Best All-Around Stocks by Balanced UQS Score

Last updated: July 9, 2026

The Balanced preset is the UQS default — and for most investors, it's the right starting point. Instead of tilting heavily toward any single investment philosophy, it distributes weight across all five pillars in proportions that reflect decades of academic research on what drives long-term stock returns. Quality and Moat each carry 25% because the evidence is overwhelming that profitable companies with durable competitive advantages outperform over multi-year periods. Growth receives 20% because expanding businesses compound shareholder value, but growth without quality or moat is fragile. Risk and Valuation each carry 15% as essential guardrails — avoiding financial distress and overpaying.

This balance isn't arbitrary. Factor investing research by Fama-French, AQR, and others has demonstrated that quality, value, momentum, and low-volatility factors each contribute independently to long-term returns. The UQS balanced approach captures most of these factors: Quality maps to the profitability factor, Moat captures elements of both quality and low-volatility, Growth maps partially to momentum, Risk captures the low-volatility anomaly, and Valuation maps to the value factor. By combining them, the Balanced preset diversifies across return drivers rather than concentrating on any single one.

The stocks ranked highest below are the best all-rounders in a universe of 6,400+ companies. They don't have the absolute highest growth, cheapest valuation, or widest moat — but they score well across every dimension simultaneously. In practice, these tend to be the compounders: companies that grow steadily, maintain their competitive advantages, avoid financial trouble, and trade at reasonable prices. They rarely make headlines, but their shareholders tend to do well over 3-5 year horizons with lower drawdowns than the market.

Balanced Approach's Principles: The Balanced approach: (1) No single factor dominates — diversify across return drivers, (2) Quality and Moat are slightly overweighted because they have the strongest long-term evidence, (3) Growth matters but must be backed by fundamentals, (4) Risk and Valuation provide downside protection, (5) Rebalance attention, not weights — use the balanced score to identify opportunities, then investigate individual pillar scores for deeper insight.

Balanced Preset Weights

Quality25%

Moat25%

Growth20%

Risk15%

Valuation15%

Top Balanced Stocks: Who Ranks Highest and Why

#1TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited82

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited tops the balanced ranking at 82, scoring consistently well across all five pillars: quality (73), moat (82), growth (77), risk (95), and valuation (91). A true all-rounder.

#2BZKanzhun Limited80

Kanzhun Limited scores 80 — no single pillar dominates, but none falls short either. This is the compounding profile: steady quality, defensible position, growing earnings, manageable risk, fair price.

#3TWTradeweb Markets Inc.80

At 80, Tradeweb Markets Inc. demonstrates balanced strength with particular standouts in quality (84) and moat (74), the two most heavily weighted pillars.

#4ATATAtour Lifestyle Holdings Limited78

Atour Lifestyle Holdings Limited scores 78 — consistently above-average across all pillars, the kind of stock the balanced approach is designed to surface.

#5DOCSDoximity, Inc.78

Doximity, Inc. scores 78 — consistently above-average across all pillars, the kind of stock the balanced approach is designed to surface.

Full Balanced Ranking: Top 25 Stocks

#	Stock	Sector	Score	Q	M	G	R	V
1	TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited	Technology	82	73	82	77	95	91
2	BZKanzhun Limited	Industrials	80	90	47	92	82	98
3	TWTradeweb Markets Inc.	Financial Services	80	84	74	76	100	66
4	ATATAtour Lifestyle Holdings Limited	Consumer Cyclical	78	93	29	96	91	95
5	DOCSDoximity, Inc.	Healthcare	78	91	58	71	100	74
6	PDDPDD Holdings Inc.	Consumer Cyclical	77	91	50	62	96	100
7	CPRXCatalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Healthcare	77	90	42	81	100	83
8	HLNEHamilton Lane Incorporated	Financial Services	76	100	51	73	78	83
9	INCYIncyte Corporation	Healthcare	76	91	44	74	100	85
10	HRMYHarmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.	Healthcare	76	78	43	79	98	99
11	MLIMueller Industries, Inc.	Industrials	75	93	34	77	100	87
12	MKTXMarketAxess Holdings Inc.	Financial Services	75	93	65	38	100	88
13	ADBEAdobe Inc.	Technology	75	96	69	46	64	100
14	WDO.TOWesdome Gold Mines Ltd.	Basic Materials	75	85	27	85	100	98
15	EVREvercore Inc.	Financial Services	75	80	42	89	93	82
16	DECKDeckers Outdoor Corporation	Consumer Cyclical	74	95	43	61	100	84
17	RMDResMed Inc.	Healthcare	74	90	52	62	100	71
18	PACGrupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, S.A.B. de C.V.	Industrials	73	87	36	84	74	98
19	BBarrick Mining Corporation	Basic Materials	73	76	33	82	100	96
20	RNRRenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.	Financial Services	73	100	44	36	100	100
21	APPAppLovin Corporation	Technology	73	88	53	91	74	55
22	EDV.TOEndeavour Mining plc	Basic Materials	73	85	27	85	87	98
23	NEMNewmont Corporation	Basic Materials	73	76	32	84	95	97
24	AUPHAurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc.	Healthcare	73	93	41	71	91	76
25	KGCKinross Gold Corporation	Basic Materials	73	84	20	85	99	100

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you build a balanced stock portfolio?

A balanced approach evaluates every stock across multiple dimensions rather than optimizing for just one. The UQS Balanced preset weights Quality (25%), Moat (25%), Growth (20%), Risk (15%), and Valuation (15%). Stocks that score highest are strong across all five — they're profitable, competitively advantaged, growing, financially stable, and reasonably priced. Building a portfolio of these all-rounders diversifies your exposure across investment factors, reducing the risk that a single style going out of favor drags your returns.

What is the best way to screen stocks?

The most effective screening combines multiple financial metrics across different categories rather than filtering on just one or two ratios. A stock with a low P/E but terrible margins may be a value trap. A stock with great growth but crushing debt may not survive a downturn. The UQS system scores 29 metrics across six pillars — quality, moat, growth, risk, valuation, and momentum (Pro) — then weights them into a single score that identifies stocks strong across all dimensions. Start with the overall UQS score for breadth, then drill into individual pillar scores for depth.

How do you evaluate stock quality?

Stock quality is measured by how efficiently and profitably a company converts capital into returns. The UQS Quality pillar evaluates six metrics: ROIC (return on invested capital), ROE (return on equity), operating margin, net profit margin, gross profit to total assets (the Novy-Marx factor), and free cash flow yield. Each metric is scored against sector-calibrated thresholds, so a technology company isn't compared against an industrial company's standards. A high quality score means the business generates superior returns consistently — the hallmark of a well-managed company with structural advantages.