the Middle of a Valuation ResetJun 4, 2026 · Hold	FY2025
11	National Fuel Gas Company NFG · US	$7.8B	28/100 Poor	10.9%low -19.1%	5 yr	0.9×	43%	—	FY2025
12	Vista Oil Gas ADR VIST · US	$7.6B	28/100 Poor	17.7%low -20.2%	5 yr	1.1×	38%	—	FY2025
13	Archrock Inc AROC · US	$6.3B	25/100 Poor	5.4%low -8.0%	5 yr	1.6×	48%	—	FY2025
14	EPR Properties EPR · US	$4.8B	25/100 Poor	6.5%low -5.0%	5 yr	1.3×	87%	—	FY2025
15	SkyWest Inc SKYW · US	$4.2B	22/100 Poor	8.1%low -12.0%	5 yr	0.6×	21%	—	FY2025
16	Range Resources Corp RRC · US	$9.4B	21/100 Poor	-5.7%low -73.1%	5 yr	0.3×	26%	—	FY2025
17	Matador Resources Company MTDR · US	$6.2B	21/100 Poor	9.3%low -39.2%	5 yr	0.6×	42%	—	FY2025
18	Textainer Group Holdings Ltd TGH · US	$2.1B	20/100 Poor	7.8%low -4.5%	7 yr	2.5×	33%	—	FY2023
19	Trinity Industries Inc TRN · US	$2.5B	16/100 Poor	9.4%low -7.3%	5 yr	4.9×	23%	—	FY2025
20	Kinetik Holdings Inc KNTK · US	$8.5B	13/100 Poor	7.4%^‡low -29.7%	5 yr	—	25%	—	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.