Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong value characteristics for investors to consider today, May 2nd:
Verso Corporation : This coated papers producer has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), and seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 11.2% over the last 60 days.
Verso has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 5.64, compared with 12.70 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of A.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA - Free Report) : This retail and wholesale banking, asset management and private banking services provider 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.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 8.29, compared with 11.80 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of B.
Cigna Corporation (CI - Free Report) : This health service organization has a Zacks Rank #2, and seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 0.1% over the last 60 days.
Cigna has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 9.67, compared with 12.50 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of B.
Tech Data Corporation : This IT distribution and solutions company has a Zacks Rank #2, and seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 2.3% over the last 60 days.
Tech Data has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 9.06 compared with 12.20 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of A.
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Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong value characteristics for investors to consider today, May 2nd:
Verso Corporation : This coated papers producer has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), and seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 11.2% over the last 60 days.
Verso has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 5.64, compared with 12.70 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of A.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA - Free Report) : This retail and wholesale banking, asset management and private banking services provider 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.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 8.29, compared with 11.80 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of B.
Cigna Corporation (CI - Free Report) : This health service organization has a Zacks Rank #2, and seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 0.1% over the last 60 days.
Cigna has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 9.67, compared with 12.50 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of B.
Tech Data Corporation : This IT distribution and solutions company has a Zacks Rank #2, and seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 2.3% over the last 60 days.
Tech Data has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 9.06 compared with 12.20 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of A.
See the full list of top ranked stocks here
Learn more about the Value score and how it is calculated here.
Zacks' Top 10 Stocks for 2019
In addition to the stocks discussed above, would you like to know about our 10 finest buy-and-holds for the year?
Who wouldn't? Our annual Top 10s have beaten the market with amazing regularity. In 2018, while the market dropped -5.2%, the portfolio scored well into double-digits overall with individual stocks rising as high as +61.5%. And from 2012-2017, while the market boomed +126.3, Zacks' Top 10s reached an even more sensational +181.9%.
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From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
It’s a little-known chemical company that’s up 65% over last year, yet still dirt cheap. With unrelenting demand, soaring 2022 earnings estimates, and $1.5 billion for repurchasing shares, retail investors could jump in at any time.
This company could rival or surpass other recent Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Boston Beer Company which shot up +143.0% in little more than 9 months and NVIDIA which boomed +175.9% in one year.
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