This is a confusing aspect of what we offer here I agree, and we're working right now to make it as clear as possible so new members aren't confused. More than likely, we will end up pushing an explanation out in our introductory e-mails earlier. We kind of figured people would slowly work their way into the service. But we're realizing now that people want to get started the second they sign up, which is good!
Anyways, we used to just have individual picks (Bull List). We had the screeners, but they weren't as user friendly when we first began. Behind the scenes, we used these screeners a lot to identify stocks for our Bull list. But the outperformance of the screener became apparent, and we pretty much said we've got to get this out to members to use.
If I were to explain the difference between our Bull list and Growth Stock Screeners in one sentence, it would be that the Bull list is vetted and extensively researched, while the screener Top 20 are stocks picked by a mathematical formula based on a variety of metrics.
Prime example is Cineplex. At one point, the stock was in our Top 20. The primary reason is because analysts hadn't tuned down earnings and revenue estimates. So to our screener, the stock looked very, very cheap. When in reality it was set to struggle even further. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of oil and gas stocks were popping up in the Top 20 as well, because sharp drops in prices caused our screener to think they were undervalued.
So, think of our screener as a starting point to your research. From there, you can either look into the stocks yourself, or head here and ask about them. However, if you're looking for straight up stock picks, our Growth and Dividend Bull lists are stocks that we have researched extensively.