Here's a map of the Russell 2000 where everything that's below the price it had 10 years ago is shown in red. There's plenty to pick through: ...

Nice link, thanks. I've used their site before, but never thought of using it that way.

Another way I've used in the past to find inspirations: look at a list of stocks sorted by [ (book per share growth in the least 5 or 10 years) - (total return in the last 5 or 10 years) ]. It's a quick way to find the list of firms whose stock returns have been much worse than their business results, the "hiding in plain site" deals. You can use earnings per share instead of book per share, but it's more volatile so you need more checking after the screening.

Of course you have to skip anything that was unrealistically expensive at the beginning of the time period, but it's a nice filter. This sort put me into Walmart around 2012, for example, when the business had been doing wonderfully for a decade but the price had gone nowhere and the consensus was that it was dead money. Made a bundle.

Jim

PS, here is a recent list from the Value Line 1700 set of firms.
Highest difference of 5-year total return (bad) and book value growth (good), limited to those firms with a currently positive ROE.
There might be something worthwhile in the list, for those who like to be contrarian.

Ticker Symbol    Return on Shareholders Equity    Book Value Growth 5-Year    Total Return 5-Year
SMLR                                     17.72                        80.5                 -24.56
ZYXI                                      8.38                        35.5                  -47.6
ZM                                        9.68                        53.5                 -29.16
ENPH                                     12.32                          55                 -27.41
XYZ                                       0.05                          60                 -20.57
TOPS                                       3.3                        23.5                 -52.26
AMD                                       9.41                          89                  19.47
SE                                         5.3                          62                  -6.48
EGRX                                     15.26                        10.5                 -55.89
CABO                                       0.8                          19                 -44.24
CARM                                    216.69                        -1.5                 -62.59
EXPI                                      5.97                          46                 -14.82
FRPT                                      4.44                        43.5                 -17.21
FIVN                                     29.78                        25.5                  -34.6
CXDO                                      3.26                          58                  -1.65
SLP                                       5.45                          37                 -21.99
FOXF                                      0.54                          27                 -30.48
UPS                                      39.56                          49                  -7.39
MED                                       0.99                          14                 -41.85
ACMR                                     11.45                          59                   3.42
EHTH                                      1.75                           9                 -46.35
CROX                                     42.91                          60                   5.08
MCO                                      57.72                        67.5                  12.58
INVA                                      3.38                          68                  14.08
KRNT                                      1.39                        22.5                 -31.05
TTD                                      13.32                          39                 -14.25
GTBIF                                     2.13                          28                  -22.4
FVRR                                      5.03                        13.5                 -36.47
TWLO                                       7.8                          33                 -16.81
HGBL                                      7.94                          45                  -4.36
HELE                                      9.91                        10.5                 -38.66
PAYC                                     29.31                          33                 -16.15
AMCX                                     22.95                        25.5                 -23.21
APVO                                     39.02                         -45                 -93.69
ALGN                                     12.25                          27                 -21.53
AIFU                                     13.54                        -8.5                 -56.66
OEC                                      17.42                        26.5                 -21.37
MTLS                                      2.84                          14                 -33.31
AZTA                                      0.81                        31.5                 -14.79
PDD                                      32.05                        41.5                  -4.68
CLVT                                     10.22                          10                 -34.56
VCYT                                      2.05                          40                  -4.51
FMC                                       9.72                           9                 -34.03
BLMN                                    115.63                        26.5                 -16.31
POOL                                      34.1                          36                  -6.41
CRMT                                      3.14                          13                 -28.97
UI                                      106.53                          59                  17.14
CE                                       13.76                          20                 -21.72
ATKR                                      30.7                        53.5                  11.83
ASPN                                      5.08                          16                 -24.15
SAM                                       6.51                          13                 -27.12
LGIH                                      9.62                          23                 -16.63
DXCM                                     26.17                        33.5                  -5.85
BIO                                       3.95                        27.5                 -11.84
MBUU                                      5.99                        23.5                 -15.44
FORR                                     12.24                           8                 -30.79
PAGS                                     14.42                          13                 -25.72
SCNI                                    142.26                       -30.5                 -69.21
LMT                                      84.25                        46.5                   7.85
ICLR                                     12.21                          34                  -3.57
PCRX                                      3.79                          18                 -19.21
TSLA                                      9.77                        56.5                  19.35
GTN                                       9.82                        15.5                 -21.03
MGPI                                     13.78                        25.5                 -11.03
SITE                                      7.86                        34.5                  -1.88
APT                                       6.31                        17.5                 -18.47
WB                                        8.63                          13                 -22.89
OFLX                                     21.67                           8                 -27.86
MKTX                                     19.74                        14.5                 -20.74
EGAN                                     39.95                          34                  -1.14
ANGI                                      3.38                          -3                 -38.07
INMD                                     25.75                        26.5                  -8.56
OMI                                       6.25                        -0.5                 -35.49
XPEL                                     20.17                          38                   3.04
LOVE                                      5.34                          18                  -16.9
RILY                                    182.35                         6.5                  -28.3
CP                                        7.76                          36                   1.52
BF/B                                     21.76                          17                 -17.45
PCTY                                     20.01                        28.5                  -5.88
GNRC                                     12.68                        25.5                  -8.86
USNA                                      7.89                          10                 -24.36
KOP                                      10.72                        35.5                   1.17
MCFT                                      5.84                          29                  -5.14
IART                                     12.74                         6.5                 -27.33
SAFE                                      4.51                        15.5                 -18.19
TREX                                     26.63                          17                 -16.61
PGNY                                     12.87                        29.5                  -4.02
LULU                                     41.96                        19.5                 -13.78
ULH                                      20.07                        24.5                  -8.73
AUDC                                     14.22                        14.5                  -18.7
KZIA                                    267.33                         -24                 -57.14
KDOZF                                     4.45                        20.5                  -12.6
MHH                                       3.89                        17.5                 -15.29
TBCH                                     13.41                        25.5                  -7.19
LAD                                      12.05                        33.5                   1.05
EPAM                                     17.35                          20                 -12.13
SLQT                                      8.26                         -10                 -42.13
LX                                       10.24                          19                 -12.92
SIEB                                      15.8                        27.5                  -4.34
KMX                                       8.01                          13                 -18.73

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