Should Value Investors Buy AAC Technologies (AACAY) Stock?

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Here at Zacks, our focus is on the proven Zacks Rank system, which emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find great stocks. Nevertheless, we are always paying attention to the latest value, growth, and momentum trends to underscore strong picks.

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 AAC Technologies (AACAY - Free Report) . AACAY is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy) and an A for Value. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 12.84, which compares to its industry's average of 18.91. Over the last 12 months, AACAY's Forward P/E has been as high as 22.32 and as low as 8.83, with a median of 14.44.

Value investors also use the P/S ratio. The P/S ratio is is calculated as price divided by 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. AACAY has a P/S ratio of 0.97. This compares to its industry's average P/S of 1.44.

Value investors will likely look at more than just these metrics, but the above data helps show that AAC Technologies is likely undervalued currently. And when considering the strength of its earnings outlook, AACAY sticks out at as one of the market's strongest value stocks.

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