This week, we cover the bargain stock-picking strategy used by Charles Kirkpatrick and give you a list of stocks currently passing the AAII Kirkpatrick Bargain screen. The Kirkpatrick Bargain approach is a purely mechanical process that depends on facts instead of predictions to help investors avoid their own biases that ultimately cost them money.
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John Neff was the manager of the Vanguard Windsor Fund for more than three decades. While widely considered a value and contrarian investor, Neff referred to his investing style as a low price-to-earnings (P/E) methodology. From 1964 to 1995, Neff guided Windsor to a 13.7% average annual return, easily outpacing the S&P 500's 10.6% percent return during that time. A $10,000 investment in Windsor (with dividends reinvested) at the start of Neff's tenure would have ended up as more than $564,000 by the time he retired, more than twice what the same investment in the S&P would have yielded.
Top SSR Watchlist Ideas Ranked by
Forecast Dividend-Adjusted PEG (as of 7/31/2026)
| COMPANY NAME | TICKER | Forecast Div.-Adj. PEG |
| Farmers National Banc Corp. |
 FMNB
|
0.51 |
| Fulton Financial Corporation |
FULT
|
0.52 |
| Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. |
AVAH
|
0.53 |
| Maximus, Inc. |
MMS
|
0.61 |
| Customers Bancorp, Inc. |
CUBI
|
0.63 |
| COMPANY NAME | TICKER | VALUE | GROWTH | MOMENTUM | EPS REV | QUALITY | SECTOR | |||||
| Score | Grade | Score | Grade | Score | Grade | Score | Grade | Score | Grade | |||
| AerCap Holdings N.V. |
AER
|
84 | A | 89 | A | 68 | B | 84 | A | 91 | A | Industrials |
| Cabot Corporation |
CBT
|
74 | B | 77 | B | 63 | B | 71 | B | 91 | A | Materials |
| Centene Corporation |
CNC
|
93 | A | 89 | A | 91 | A | 85 | A | 73 | B | Health Care |
| Constellium SE |
CSTM
|
88 | A | 77 | B | 82 | A | 94 | A | 85 | A | Materials |
| Dollar General Corporation |
DG
|
61 | B | 78 | B | 68 | B | 64 | B | 84 | A | Consumer Staples |
| COMPANY NAME | TICKER | VALUE | GROWTH | MOMENTUM | EPS REV | QUALITY | SECTOR | |||||
| Score | Grade | Score | Grade | Score | Grade | Score | Grade | Score | Grade | |||
| AC Immune SA |
ACIU
|
7 | F | 4 | F | 37 | D | 25 | D | 3 | F | Health Care |
| Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. |
AKBA
|
26 | D | 4 | F | 12 | F | 15 | F | 39 | D | Health Care |
| Ares Management Corporation |
ARES
|
6 | F | 26 | D | 27 | D | 18 | F | 23 | D | Financials |
| Autolus Therapeutics plc |
AUTL
|
25 | D | 18 | F | 23 | D | 21 | D | 5 | F | Health Care |
| AeroVironment, Inc. |
AVAV
|
16 | F | 32 | D | 16 | F | 33 | D | 13 | F | Industrials |
Stocks with at least two upgrades or downgrades across all quant factors. Data as of 7/31/2026, compared to previous trading day.
| COMPANY NAME | TICKER | VALUE | GROWTH | MOMENTUM | EPS REV | QUALITY | SECTOR |
| adidas AG |
ADDYY
|
NA ▲ | D ▲ | C ▲ | NA ▼ | A ▲ | Consumer Discretionary |
| Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
AGIO
|
D ▲ | NA ▲ | D ▼ | B ▲ | D ▲ | Health Care |
| Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation |
AGM
|
B ▲ | A ▲ | B ▲ | B ▲ | D ▲ | Financials |
| Acadia Realty Trust |
AKR
|
D ▲ | A ▲ | C ▲ | C ▲ | C ▲ | Real Estate |
| AMC Global Media Inc. |
AMCX
|
A ▲ | D ▲ | A ▲ | C ▲ | A ▲ | Communication Services |
| COMPANY NAME | TICKER | VALUE | GROWTH | MOMENTUM | EPS REV | QUALITY | SECTOR |
| Adient plc |
ADNT
|
A ▲ | C ▲ | D ▼ | C ▼ | B ▲ | Consumer Discretionary |
| American Electric Power Company, Inc. |
AEP
|
C ▲ | A ▲ | C ▲ | D ▼ | D ▼ | Utilities |
| American International Group, Inc. |
AIG
|
A ▲ | F ▲ | D ▼ | C ▲ | C ▼ | Financials |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. |
ANIK
|
D ▼ | F ▲ | A ▲ | A ▲ | B ▼ | Health Care |
| BrightSpire Capital, Inc. |
BRSP
|
C ▼ | F ▲ | D ▲ | F ▲ | D ▼ | Financials |
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