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20 Hits · last calculated September 18, 2026 Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)

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The 'Character Change' scan looks for stocks ahead of a possible positive trend reversal — fallen former leaders that are pulling away from their lows and could be entering a new growth phase. Filters: price >$5, average dollar volume (50 days) >$50 million, 45–90% below the all-time high, recovered 45–200% off the 52-week low, Weinstein Stage 1/2 (or a volume surge), back in the green medium-term (>2% over 6 months / 200 / 252 days) but still negative over 4 or 5 years, plus short-term relative strength (RS 1W/1M >90 or 3M >80). Now calculated from real fundamental-data history (distance to the all-time high and the 4-/5-year change). Not yet modeled: a flat 200-SMA slope (<0.5%), the RS phase, Weekly Launch Pad — so it's slightly broader than the original.

Global filters: market cap of $50B or less (mega caps are cut from every scanner); 10- and 30-day ADR must be ≥ 1% (too little movement gets cut); names after a reverse split (distorted price history) are excluded.

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52-Week High / Low
The highest or lowest price of the last 52 weeks (one trading year). "Within 10% of the 52-week high" means: the stock is trading near its yearly high - a sign of strength, since weakness looks different.
ADR (Average Daily Range)
The average daily swing of a stock in percent - measured over 10 or 30 trading days (columns "ADR 10D/30D"). An ADR of 5% means: on a normal day the gap between the intraday low and high runs about 5%. Traders look for movement - that is why stocks with an ADR under 1% are filtered out globally. Scanners that run without the global filters still include them; that is noted below their hit list. Not to be confused with ADR meaning "American Depositary Receipt" (a US certificate for foreign shares) - here ADR always means the daily swing.
AI Classification
Our company-by-company assessment of the AI boom based on SEC filings (the last four quarterly 10-Q reports and two annual 10-K reports): "Sells AI" (AI is a revenue source), "Threatened" (AI is a concrete business risk), "Uses AI" (operational use), or "Neutral" (no material AI exposure). Every classification requires at least two direct quote citations - otherwise the column shows "-". Not a quality judgment or a buy recommendation; the full file is on the stock page, methodology at /stocks/ai-rating-methodology.
Analysis (Full Company Analysis)
If the Analysis column shows "Read," there is an in-depth TickerGuard company analysis for this stock: business model, scanner findings, quarterly results, evidence from SEC filings, plus opportunities and risks. One click opens it directly.
Avg/Yr 3Y (Average Annual Return)
The stock's average annual return over the past 3 years. Shows at a glance whether a stock delivers over the long run or just had a short hot streak.
Earnings Date
The date of the next quarterly earnings report. Price gaps in either direction are common around this date - that is why we color it red when it is 7 days away or less, and yellow when it is 14 days away or less: elevated risk for fresh positions.
EPS (Earnings per Share)
Quarterly earnings divided by the number of shares outstanding. The most important growth metric: if EPS rises strongly over several quarters, the company is earning more money per share.
Free Cash Flow (FCF)
Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures - the money left over for everything else (debt paydown, acquisitions, or buybacks). Consistently positive free cash flow is one of the most honest signs of a healthy business model.
Funda Rating (Fundamental Rating A+ to F)
Our proprietary fundamental rating from 0 to 100 points with a school-grade rank from A+ to F. 50 points is the average across the universe, 100 the best possible score. Every stock is scored against all others by percentile: growth in earnings and revenue, earnings surprises, analyst estimates, and quality criteria such as margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet strength. Grades: A+ from 95, A from 75, B from 55, C from 45, D from 25, E from 5, F below — A/A+ are the fundamentally strongest stocks in the universe.
Long / Short
Long = betting on rising prices (buying the stock). Short = betting on falling prices (selling borrowed shares to buy them back cheaper later). Our short scanners are warning or watch lists - not buy candidates.
Market Capitalization (Mkt Cap)
The market value of the company: share price x total shares outstanding, shown here in billions of dollars. Micro caps (< $0.3B) are small and volatile, mega caps (> $200B) are heavyweights. Our scanner universe is deliberately capped at $50B - we look for stocks with room to run. The cap does not apply to scanners that run without the global filters; that is noted below their hit list.
Net Margin
How much of revenue is left as profit? Net income divided by revenue, in percent. A 20% margin means: out of every dollar of revenue, 20 cents is left as profit. Rising margins are a strong quality signal.
Operating Cash Flow (OCF)
The cash that actually flows into the company from day-to-day operations - without accounting effects such as depreciation. A company can report book profits while still burning cash; operating cash flow reveals that.
Piotroski F-Score
A balance-sheet health check developed by Joseph Piotroski: 9 yes/no criteria covering earnings, cash flow, leverage, and efficiency produce a score from 0 to 9. Scores of 7 or higher are considered financially very solid, scores under 3 a warning sign.
Relative Strength (RS Rating)
How much has a stock risen compared with every other stock? The RS Rating is a percentile from 1 to 99: RS 90 means the stock has outperformed 90% of all stocks (depending on the scanner, over 1 week, 1, 3, 6, or 12 months). Market leaders almost always carry high RS values - that is why relative strength is the core of many momentum strategies.
Sector & Industry
Two levels of industry classification: sector is broad (e.g., Technology), industry is narrow (e.g., Semiconductors). Many strategies watch industry strength, because strong stocks are almost always found in strong industries.
SMA / Moving Average (10-, 20-, 50-, 200-Day Line)
The average price of the last X days, plotted as a line on the chart (Simple Moving Average). The 50-day and 200-day lines are the most closely watched: price above the line = uptrend intact. The 30-week line from the Weinstein method corresponds to the 150-day line.
Stage (Weinstein Stages 1-4)
Stan Weinstein divides every price chart into four stages: Stage 1 = basing (sideways after a downtrend), Stage 2 = uptrend (the only buying stage), Stage 3 = topping, Stage 4 = downtrend (avoid, or short candidate). Measured against the 30-week line (150-day moving average) and its slope.

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Character Change (CC)
Symbol Earnings Avg/Y 3Y Volatility Stage Funda Rating Piotroski MktCap Industry AI Rating Deep Dive Deep-Dive Report Sector Price YTD 6 Mo. 1 Year Off High Price Target RS EPS Rating ADR 10D ADR 30D Beta P/E P/E (f) P/S P/B P/FCF PEG EV/EBITDA EBIT Margin Gross Margin Net Margin ROE ROA Debt/Eq Equity Ratio Sales +/Y Growth Score Div. Yield Payout Ratio Altman Z Inst. % Short % Analysts
SYNA Synaptics Incorporated 08/06 +22 % 60 % Stage 2 C 45 6 of 9 3.8 $ Semiconductors – — — Technology 91.10 $ +81.6 % +58.9 % +26.7 % −15.8 % +43.1 % 93 5 6.7 % 7.2 % 1.94 — 17.8 3.1 2.5 37.2 0.51 44.8 -4.3 % 44.7 % -41.0 % -3.5 % -1.5 % 1.81 53.9 % +12.0 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % 7.1 110.7 % 10.5 % 4.0 (10)
OUST Ouster, Inc. 08/06 +244 % ⚠ Wildest 10% 105 % Stage 2 B 59 6 of 9 2.4 $ Electronic Components Sells AI
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— Technology 35.00 $ +108.7 % +141.8 % +14.2 % −18.8 % +69.7 % 93 42 15.3 % 13.5 % 3.25 — 0.0 11.5 — — — -0.8 -39.6 % 46.6 % -26.0 % -25.2 % -10.7 % — 72.2 % +52.5 % 5 0.0 % 0.0 % -0.7 50.0 % 9.9 % 4.3 (6)
SHLS Shoals Technologies Group Inc 08/04 -19 % ⚠ Wildest 10% 87 % Stage 2 B 62 2 of 9 1.4 $ Solar Neutral
Read
— Technology 7.70 $ +20.9 % +1.1 % +5.8 % −25.2 % +47.0 % 87 66 8.6 % 9.1 % 1.89 — 11.8 2.3 — — 0.49 19.5 8.1 % 32.1 % 5.4 % 5.8 % 5.8 % — 58.4 % +19.1 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % 6.6 121.3 % 11.0 % 4.0 (21)
TWLO Twilio Inc 08/06 +63 % 59 % Stage 2 B 72 8 of 9 36.9 $ Software - Infrastructure Sells AI
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— Technology 246.20 $ +29.4 % +41.7 % +137.8 % −20.0 % +8.9 % 85 94 5.1 % 5.7 % 1.41 348.0 34.7 6.6 4.5 33.7 0.36 68.1 7.6 % 48.6 % 20.6 % 1.3 % 2.1 % 0.43 81.3 % +13.7 % 6 0.0 % 0.0 % 6.9 94.1 % 3.8 % 3.9 (31)
ALGT Allegiant Travel Company 08/03 -3 % 61 % Stage 2 C 54 8 of 9 2.1 $ Airlines Uses AI
Read
— Industrials 79.10 $ +21.4 % +34.9 % +27.5 % −6.7 % +64.3 % 84 72 6.1 % 6.5 % 1.49 — 6.5 0.7 — 18.2 0.85 17.2 14.9 % 22.8 % 0.9 % -3.1 % 2.5 % — 24.8 % +3.7 % 4 0.0 % 0.0 % 4.3 72.7 % 8.9 % 3.8 (11)
ILMN Illumina Inc 07/30 -5 % 48 % Stage 2 B 56 5 of 9 37.1 $ Diagnostics & Research – — — Healthcare 245.20 $ +25.7 % +33.8 % +143.1 % −2.8 % -11.5 % 83 55 4.0 % 4.1 % 1.47 43.7 33.9 8.3 13.7 39.5 2.57 23.7 18.3 % 67.9 % 18.3 % 33.8 % 8.7 % 1.83 40.8 % -0.8 % 6 0.0 % 0.0 % 6.2 106.5 % 10.5 % 3.8 (20)
BEAM Beam Therapeutics Inc 08/04 +2 % 72 % Stage 2 C 50 4 of 9 2.6 $ Biotechnology – — — Healthcare 24.70 $ +19.8 % +24.2 % +9.9 % −8.0 % +111.1 % 83 42 7.7 % 7.2 % 2.23 — 0.0 16.6 2.2 — — -7.0 -337.8 % -161.9 % -55.5 % -5.8 % -17.0 % 0.22 78.6 % +120.0 % 4 0.0 % 0.0 % 8.3 107.0 % 38.6 % 4.4 (17)
CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store — -14 % 56 % Stage 2 B 55 6 of 9 1.0 $ Restaurants Neutral
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— Consumer Cyclical 43.80 $ +85.7 % +107.4 % -9.4 % −32.8 % +2.7 % 81 91 6.3 % 6.9 % 1.18 44.5 50.3 0.3 2.5 16.4 1.56 12.6 — 31.6 % 0.8 % 5.6 % -0.1 % 2.35 — +0.4 % 3 2.2 % 87.0 % 3.4 97.7 % 38.3 % 3.0 (8)
AEVA Aeva Technologies, Inc. 07/30 +100 % ⚠ Wildest 10% 115 % Stage 2 C 51 5 of 9 1.1 $ Software - Infrastructure – — — Technology 15.30 $ +77.3 % +90.3 % -11.7 % −48.1 % +96.1 % 81 42 12.5 % 12.1 % 2.43 — 0.0 51.4 57.8 — — -0.1 — 27.2 % -150.1 % -516.1 % -51.7 % -8.22 — +99.4 % 5 0.0 % 0.0 % -16.8 66.1 % 12.7 % 4.4 (5)
ROKU Roku Inc 07/30 +39 % 41 % Stage 2 A 81 8 of 9 23.0 $ Entertainment Uses AI
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— Communication Services 154.10 $ +24.5 % +23.4 % +56.7 % −9.5 % +4.7 % 80 10 2.0 % 4.0 % 2.05 116.6 39.8 4.4 8.7 27.8 0.61 29.0 4.3 % 45.5 % 6.8 % 7.8 % 4.3 % 0.21 61.4 % +15.2 % 4 0.0 % 0.0 % 7.5 88.2 % 6.9 % 3.8 (32)
AAL American Airlines Group 07/23 0 % 47 % Stage 2 C 47 6 of 9 8.5 $ Airlines – — — Industrials 12.90 $ +5.3 % +14.3 % +3.7 % −2.6 % +38.4 % 78 5 4.6 % 4.8 % 1.33 42.6 5.1 0.1 58.3 7.7 0.09 28.1 -0.1 % 21.2 % -0.6 % 0.0 % 1.1 % -4.27 -6.4 % +0.8 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % 1.6 71.1 % 11.5 % 3.8 (26)
AUR Aurora Innovation Inc 07/29 +56 % 65 % Stage 2 C 48 3 of 9 12.8 $ Auto Parts – — — Consumer Cyclical 6.50 $ +67.2 % +61.5 % +10.2 % −27.2 % +80.5 % 77 42 5.5 % 6.4 % 2.63 — 0.0 2,555.4 6.6 — — -4.0 -24,400.0 % -15,980.0 % 0.0 % -44.3 % -27.7 % 0.04 89.9 % -100.0 % 4 0.0 % 0.0 % 5.4 78.0 % 17.4 % 3.8 (10)
OKTA Okta Inc 08/25 +24 % 62 % Stage 2 B 68 8 of 9 32.5 $ Software - Infrastructure Sells AI
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— Technology 190.00 $ +36.6 % +48.6 % +111.1 % −16.2 % -2.8 % 76 66 5.5 % 6.6 % 0.79 107.3 49.3 10.6 3.7 33.5 1.54 73.7 7.3 % 78.1 % 9.6 % 3.7 % 1.6 % 0.29 73.8 % +11.8 % 7 0.0 % 0.0 % 6.2 98.8 % 5.2 % 4.0 (45)
MGM MGM Resorts International 07/29 +5 % 37 % Stage 2 B 55 6 of 9 9.7 $ Resorts & Casinos Uses AI
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— Consumer Cyclical 38.30 $ +28.6 % +34.0 % +8.6 % −8.5 % +31.3 % 74 29 3.0 % 3.8 % 1.28 55.3 17.8 0.5 4.2 5.8 0.50 18.8 6.9 % 44.2 % 2.4 % 13.5 % 1.8 % -12.78 5.9 % +1.7 % 4 0.0 % 0.0 % 3.8 68.0 % 15.8 % 4.5 (21)
PENN Penn National Gaming Inc 08/06 -4 % 51 % Stage 2 B 55 6 of 9 2.4 $ Resorts & Casinos – — — Consumer Cyclical 17.50 $ +39.0 % +50.7 % -7.7 % −5.7 % +39.4 % 74 91 4.1 % 4.5 % 1.38 — 9.4 0.3 1.4 12.9 1.01 392.4 5.5 % 35.2 % -12.7 % -40.1 % 1.8 % 4.52 13.0 % +5.8 % 4 0.0 % 0.0 % 2.7 105.7 % 14.9 % 3.8 (20)
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc 07/20 -10 % 70 % Stage 1 C 45 3 of 9 7.8 $ Steel – — — Basic Materials 12.80 $ -16.0 % -31.8 % +13.0 % −35.6 % -3.9 % 68 1 6.0 % 6.5 % 2.11 — 15.0 0.4 1.1 — 0.43 29.7 -2.9 % -1.1 % -4.6 % -18.6 % -1.7 % 1.33 28.9 % -3.0 % 1 0.0 % 0.0 % 4.3 84.0 % 14.1 % 3.1 (13)
COMP Compass Inc 07/29 +74 % 66 % Stage 2 B 65 3 of 9 7.8 $ Real Estate Services – — — Real Estate 10.50 $ -6.4 % +12.4 % +10.8 % −20.8 % +46.8 % 61 82 6.7 % 6.7 % 2.33 522.4 8.2 0.7 2.8 60.7 — 106.4 -5.7 % 14.2 % 0.6 % 0.8 % -0.2 % 1.44 34.7 % +23.7 % 1 0.0 % 0.0 % 2.3 89.3 % 5.4 % 3.7 (9)
MOH Molina Healthcare Inc 07/22 -11 % 56 % Stage 2 D 40 5 of 9 10.7 $ Healthcare Plans – — — Healthcare 205.10 $ +13.3 % +40.4 % +16.3 % −30.7 % +3.4 % 60 3 4.3 % 4.0 % 0.76 59.7 21.1 0.2 2.8 39.6 0.99 16.7 1.7 % 8.4 % 0.0 % 4.5 % 1.2 % 1.99 24.9 % +11.8 % 2 0.0 % 0.0 % 6.6 111.8 % 6.9 % 3.8 (16)
KMX CarMax Inc — -13 % 58 % Stage 2 D 42 6 of 9 8.4 $ Auto & Truck Dealerships – — — Consumer Cyclical 58.40 $ +34.3 % +35.7 % -1.3 % −26.5 % -6.1 % 44 29 5.7 % 5.1 % 1.17 37.1 22.7 0.3 1.4 8.4 0.61 17.0 3.4 % 11.8 % 0.8 % 3.6 % 1.6 % 3.05 23.0 % -1.8 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % 5.2 111.9 % 9.0 % 3.0 (20)
VRNS Varonis Systems 08/04 +13 % 85 % Stage 3 B 64 7 of 9 5.2 $ Software - Infrastructure – — — Technology 47.80 $ +6.8 % +20.2 % -16.1 % −39.7 % +7.4 % 43 42 7.3 % 5.8 % 0.82 — 142.9 7.6 11.7 43.0 7.38 -20.7 -25.1 % 77.1 % -20.5 % -31.8 % -5.7 % 1.15 27.7 % +13.2 % 3 0.0 % 0.0 % 3.1 99.5 % 7.2 % 4.2 (24)

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The 'Character Change' scan looks for stocks ahead of a possible positive trend reversal — fallen former leaders that are pulling away from their lows and could be entering a new growth phase.

All scanners are recalculated daily across the entire stock universe — most recently on September 18, 2026. The data basis is fundamental data and SEC filings (10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports).

Currently, 20 stocks pass this scanner's criteria (as of September 18, 2026).

Global filters: market cap of $50B or less (mega caps are cut from every scanner); 10- and 30-day ADR must be ≥ 1% (too little movement gets cut); names after a reverse split (distorted price history) are excluded.

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