The scan is paying for cheap earnings vs bonds. That factor drives 7 of 10. Short interest is the second lever, up for 8 names. Book +14.9% to +19.7%, median conf 86. Not a thin range, but a crowded f

The Allstate Corporation ($ALL) and McCormick & Company, Incorporated ($MKC) are univ 100%, sec 100%, conf 86. Both get earnings yield vs bonds. $ALL adds short interest in Financial Services. $MKC adds even more short interest in Consumer Defensive. Same cheap-yield print, different sector defense. Fiserv, Inc. ($FISV) and Dollar Tree, Inc. ($DLTR) are univ 100% and 99%. $FISV conf 86: short interest, earnings yield, 60d vol. $DLTR conf 84: earnings yield and 60d vol, but short interest is a drag. Tech squeeze vs Consumer Defensive value. Globe Life Inc. ($GL) and Carnival Corporation Ltd. ($CCL) rank 99% univ, conf 85 and 86. $GL: earnings yield, short interest, illiquidity. $CCL: earnings yield, short interest, 60d vol. Financial Services and Consumer Cyclical, both leaning on the same two factors. EMCOR Group, Inc. ($EME) and Edison International ($EIX) are sec 100%, conf 86. $EME: short interest, earnings yield, 60d vol. $EIX: earnings yield, 60d vol, short interest drag. Industri

The Allstate Corporation ($ALL) and McCormick & Company, Incorporated ($MKC) are univ 100%, sec 100%, conf 86. Both get earnings yield vs bonds. $ALL adds short interest in Financial Services. $MKC ad