1,169 US companies were ranked on the close of Thursday, 22 October 2026. Cricut is first with a score of 83.6, as it was the session before. The same five names as the session before. The biggest move among them: NerdWallet, up 6.8% 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 1,169 companies were ranked and 138 were left out for want of data.
The five
| # | Company | Price | Score | Cheap | Qual | Safe | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CRCTCricut · Industrials | $6.41 | 83.6 | 80 | 99 | 72 | 76 |
| 2 | FLXSFlexsteel Industries Inc. · Materials | $84.98 | 83.1 | 75 | 84 | 91 | 99 |
| 3 | NRDSNerdWallet · Technology | $11.16 | 81.8 | 96 | 86 | 67 | 42 |
| 4 | GNTXGentex Corp. · Autos & Transport Equipment | $21.74 | 81.2 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 60 |
| 5 | PGNYProgyny, Inc. · Healthcare Services | $29.12 | 80.6 | 80 | 85 | 85 | 57 |
Everything except the price comes from each company’s most recent SEC filings, which can lag a quarter behind the news.
1 · Cricut — Industrials
Quality of 99: 96.0% return on invested capital and profits backed by cash. Cheapness of 80: enterprise value 8.7 times operating profit, 5.4 times free cash flow and a 1.8% trailing shareholder yield.
Safety of 72: net cash, interest covered 217.0 times and share count down 1.5% on the year.
The session before it was #1 at $6.33 with a score of 83.9; today's close is +1.3% on that.
2 · Flexsteel Industries Inc. — Materials
Confirmation of 99: up 110.5% over twelve months and at 136% of its 200-day average. Safety of 91: net cash, interest covered 2114.7 times and share count down 23.1% on the year.
Cheapness of 75: enterprise value 8.3 times operating profit and 7.0 times free cash flow.
The session before it was #2 at $83.56 with a score of 83.1; today's close is +1.7% on that.
3 · NerdWallet — Technology
Cheapness of 96: enterprise value 8.2 times operating profit, 5.0 times free cash flow and a 9.8% trailing shareholder yield. Quality of 86: 23.7% return on invested capital and profits backed by cash.
Confirmation of 42: down 24.2% over twelve months and at 112% 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 #3 at $10.45 with a score of 81.6; today's close is +6.8% 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 8.8 times operating profit, 7.6 times free cash flow and a 9.0% trailing shareholder yield.
Confirmation of 60: down 17.7% over twelve months and at 94% 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 #4 at $21.00 with a score of 80.6; today's close is +3.5% on that.
5 · Progyny, Inc. — Healthcare Services
Safety of 85: net cash, no meaningful interest cost and share count down 9.9% on the year. Quality of 85: 29.5% return on invested capital and profits backed by cash.
Confirmation of 57: up 33.7% over twelve months and at 120% of its 200-day average.
The session before it was #5 at $28.44 with a score of 79.8; today's close is +2.4% 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 22 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.