Highest ROE Stocks
Return on equity (ROE) can signal efficient use of shareholder capital when paired with margin and balance-sheet context. This screen requires ROE ≥ 15%, gross margin ≥ 40%, debt-to-equity ≤ 1.5, and market cap ≥ $2B, sorted by ROE descending.
Data as of Oct 20, 2026 (weekly refresh)
Showing 50 companies · sorted by ROE (highest first)
| Ticker | Company | Industry | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applovin Corp | Technology | $269.12 | $89.06B | 20.2 | 5.1% | 60.6% | 84.7% | 88.5% | 193.1% | 76.1% | 1.11 | -60.5% | ||
| FORTINET INC | Technology | $169.13 | $124.09B | 58.5 | 2.5% | 18.8% | 13.3% | 80.2% | 187.9% | 113.1% | 0.32 | 113.0% | ||
| LIQUIDIA CORP | Pharmaceuticals | $34.35 | $3.07B | 22.2 | — | 2233.7% | — | 92.6% | 149.6% | 50.0% | 0.90 | -0.4% | ||
| Apple Inc | Technology | $343.42 | $5.01T | 38.9 | 2.7% | 14.2% | 32.6% | 48.6% | 137.2% | 70.3% | 0.78 | 26.3% | ||
| WESTERN DIGITAL CORP | Technology | $332.00 | $133.43B | 14.2 | 2.6% | 35.7% | 363.8% | 48.9% | 117.8% | 85.7% | 0.12 | 92.7% | ||
| Teradata Corp | Technology | $31.34 | $2.82B | 6.2 | 26.0% | 1.0% | 319.8% | 60.8% | 114.6% | 54.6% | 0.15 | -0.3% | ||
| VeriSign, Inc | Technology | $302.34 | $27.30B | 32.1 | 3.9% | 6.9% | 9.8% | 88.5% | 113.5% | 63.0% | 1.07 | 24.4% | ||
| NVIDIA Corp | Semiconductors | $217.09 | $5.23T | 26.8 | 2.5% | 83.4% | 125.2% | 74.7% | 110.1% | 101.6% | 0.15 | 14.8% | ||
| SK Hynix Inc | Semiconductors | $136.49 | $689.40B | 5.7 | 9.8% | 145.0% | 451.8% | 76.3% | 100.1% | 87.4% | 0.08 | 95.4% | ||
| Sandisk Corp | Technology | $1,371.12 | $198.16B | 17.3 | 5.8% | 175.3% | — | 71.5% | 93.1% | 89.6% | 0.00 | 447.4% | ||
| Micron Technology Inc | Semiconductors | $904.90 | $994.34B | 11.7 | 5.9% | 256.3% | 878.8% | 80.7% | 91.8% | 84.3% | 0.04 | 207.9% | ||
| Aura Minerals Inc | Metals & Mining | $86.03 | $7.21B | 24.5 | 2.8% | 89.5% | — | 60.0% | 88.7% | 38.2% | 1.00 | 73.0% | ||
| Ascendis Pharma A/S | Biotechnology | $229.95 | $14.34B | 16.9 | 2.8% | 113.3% | — | 91.3% | 86.9% | 51.1% | 0.31 | 5.6% | ||
| Ubiquiti Inc | Communications | $591.48 | $35.80B | 37.5 | 2.5% | 27.2% | 34.8% | 46.2% | 85.6% | 82.3% | 0.00 | 8.6% | ||
| Sezzle Inc | Financial Services | $127.65 | $4.31B | 26.7 | 7.5% | 43.1% | 56.6% | 85.8% | 85.5% | 50.5% | 0.52 | 101.1% | ||
| KLA CORP | Semiconductors | $165.74 | $216.29B | 44.8 | 1.7% | 11.7% | 20.6% | 61.6% | 85.4% | 41.9% | 0.93 | 36.4% | ||
| Manhattan Associates Inc | Technology | $226.03 | $12.95B | 61.6 | 3.1% | 6.5% | -2.6% | 55.8% | 85.2% | 85.2% | 0.00 | 28.2% | ||
| CLEAR SECURE INC -CLASS A | Technology | $43.93 | $7.50B | 39.2 | 9.7% | 19.8% | 31.1% | 85.7% | 82.4% | 82.4% | 0.00 | 25.2% | ||
| TG Therapeutics Inc | Biotechnology | $53.30 | $8.16B | 18.7 | 0.7% | 76.1% | 633.7% | 82.4% | 72.3% | 39.9% | 1.23 | 81.0% | ||
| IDEXX LABORATORIES INC | Health Care | $560.36 | $44.15B | 38.7 | 2.8% | 12.8% | 18.4% | 62.5% | 72.0% | 45.1% | 0.60 | -17.2% | ||
| Boyd Gaming Corp | Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure | $70.04 | $5.09B | 2.8 | 6.0% | 1.8% | 250.0% | 49.0% | 70.5% | 38.0% | 1.05 | -17.8% | ||
| Automatic Data Processing Inc | Professional Services | $288.90 | $114.48B | 25.9 | 4.2% | 6.7% | 9.6% | 46.5% | 70.2% | 37.4% | 0.82 | 12.3% | ||
| Lam Research Corp | Semiconductors | $263.94 | $330.30B | 45.5 | 1.5% | 26.0% | 38.6% | 50.5% | 67.0% | 48.6% | 0.30 | 54.2% | ||
| ADOBE INC | Technology | $245.20 | $95.43B | 13.1 | 11.1% | 12.0% | 11.7% | 89.3% | 62.9% | 40.6% | 0.54 | -29.9% | ||
| Visa Inc | Financial Services | $403.58 | $751.69B | 33.3 | 2.8% | 14.4% | 14.7% | 80.2% | 61.3% | 37.4% | 0.68 | 14.8% | ||
| Novo Nordisk A/S | Pharmaceuticals | $38.42 | $172.88B | 9.9 | 7.4% | 5.6% | 4.9% | 80.7% | 59.1% | 35.6% | 0.63 | -20.2% | ||
| Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc | Biotechnology | $16.49 | $2.19B | 7.0 | 7.9% | 19.8% | 435.8% | 90.4% | 59.0% | 52.5% | 0.10 | 3.5% | ||
| Williams-Sonoma Inc | Retail | $248.28 | $27.47B | 24.1 | 4.7% | 2.2% | 11.1% | 47.2% | 57.8% | 57.8% | 0.00 | 40.1% | ||
| CarGurus Inc | Media | $31.02 | $2.76B | 15.5 | 10.7% | 2.5% | 50.6% | 94.8% | 56.3% | 56.3% | 0.00 | -21.0% | ||
| Frontline PLC | Energy | $50.72 | $11.69B | 7.9 | 5.7% | 48.8% | 524.5% | 63.0% | 54.9% | 26.8% | 0.77 | 140.6% | ||
| Atour Lifestyle Holdings Ltd | Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure | $33.43 | $4.61B | 15.7 | 7.5% | 40.2% | 43.2% | 81.0% | 54.8% | 51.9% | 0.07 | -15.2% | ||
| DRDGOLD Ltd | Metals & Mining | $24.80 | $2.19B | 5.8 | 5.9% | 38.8% | 174.7% | 52.0% | 52.6% | 52.5% | 0.00 | -20.8% | ||
| Autodesk Inc | Technology | $239.90 | $50.14B | 30.5 | 5.6% | 17.9% | 59.9% | 91.3% | 52.5% | 28.0% | 1.03 | -19.0% | ||
| Semtech Corp | Semiconductors | $146.00 | $12.76B | 38.0 | 1.4% | 25.4% | 1063.4% | 52.6% | 51.3% | 29.3% | 0.66 | 85.5% | ||
| Alphabet Inc | Media | $340.59 | $4.17T | 17.1 | 1.5% | 20.1% | 115.3% | 60.9% | 50.8% | 44.8% | 0.15 | 8.8% | ||
| Southern Copper Corp | Metals & Mining | $202.63 | $169.30B | 29.9 | 3.0% | 32.8% | 50.4% | 64.5% | 49.3% | 30.5% | 0.63 | 44.0% | ||
| Gold Fields Ltd | Metals & Mining | $37.60 | $32.78B | 7.4 | 7.2% | 124.1% | 133.3% | 46.3% | 49.1% | 35.1% | 0.38 | -16.4% | ||
| Pegasystems Inc | Technology | $34.54 | $5.68B | 17.5 | 8.7% | 3.6% | 59.6% | 75.6% | 48.9% | 48.9% | 0.00 | -42.2% | ||
| eBay Inc | Retail | $120.28 | $53.52B | 24.1 | 5.2% | 14.7% | 6.7% | 72.5% | 48.3% | 19.6% | 1.44 | 38.1% | ||
| Netflix Inc | Media | $69.53 | $293.68B | 21.5 | 3.8% | 16.0% | 35.3% | 49.1% | 48.0% | 31.9% | 0.47 | -24.8% | ||
| Paychex Inc | Professional Services | $110.75 | $39.42B | 22.0 | 5.0% | 14.0% | 12.9% | 91.3% | 47.1% | 21.0% | 1.23 | -0.5% | ||
| BUCKLE INC/THE | Retail | $46.50 | $2.40B | 10.8 | 8.0% | 6.2% | 8.7% | 49.0% | 46.9% | 46.9% | 0.00 | -13.0% | ||
| Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd | Metals & Mining | $16.73 | $10.96B | 6.1 | 6.2% | 34.3% | 102.0% | 42.2% | 46.2% | 39.3% | 0.13 | -16.3% | ||
| Victoria's Secret & Co | Retail | $89.98 | $6.97B | 18.4 | 14.0% | 10.3% | 167.0% | 40.1% | 46.0% | 19.9% | 0.98 | 61.2% | ||
| Anglogold Ashanti PLC | Metals & Mining | $92.82 | $46.87B | 12.3 | 9.2% | 29.4% | 73.2% | 54.8% | 45.8% | 36.3% | 0.20 | 8.8% | ||
| Broadcom Inc | Semiconductors | $334.59 | $1.60T | 41.9 | 2.5% | 48.7% | 100.1% | 68.8% | 43.9% | 25.3% | 0.60 | -5.0% | ||
| Crocs Inc | Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods | $120.18 | $5.76B | 9.9 | 13.6% | -2.0% | 211.2% | 57.5% | 43.4% | 22.3% | 0.94 | 44.0% | ||
| Coca-Cola Co | Beverages | $93.42 | $404.01B | 28.2 | 3.5% | 6.5% | 17.6% | 61.9% | 43.0% | 18.3% | 1.20 | 34.3% | ||
| Ferrari NV | Automobiles | $397.53 | $77.66B | 42.2 | 2.1% | 5.7% | 3.6% | 51.6% | 42.5% | 24.0% | 0.87 | 11.8% | ||
| Exelixis Inc | Biotechnology | $62.23 | $15.42B | 17.9 | 7.6% | 9.2% | 52.7% | 96.5% | 42.5% | 42.5% | 0.00 | 42.0% |
Data as of Oct 20, 2026
Methodology
Filters: ROE ≥ 15%, gross margin ≥ 40%, D/E ≤ 1.5, market cap ≥ $2B. Sort: ROE (descending).
Highest ROE Stocks FAQs
Return on equity compares net income to shareholders’ equity. Very high ROE can reflect strong operations, but also high leverage or small equity bases — cross-check with debt ratios and cash flows.
The filters aim to reduce micro-cap noise and focus on businesses with reported profitability structure. Thresholds are arbitrary research rules, not endorsements.
No. Sustainable ROE depends on reinvestment needs, accounting policies, and competitive dynamics. Use ticker pages for statements, transcripts, and scenario tools.