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Top Ranked Value Stocks to Buy for March 17th

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Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong value characteristics for investors to consider today, March 17th:

Atento S.A. : This provider of customer relationship management and business process outsourcing services and solutions has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), and seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 63.2% over the last 60 days.

Atento S.A. Price and Consensus

Atento S.A. Price and Consensus

Atento S.A. price-consensus-chart | Atento S.A. Quote

Atento has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 4.64, compared with 12.70 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of A.

Atento S.A. PE Ratio (TTM)

Atento S.A. PE Ratio (TTM)

Atento S.A. pe-ratio-ttm | Atento S.A. Quote

Ingredion Incorporated (INGR - Free Report) : This producer of starches and sweeteners has a Zacks Rank #2, and seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 0.1% over the last 60 days.

Ingredion has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 10.38, compared with 24.90 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of A.

Foundation Building Materials, Inc. : This distributor of building products has a Zacks Rank #2, and seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 0.8% over the last 60 days.

Foundation Building Materials has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 7.80, compared with 11.40 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of A.

Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (HTLF - Free Report) : This multi-bank holding company has a Zacks Rank #2, and seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 0.8% over the last 60 days.

Heartland Financial USA has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 7.23, compared with 8.30 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of B.

See the full list of top ranked stocks here.

Learn more about the Value score and how it is calculated here.

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