Should Value Investors Buy Veolia Environnement (VEOEY) Stock?

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Here at Zacks, we focus on our proven ranking system, which places an emphasis on earnings estimates and estimate revisions, to find winning stocks. But we also understand that investors develop their own strategies, so we are constantly looking at the latest trends in value, growth, and momentum to find strong companies for our readers.

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 a variety of methods, including tried-and-true valuation metrics, to find these stocks.

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.

Veolia Environnement (VEOEY - Free Report) is a stock many investors are watching right now. VEOEY is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy) and an A for Value. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 7.12, which compares to its industry's average of 17.77. Over the past 52 weeks, VEOEY's Forward P/E has been as high as 18.57 and as low as 5.99, with a median of 8.33.

Another valuation metric that we should highlight is VEOEY's P/B ratio of 1.52. The P/B is a method of comparing a stock's market value to its book value, which is defined as total assets minus total liabilities. VEOEY's current P/B looks attractive when compared to its industry's average P/B of 2.75. VEOEY's P/B has been as high as 1.54 and as low as 1.22, with a median of 1.42, over the past year.

These are just a handful of the figures considered in Veolia Environnement's great Value grade. Still, they help show that the stock is likely being undervalued at the moment. Add this to the strength of its earnings outlook, and we can clearly see that VEOEY is an impressive value stock right now.

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