Why do some stocks drop off the list(s) and come back later?

Tim's musings on investing in the stock market

Why do some stocks drop off the list(s) and come back later?

You may be asking yourself this question sometimes, especially if you have been a member for a while, and have seen the same stocks added and dropped from the various lists.

There are several reasons for this, but the main one is that stock's price may have gone up, which in turn makes its P/E ratio go up. Since several of the criteria on the different algorithms are based off of the P/E ratio, when it increases, it could push it over over the edge and cause it to drop off of the list.

Another reason is that a stock may have updated numbers from a recent earnings report, and the new numbers may disqualify it from a list as well.

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Happy trading!