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ROIC (return on invested capital) measures how much a company earns for every dollar of capital actually put to work in the business: debt plus equity, minus idle cash. It's the metric that best separates the company creating value from the one merely moving it around; sustained above 15%, there is usually a real competitive advantage behind it.
Its edge over ROE is in the denominator. ROE jumps when a company buys back stock, because buybacks shrink book equity without the business having improved at all. ROIC doesn't fall for that. The textbook case is Home Depot: a 101% ROE that, measured as ROIC, comes in at 25%. Still good — but a different story.
That's why the table shows both columns side by side. When ROE doubles or triples ROIC, what you're looking at isn't an extraordinary business: it's a balance sheet with very little equity in it.
Filter criteria: ROIC ≥ 15% and quality score ≥ 50 (to exclude fragile businesses with one lucky year).
Top 50 (of 161 meeting the criteria)
| Company | Score | ROIC | ROE | Net margin | Debt/EBITDA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AppLovinAPP | 95 | 123,5% | 139,4% | 64,6% | 0,09× |
| Domino's PizzaDPZ | 60 | 104,9% | — | 11,9% | 4,4× |
| Otis WorldwideOTIS | 62 | 104,6% | — | 10,2% | 3,01× |
| StarbucksSBUX | 61 | 89,8% | — | 5,2% | 2,12× |
| MastercardMA | 93 | 87% | 289,7% | 46,3% | 0,62× |
| Seagate TechnologySTX | 85 | 86,9% | 146,9% | 26,1% | 0,43× |
| AppleAAPL | 86 | 85,2% | 119,9% | 27,6% | 0,25× |
| TJX CompaniesTJX | 87 | 81,5% | 57% | 9,7% | -0,33× |
| Fair Isaac (FICO)FICO | 81 | 76,5% | — | 34,1% | 4,26× |
| Ross StoresROST | 89 | 73,7% | 39,4% | 10,8% | -0,84× |
| ChewyCHWY | 77 | 72,1% | 73,9% | 2,1% | -0,04× |
| ADPADP | 86 | 70,5% | 73,2% | 20,1% | 0,11× |
| ChipotleCMG | 85 | 70,1% | 64,5% | 11,4% | -0,1× |
| AesAES | 68 | 69,5% | 37,9% | 14,3% | — |
| NVIDIANVDA | 94 | 69,1% | 84,2% | 63,7% | 0,05× |
| DuolingoDUOL | 94 | 68,6% | 29,1% | 35,9% | -6,83× |
| CloroxCLX | 60 | 68,6% | — | 11,2% | 0,99× |
| Lam ResearchLRCX | 83 | 67,9% | 58,3% | 31,3% | -0,21× |
| AirbnbABNB | 90 | 63,4% | 34,5% | 20,4% | -1,58× |
| Idexx LaboratoriesIDXX | 84 | 62,6% | 70,7% | 25% | 0,16× |
| Micron TechnologyMU | 94 | 62,1% | 50,1% | 55,9% | -0,28× |
| Yum! BrandsYUM | 76 | 60% | — | 25,4% | 3,95× |
| Best BuyBBY | 54 | 59,6% | 40% | 3% | -0,43× |
| NetAppNTAP | 82 | 59,5% | 94,8% | 21,3% | 0,46× |
| DexcomDXCM | 87 | 58,7% | 38,1% | 20,1% | -0,79× |
| O'Reilly AutomotiveORLY | 71 | 57,6% | — | 14,3% | 1,62× |
| AutodeskADSK | 82 | 57,3% | 48,5% | 21,1% | -0,27× |
| HP Inc.HPQ | 51 | 57,2% | — | 4,1% | 1,21× |
| Dell TechnologiesDELL | 66 | 54,7% | — | 7,5% | 1,32× |
| AdobeADBE | 84 | 54,5% | 62,8% | 28,7% | 0,18× |
| Western DigitalWDC | 91 | 50,8% | 106,3% | 72,9% | -0,11× |
| KLA CorporationKLAC | 88 | 47,9% | 76,1% | 35,6% | 0,67× |
| AutoZoneAZO | 69 | 47,4% | — | 12,4% | 2,06× |
| VisaV | 88 | 46,8% | 62,4% | 51,7% | 0,42× |
| Mettler-ToledoMTD | 77 | 46,4% | — | 21,9% | 1,69× |
| RedditRDDT | 95 | 43,3% | 26,5% | 31,3% | -1,86× |
| Ulta BeautyULTA | 84 | 43,3% | 45,8% | 9,3% | 0,09× |
| AltriaMO | 74 | 43,1% | — | 34% | 1,98× |
| Emcor GroupEME | 79 | 41,8% | 35,3% | 7,7% | -0,33× |
| Philip MorrisPM | 79 | 41,2% | — | 25,6% | 2,19× |
| LululemonLULU | 85 | 41,1% | 29,6% | 12,8% | -0,55× |
| ToastTOST | 81 | 40,8% | 23,8% | 7,1% | -2,11× |
| CostcoCOST | 68 | 40,5% | 26,4% | 3% | -0,96× |
| IlluminaILMN | 76 | 39,9% | 29% | 18,3% | — |
| Southern Copper Corp/SCCO | 91 | 39% | 44,9% | 35,9% | 0,24× |
| HiltonHLT | 77 | 38,3% | — | 12,7% | 3,77× |
| TeradyneTER | 80 | 37,8% | 33,5% | 25,8% | -0,24× |
| Verisk AnalyticsVRSK | 75 | 37,7% | — | 29,3% | 2,43× |
| GapGAP | 80 | 36,9% | 31,6% | 8,1% | -0,28× |
| BlackstoneBX | 89 | 36,7% | 39% | 21,8% | 1,24× |
TTM metrics with official SEC data, refreshed daily. The score is fundamental quality (price not included). This list sorts by the filter's metric — it is not a buy recommendation.
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Quality stocks: the companies with the best fundamentals · High-ROE stocks (20% or more) · High-margin stocks (net margin of 20% or more) · Debt-free stocks (more cash than debt) · Growth stocks that already make money · Dividend-paying stocks, ranked by quality · Safe dividends: low payout and a quality business · Dividend growth stocks (8+ straight years of raises) · Dividend aristocrats: 25 years or more of increases · High free-cash-flow stocks (FCF margin of 20% or more)
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Data: official SEC filings (EDGAR) · Recomputed on September 11, 2026
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