NSE stocks passing William O'Neil's CAN SLIM checks
CAN SLIM is William O'Neil's seven-letter checklist for growth stocks, drawn from his study of the biggest winners in the American market: strong current and annual earnings, something new, demand for the shares, market leadership, institutional buying and a market heading up. We run the six letters that can be measured on a single stock across the NSE after every close, and show the seventh, the market, beside them.
20 of the NSE universe pass · data as of 9 Nov 2026 close
17 more names in this list with Pro
CAN SLIM, Qullamaggie breakouts, episodic pivots, momentum bursts and high tight flags: every stock that passes, after every close.
The exact criteria
CAN SLIM is William O'Neil's, published in How to Make Money in Stocks (1988). The letters are his; the checks below are how we measure each one on NSE data, and two differ from the book. For A we use return on equity, which he also asks for, because three years of annual earnings growth is not in our data. For I we count Indian mutual funds' monthly holdings. M, the market's direction, is shown under the checks rather than used as a filter. William O'Neil and CAN SLIM, explained →
- 1.C: quarterly earnings up 25% or more on the same quarter a year earlier1,003 pass
- 2.A: return on equity of 17% or more, O'Neil's quality bar for the annual numbers441 pass
- 3.N: within 15% of the 52-week high, close to new highs552 pass
- 4.S: more volume on up days than on down days over the last 50 sessions1,482 pass
- 5.L: a leader, with a relative strength rank of 80 or better465 pass
- 6.I: more actively managed funds bought or added to it than cut or sold, in the latest monthly holdings521 pass
- 7.Trades at least ₹5 crore a day on average over the last 20 sessions1,201 pass
M, the market's direction: our market read after the latest close is Neutral — Fading. It applies to every name above alike, so it is not used as a filter. Read the market →
Each count is that rule applied on its own to the whole NSE universe, so you can see which one is doing the work. The list above is the names that pass all of them.
Make this screen your own
Open it in the screener with these rules already set, then add a sector, a market-cap range or any other filter on top. With Pro you can save it as your own scan.
Where our read differs
Of the 20 names above, 1 are flagged Early entry by our own model: still early enough in their move that the trade has room, rather than names that have already run. A screen tells you a stock qualifies; it does not tell you whether you are late. That second question is the one we built the engine to answer.
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What does CAN SLIM stand for?
C, current quarterly earnings; A, annual earnings growth; N, something new, such as a product, a change of management or a new price high; S, supply and demand for the shares; L, leader or laggard; I, institutional sponsorship; M, market direction. William O'Neil built it from studying the biggest winning stocks over several decades: most of them showed these traits before their largest advances.
Does CAN SLIM work in India?
The traits O'Neil found, rising earnings, price leadership and institutional buying, are visible in Indian market leaders too, and the method has a large following here. Two things need care on the NSE: many smaller companies trade thinly, which is why this screen also asks for steady daily turnover, and one strong quarter from a low base can show a very large growth figure, so read the earnings with the chart.
Why is the market, M, not a filter on this page?
Because M is the same for every stock. O'Neil found that three out of four stocks move with the general market, so he only bought when it was in a confirmed uptrend. Filtering on it would empty the list whenever the market turns and hide the names worth watching for the next upturn. Our market read is shown under the checks instead: look at it before acting on any name.
How often does the list change?
Prices, highs, volume and relative strength update after every close; the evening run starts around 4 pm IST. Earnings and return on equity change when companies report, and fund holdings when the monthly portfolios are published.
Stage 2 stocks by sector
NSE stocks in a confirmed uptrend (Stage 2, Weinstein’s advancing phase), grouped by sector and industry and ranked by setup score.
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