Top Ranked Value Stocks to Buy for December 4th

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Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong value characteristics for investors to consider today, December 4th:

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (ABG - Free Report) : This automotive retailer has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), and seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 6.2% over the last 60 days.

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. Price and Consensus

Asbury Automotive has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 8.35 compared with 11.40 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of A.

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. PE Ratio (TTM)

Ready CapitalCorp (RC - Free Report) : This publicly-traded mortgage REIT has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), and seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 2.8% over the last 60 days.

Ready Capital Corp Price and Consensus

Ready Capital has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 8.25, compared with 11.80 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of A.

Ready Capital Corp PE Ratio (TTM)

Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL - Free Report) : This apparel giant has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), and seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 2.3% over the last 60 days.

Ralph Lauren Corporation Price and Consensus

Ralph Lauren has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 16.41, compared with 24.40 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of A.

Ralph Lauren Corporation PE Ratio (TTM)

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