More than 25 candidates were screened for share price between $1 and $5, market cap above $100 million, daily volume over 500,000 shares, and over $10 million in trailing revenue.

Only five stocks cleared every filter, spanning five different sectors. Two are profitable today, and one pays a substantial dividend.

The report also flags what could go wrong with each pick, including dilution and convertible debt.

Tobacco, telecom, pipelines, and healthcare real estate trade at 10 to 15 times earnings while the index yields about 1 percent.

A free report highlights seven cash-generating stocks with a 5 percent forward yield floor and roughly 6.5 percent average cash yield, capped at two picks per sector.

Each pick includes coverage numbers and an honest bear case. Five of the seven have raised payouts for 17 to 56 straight years.