1,183 US companies were ranked on the close of Wednesday, 7 October 2026. Flexsteel Industries is first with a score of 83.0. Flexsteel Industries and Gentex join the five, and Progyny and Consolidated Water Co. drop out. The biggest move among them: NerdWallet, up 2.6% 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 1,183 companies were ranked and 141 were left out for want of data.
The five
| # | Company | Price | Score | Cheap | Qual | Safe | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FLXSFlexsteel Industries Inc. · Materials | $86.50 | 83.0 | 75 | 84 | 91 | 98 |
| 2 | CRCTCricut · Industrials | $6.36 | 82.8 | 81 | 99 | 72 | 62 |
| 3 | NRDSNerdWallet · Technology | $9.09 | 80.8 | 97 | 85 | 68 | 28 |
| 4 | GNTXGentex Corp. · Autos & Transport Equipment | $21.08 | 80.2 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 46 |
| 5 | YELPYelp · Consumer Services | $18.40 | 80.1 | 99 | 90 | 63 | 9 |
Everything except the price comes from each company’s most recent SEC filings, which can lag a quarter behind the news.
1 · Flexsteel Industries Inc. — Materials
Confirmation of 98: up 95.9% over twelve months and at 144% of its 200-day average. Safety of 91: net cash, interest covered 2114.7 times and share count down 22.6% on the year.
Cheapness of 75: enterprise value 8.4 times operating profit and 7.1 times free cash flow.
New to the top of the board this session.
2 · Cricut — Industrials
Quality of 99: 96.0% return on invested capital and profits backed by cash. Cheapness of 81: enterprise value 8.7 times operating profit, 5.3 times free cash flow and a 1.9% trailing shareholder yield.
Confirmation of 62: down 5.4% over twelve months and at 135% of its 200-day average.
The session before it was #1 at $6.38 with a score of 82.2; today's close is −0.3% on that.
3 · NerdWallet — Technology
Cheapness of 97: enterprise value 6.5 times operating profit, 4.0 times free cash flow and a 12.1% trailing shareholder yield. Quality of 85: 23.7% return on invested capital and profits backed by cash.
Confirmation of 28: down 12.7% over twelve months and at 90% 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 $8.86 with a score of 80.7; today's close is +2.6% on that.
4 · Gentex Corp. — Autos & Transport Equipment
Quality of 84: 17.6% return on invested capital and profits backed by cash. Cheapness of 84: enterprise value 8.5 times operating profit, 7.3 times free cash flow and a 9.3% trailing shareholder yield.
Confirmation of 46: down 16.5% over twelve months and at 90% of its 200-day average.
The filings did not supply interest cover, so the score leans on fewer measures than usual.
The session before it was #9 at $21.55 with a score of 77.5; today's close is −2.2% on that.
5 · Yelp — Consumer Services
Cheapness of 99: enterprise value 5.7 times operating profit, 3.1 times free cash flow and a 28.8% trailing shareholder yield. Quality of 90: 21.5% return on invested capital and profits backed by cash.
Confirmation of 9: down 36.1% over twelve months and at 75% of its 200-day average.
The filings did not supply gross profitability and interest cover, 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 #3 at $18.14 with a score of 79.9; today's close is +1.4% 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 7 October 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.