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Stocks With the Highest Return on Equity (ROE) (2026)

US companies earning the most profit per dollar of shareholder equity — ranked from filed statements, with negative- and negligible-equity distortions removed. 376 companies qualify today — top 25 below, recomputed nightly from SEC filings.

Return on equity measures how much profit a company wrings from each dollar of shareholder capital, and consistently high ROE is a hallmark of a high-quality, capital-efficient business. The catch is that ROE explodes to meaningless numbers when equity is tiny or negative — typically after years of buybacks or losses — so a raw "highest ROE" list is usually topped by accounting artifacts. This screen removes them: it caps ROE at a sane ceiling, requires positive free cash flow and at least 8 profitable years of the last 10, and ranks the genuine high-return operators that remain. ROE is inflated by leverage, so read it next to the margin and growth columns rather than on its own.

Company	ROE	Net margin	Rev growth (5y)
1. Zoetis Inc. (ZTS)	78.3%	28.2%	7.2%/yr
2. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (BAH)	77.0%	7.6%	7.4%/yr
3. NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA)	76.3%	55.6%	66.9%/yr
4. Murphy USA Inc. (MUSA)	75.5%	2.4%	11.5%/yr
5. Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT)	74.6%	6.7%	2.8%/yr
6. The Brink's Company (BCO)	71.9%	3.8%	7.3%/yr
7. Boyd Gaming Corporation (BYD)	70.7%	45.0%	13.4%/yr
8. Manhattan Associates, Inc. (MANH)	69.9%	20.3%	13.0%/yr
9. Lennox International Inc. (LII)	69.3%	15.5%	7.4%/yr
10. American Tower Corporation (AMT)	69.3%	23.8%	5.8%/yr
11. 3M Company (MMM)	69.1%	13.4%	-5.5%/yr
12. Griffon Corporation (GFF)	69.1%	2.0%	4.0%/yr
13. Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. (APAM)	66.2%	24.3%	5.9%/yr
14. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (IDXX)	66.0%	24.6%	9.7%/yr
15. Vail Resorts, Inc. (MTN)	66.0%	9.4%	8.6%/yr
16. Valvoline Inc. (VVV)	62.2%	12.3%	18.7%/yr
17. Adobe Inc. (ADBE)	61.3%	30.0%	13.1%/yr
18. Moody's Corporation (MCO)	60.7%	31.9%	7.5%/yr
19. PJT Partners Inc. (PJT)	58.4%	10.5%	10.2%/yr
20. Virtu Financial, Inc. (VIRT)	57.7%	42.5%	-7.9%/yr
21. Lamar Advertising Company (LAMR)	57.3%	25.9%	7.6%/yr
22. Teradata Corporation (TDC)	56.5%	7.8%	-2.0%/yr
23. Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG)	56.4%	5.4%	8.5%/yr
24. The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW)	55.9%	10.9%	5.1%/yr
25. Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (AMP)	54.4%	19.5%	8.9%/yr

Criteria are deterministic filters over filed annual statements — no editorial picks, no payment for placement. Not investment advice.

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Stocks With the Highest Return on Equity (ROE) — frequently asked questions

How is the "Stocks With the Highest Return on Equity (ROE)" list calculated?

US companies earning the most profit per dollar of shareholder equity — ranked from filed statements, with negative- and negligible-equity distortions removed. The ranking is produced by a deterministic filter over companies' SEC-filed annual statements, re-run every night — no editorial picks and no paid placement. 376 companies pass the filter today; the top 25 are shown.

What is the top-ranked stock in this screen right now?

As of the latest nightly refresh, Zoetis Inc. (ZTS) ranks first, with roe of 78.3%. The full ranked list of 25 companies is in the table above, and you can re-run or adjust the filters yourself in the free screener.

How often is this list updated?

It is recomputed every night from the latest SEC filing data, so newly filed 10-Ks and 10-Qs flow into the ranking on the next build. The figures reflect what companies have actually reported, not analyst forecasts.

Is this investment advice?

No. This is a factual, rules-based screen of filed fundamentals for research and education only — not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Always verify against the primary filing and consider your own circumstances before investing.

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