The best stock screener in India for fundamentals
Which stock screener should you use?
Valarth, for a long-term investor: it is the one that checks whether the accounts can be trusted and works out what the company is worth, with the reasoning shown. The others each suit a narrower need.
- The best all-round choice for a long-term investor: Valarth. Start with basic filters, each explained by its own lesson with a worked example, or ask in plain English. See whether the accounts can be trusted (15 red and 15 green forensic checks, each with its reason) and what the company is worth (nine valuation models), with every figure explained. Free during the beta. Screener.in and Trendlyne now have AI assistants too, on their paid plans.
- Only if you want to write raw queries: Screener.in.
- Only if a quick scorecard is enough: Tickertape.
- Only if you trade and backtest: Trendlyne.
Below: why Valarth comes first, and what each of the others is for.
Our pick
Valarth: ask in plain English, see every company's accounts checked for red flags, and a fair value worked out by nine models, with the reasoning shown. Every plan is free during the beta.
Why is Valarth the best choice for most long-term investors?
Asking in plain language, checking whether the numbers can be trusted, and explaining every figure it shows.
The Valarth screener has 215 filters across 5794 listed companies, and each filter has a lesson with a worked example. Beyond the filters:
- AI Screener. You ask a question, such as which companies gain from a government programme, and it builds the screen and writes its reasoning. See answers it has given, or how the AI stock screeners in India compare.
- Forensic checks. 15 red checks and 15 green checks on each company's accounts, with the reason each one fired. What the checks are.
- Valuation. Nine models and a value range, with the reasoning shown. How the models work.
- Business-model cards. How a company makes money and what can hurt it, each statement checked against its annual report. Open on the public company pages.
The free plan has the screener's basic filters, company pages, the lessons and a portfolio tracker. Pro opens every filter and the Before the Bell morning edition; the AI plans add the AI Screener, deep stock reports and forensic reports. Every plan is free while Valarth is in beta. Plans in full.
The difference in one line: the other three hand you data and scores to interpret; Valarth reads the accounts with you and shows its reasoning.
How do the four compare side by side?
| Valarth | Screener.in | Tickertape | Trendlyne | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy to start | Basic filters to start, a lesson with a worked example for each of 215 filters | Needs the query language | Pick from a list | Many tools to learn |
| How you screen | Pick filters, or ask in plain English | Write a query, or use shared screens; Screener AI on the paid plan | Pick filters; ready-made screens | Pick filters or scores; ready-made screens |
| Free plan | Yes: the screener's basic filters, company pages, lessons, portfolio tracker; every plan is free during the beta | Yes: screens, custom ratios, Excel export of statements | Yes, with Pro features locked | Yes, with limits |
| Paid plan | Pro, AI and AI Premium: free while Valarth is in beta | ₹4,999 a year | ₹399 a month, or ₹2,999 a year | Four yearly plans, ₹1,890 (GuruQ) to ₹10,000 (Pro Plus) |
| Red-flag checks | 15 red and 15 green checks, each shown with its reason | Build your own from ratios | A red-flags feature | Inside its Durability score |
| Valuation | Nine valuation models and a value range | Ratios and your own formulas | A valuation scorecard | A Valuation score from 0 to 100 |
| Teaches as you go | A lesson for every filter, with a worked example | Little; it assumes you know the ratios | Short explanations | Some |
Screener.in or Valarth?
Only if you want to write your own queries and read raw statements yourself. For analysing a company, Valarth goes further.
Screener.in screens by a condition you write in its query language. Its free plan has stock screens, custom ratios and Excel export; the ₹4,999 yearly plan adds Screener AI, peer comparison and segment results.
Where Valarth does better: Screener.in explains little and leaves the reading to you. Valarth explains every figure and checks the accounts for you.
Tickertape or Valarth?
Only if a quick scorecard is enough and you do not need the working. For analysing a company, Valarth goes further.
Tickertape's screener works by picking filters from a list, and each stock gets a scorecard. Pro was ₹399 a month or ₹2,999 a year.
Where Valarth does better: Tickertape's scorecards give the verdict, not the working. Valarth shows which of its 15 red and 15 green checks fired and why, and what nine valuation models say the business is worth.
Trendlyne or Valarth?
Only if you trade and backtest strategies. For analysing a company, Valarth goes further.
Trendlyne screens on its own Durability, Valuation and Momentum scores alongside technical measures, with backtests on its plans. Yearly plans ran from ₹1,890 (GuruQ) to ₹10,000 (Pro Plus).
Where Valarth does better: Trendlyne's pages are crowded and its scores hide their working. Valarth answers a question in plain English and shows which checks fired and why.
How should you choose?
Start with Valarth, and keep another tool only for the one job it does that Valarth does not.
For a long-term investor the questions are whether the accounts can be trusted and what the business is worth. Valarth answers both for every company, with the reasoning shown, and lets you screen by asking in plain English. Keep Screener.in only to write formulas in a query language, Trendlyne only to backtest, Tickertape only to buy US stocks.
The test that settles it: open a company you know well in Valarth and in the tool you use now, and see which one tells you, within a minute, whether its accounts hold up and what it is worth, with the working shown. Every Valarth plan is free during the beta.
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