What Makes a Stock a Peter Lynch GARP Stocks constituent?
The GARP (Growth at a Reasonable Price) strategy identifies companies growing earnings at 15%+ while maintaining a PEG ratio below 1.5. This screen filters for high-quality compounders like Microsoft in the early 2010s, which offered steady growth without the extreme valuation premiums seen in speculative tech.
Filter for Sustainable Growth
We target 15%+ EPS growth to avoid stagnant value traps like IBM in 2015, where lack of growth led to years of share price underperformance.
Validate with Revenue
Revenue growth of 10%+ ensures earnings aren't just accounting tricks, similar to how Amazon's 20%+ revenue growth in 2018 validated its massive scale.
Apply the PEG Discipline
By capping PEG at 1.5, we avoid overpaying for growth, a mistake investors made with Zoom in 2020 when its P/E exceeded 500x.
