Published late, on 30 September 2026. The ranking and every price below are as of the close of 24 September 2026, exactly as the screen produced them that night.
1,174 US companies were ranked on the close of Thursday, 24 September 2026. Yelp is first with a score of 80.2, as it was the session before. BorgWarner joins the five, and Progyny drops out. The biggest move among them: Charles River Labs, up 6.2% on the day.
How to read the four numbers
Every company gets four scores, and each is a percentile against other companies in its own sector, on the same day. Cheapness 98 means the company looks cheaper than 98% of its sector on enterprise value against operating profit, free cash flow and sales, plus what it returns to shareholders. It does not mean cheap against the market.
The four combine into one composite: cheapness 40%, quality 30%, safety 20%, confirmation 10%. To be ranked at all a company must trade above $3.0, be worth $300 million, and turn over $2 million of stock a day. Banks, insurers and property trusts are excluded, because enterprise-value measures do not describe those balance sheets honestly. This session 1,174 companies were ranked and 154 were left out for want of data.
The five
| # | Company | Price | Score | Cheap | Qual | Safe | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YELPYelp · Consumer Services | $18.37 | 80.2 | 98 | 92 | 63 | 9 |
| 2 | NRDSNerdWallet · Technology | $8.20 | 79.7 | 98 | 84 | 65 | 25 |
| 3 | CRCTCricut · Industrials | $5.92 | 78.5 | 80 | 98 | 57 | 57 |
| 4 | BWABorgWarner · Autos & Transport Equipment | $58.48 | 77.5 | 81 | 68 | 82 | 84 |
| 5 | CRLCharles River Labs · Biotech & Pharma | $294.44 | 77.4 | 85 | 75 | 67 | 77 |
Everything except the price comes from each company’s most recent SEC filings, which can lag a quarter behind the news.
1 · Yelp — Consumer Services
Cheapness of 98: enterprise value 5.6 times operating profit, 2.8 times free cash flow and a 28.3% trailing shareholder yield. Quality of 92: 24.7% return on invested capital and profits backed by cash.
Confirmation of 9: down 24.5% over twelve months and at 73% of its 200-day average.
The filings did not supply gross profitability, so the score leans on fewer measures than usual. The shareholder yield is a trailing twelve-month figure, divided by today's market value: a lower price raises it without a dollar more being returned.
The session before it was #1 at $17.73 with a score of 80.2; today's close is +3.6% on that.
2 · NerdWallet — Technology
Cheapness of 98: enterprise value 6.6 times operating profit, 3.7 times free cash flow and a 13.0% trailing shareholder yield. Quality of 84: 20.6% return on invested capital and profits backed by cash.
Confirmation of 25: down 7.3% over twelve months and at 79% of its 200-day average.
The filings did not supply gross profitability, so the score leans on fewer measures than usual.
The session before it was #2 at $8.10 with a score of 79.5; today's close is +1.2% on that.
3 · Cricut — Industrials
Quality of 98: 68.5% return on invested capital and profits backed by cash. Cheapness of 80: enterprise value 9.6 times operating profit, 5.0 times free cash flow and a 2.0% trailing shareholder yield.
Confirmation of 57: down 13.7% over twelve months and at 127% of its 200-day average.
The session before it was #3 at $5.89 with a score of 78.1; today's close is +0.5% on that.
4 · BorgWarner — Autos & Transport Equipment
Confirmation of 84: up 48.9% over twelve months and at 99% of its 200-day average. Safety of 82: no meaningful interest cost and share count down 5.3% on the year.
Quality of 68: 16.0% return on invested capital.
The filings did not supply EV/free cash flow, accruals and net debt/EBITDA, so the score leans on fewer measures than usual.
The session before it was #6 at $60.55 with a score of 76.7; today's close is −3.4% on that.
5 · Charles River Labs — Biotech & Pharma
Cheapness of 85: enterprise value 32.6 times operating profit, 19.0 times free cash flow and a 2.5% trailing shareholder yield. Confirmation of 77: up 98.1% over twelve months and at 142% of its 200-day average.
Safety of 67: net cash, no meaningful interest cost and share count down 2.1% on the year.
The filings did not supply gross profitability, so the score leans on fewer measures than usual.
The session before it was #4 at $277.33 with a score of 77.4; today's close is +6.2% on that.
The standing limit: in testing, this ranking ordered the universe — the bottom decile performed consistently worse than the top — but the top decile itself performed about in line with the market. A high rank buys a shorter reading list. It does not buy a return.
Sources: The Vance Report’s own screen file for 24 September 2026, built from SEC company facts and Nasdaq closing prices; the method is at how the Vance Value Screener works. Educational research, not investment advice.