Here at Zacks, we focus on our proven ranking system, which places an emphasis on earnings estimates and estimate revisions, to find winning stocks. But we also understand that investors develop their own strategies, so we are constantly looking at the latest trends in value, growth, and momentum to find strong companies for our readers.
Of these, perhaps no stock market trend is more popular than value investing, which is a strategy that has proven to be successful in all sorts of market environments. Value investors use fundamental analysis and traditional valuation metrics to find stocks that they believe are being undervalued by the market at large.
On top of the Zacks Rank, investors can also look at our innovative Style Scores system to find stocks with specific traits. For example, value investors will want to focus on the "Value" category. Stocks with high Zacks Ranks and "A" grades for Value will be some of the highest-quality value stocks on the market today.
One stock to keep an eye on is Hugo Boss (BOSSY). BOSSY is currently sporting a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), as well as a Value grade of A. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 11.28, which compares to its industry's average of 17.27. BOSSY's Forward P/E has been as high as 14.17 and as low as 8.38, with a median of 11.29, all within the past year.
Value investors also love the P/S ratio, which is calculated by simply dividing a stock's price with the company's sales. This is a popular metric because sales are harder to manipulate on an income statement, so they are often considered a better performance indicator. BOSSY has a P/S ratio of 0.59. This compares to its industry's average P/S of 0.64.
These figures are just a handful of the metrics value investors tend to look at, but they help show that Hugo Boss is likely being undervalued right now. Considering this, as well as the strength of its earnings outlook, BOSSY feels like a great value stock at the moment.
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