I'm trying to identify companies with weak balance sheets. In particular, I'm looking for companies whose intangible assets are a large percentage of total assets. Unfortunately I have not found one single search engine or stock screener that lets you screen for intangibles in the balance sheet. Anyone knows of a way to screen for intangibles ? Thx, Oliver
interesting criteria...ill start looking into it...if ya find anything on that please post it...do you have experience reading balance sheets???
experience yes, but only to a limited degree. i like to screen b/s for special items in order to build portfolios. Screening for high leverage and signs of company distress work very nicely in this market , holding period is several months though.
Apart from Multex and Edgar-Online, I have only found www.10kwizard.com to offer "full" balance sheet screening (although the feature is still only in beta testing). Multex and EdgarOnline don't offer full b/s screening in their retail subscriptions. Oliver