Best Quality Stocks
S&P 500 2026

Top 20 stocks ranked by Q-Score from the StockConviction engine. The Q-Score measures fundamental quality: profitability, financial soundness, growth.

The Q-Score is a 0-to-100 rating that evaluates a company's fundamental quality across three axes: profitability (ROIC, free cash flow margin), financial soundness (debt level, repayment capacity) and growth (5-year revenue, business model scalability). The higher the Q-Score, the more consistently and predictably the company generates value.

Unlike approaches based solely on share price or P/E ratio, the StockConviction engine analyzes point-in-time fundamental data for 500+ S&P 500 companies — the data as it was known at each moment, without hindsight bias.

Investing in quality stocks is not reserved for experts. This list ranks the top 20 companies: solid businesses, healthy balance sheets, proven cash generation. A serious starting point for building a long-term portfolio, even when you're new to investing.

#CompanyQ-ScoreConvictionZone
1 Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL) 100/100 No conviction Slightly overvalued
2 Medpace Holdings, Inc. (MEDP) 100/100 Patient buy conviction Undervalued
3 ASML Holding N.V. (ASML) 98.5/100 Patient buy conviction Undervalued
4 Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) 96.3/100 No conviction Slightly overvalued
5 Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) 95/100 Patient buy conviction Fairly valued
6 AppLovin Corporation (APP) 95/100 No conviction Overvalued
7 Copart, Inc. (CPRT) 94.45/100 Wait for stabilization Undervalued
8 Fortinet, Inc. (FTNT) 94.35/100 Patient buy conviction Fairly valued
9 Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) 92.9/100 No conviction Overvalued
10 Lam Research Corporation (LRCX) 92.9/100 Patient buy conviction Undervalued
11 Paycom Software, Inc. (PAYC) 92.9/100 Wait for stabilization Undervalued
12 Mastercard Incorporated (MA) 91.5/100 Buy conviction Undervalued
13 Devon Energy Corporation (DVN) 91.4/100 Patient buy conviction Undervalued
14 Newmont Corporation (NEM) 90.15/100 No conviction Fairly valued
15 NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) 90/100 Patient buy conviction Undervalued
16 Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG) 90/100 Wait for stabilization Undervalued
17 Expedia Group, Inc. (EXPE) 89.7/100 Buy conviction Undervalued
18 Incyte Corporation (INCY) 89.3/100 Patient buy conviction Undervalued
19 Airbnb, Inc. (ABNB) 89.2/100 Buy conviction Undervalued
20 First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) 88.7/100 Patient buy conviction Undervalued

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