Best Value Stocks to Buy for August 16th

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Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong value characteristics for investors to consider today, August 16th:  

Sotherly Hotels (SOHO - Free Report) : This real estate investment trust which focuses on the acquisition, renovation, up branding and repositioning of upscale to upper-upscale full-service hotels primarily in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern United States carries a Zacks Rank #1(Strong Buy), and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 22.5% over the last 60 days.

Sotherly Hotels has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 4.15 compared with 16.90 for the Industry. The company possesses a Value Score of A.

StarTek : This company which is a global provider of process management services and owns and operates branded vertical market Internet websites, carries a Zacks Rank #1 and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current-year earnings increasing 11.4% over the last 60 days.

StarTek has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 10.57, compared with 18.30 for the Industry. The company possesses a Value Score of A.

Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT - Free Report) : This company which is a distributor of value-added industrial products — including engineered fluid power components, bearings, specialty flow control solutions, power transmission products and miscellaneous industrial supplies, carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 5.8% over the last 60 days.

Applied Industrial Technologies has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 15.53 compared with 20.50 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of B.

 

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