Here at Zacks, our focus is on the proven Zacks Rank system, which emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find great stocks. Nevertheless, we are always paying attention to the latest value, growth, and momentum trends to underscore strong picks.<\/p>\n
Looking at the history of these trends, perhaps none is more beloved than value investing. This strategy simply looks to identify companies that are being undervalued by the broader market. Value investors rely on traditional forms of analysis on key valuation metrics to find stocks that they believe are undervalued, leaving room for profits.<\/p>\n
Zacks has developed the innovative Style Scores system to highlight stocks with specific traits. For example, value investors will be interested in stocks with great grades in the “Value” category. When paired with a high Zacks Rank, “A” grades in the Value category are among the strongest value stocks on the market today.<\/p>\n
One company to watch right now is Repsol (REPYY). REPYY is currently sporting a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), as well as a Value grade of A. The stock holds a P\/E ratio of 5.56, while its industry has an average P\/E of 13.93. Over the past year, REPYY’s Forward P\/E has been as high as 6.17 and as low as 4.00, with a median of 5.01.<\/p>\n
Value investors also use the P\/S ratio. The P\/S ratio is calculated as price divided by sales. Some people prefer this metric because sales are harder to manipulate on an income statement. This means it could be a truer performance indicator. REPYY has a P\/S ratio of 0.48. This compares to its industry’s average P\/S of 1.02.<\/p>\n
Finally, investors will want to recognize that REPYY has a P\/CF ratio of 5.47. This metric focuses on a firm’s operating cash flow and is often used to find stocks that are undervalued based on the strength of their cash outlook. REPYY’s current P\/CF looks attractive when compared to its industry’s average P\/CF of 9.51. Over the past year, REPYY’s P\/CF has been as high as 5.69 and as low as 2.06, with a median of 3.09.<\/p>\n
Shell (SHEL) may be another strong Oil and Gas – Integrated – International stock to add to your shortlist. SHEL is a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy) stock with a Value grade of A.<\/p>\n
Shell is currently trading with a Forward P\/E ratio of 10.75 while its PEG ratio sits at 1.72. Both of the company’s metrics compare favorably to its industry’s average P\/E of 13.93 and average PEG ratio of 0.60.<\/p>\n
Over the last 12 months, SHEL’s P\/E has been as high as 11.60, as low as 7.39, with a median of 9.11, and its PEG ratio has been as high as 6.62, as low as 0.91, with a median of 1.80.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here at Zacks, our focus is on the proven Zacks Rank system, which emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[127,255,467,254],"class_list":["post-3953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-repsol","tag-repsol","tag-strong-buy","tag-value-investing","tag-zacks-rank"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}