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Are Investors Undervaluing Paramount Group (PGRE) Right Now?

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The proven Zacks Rank system focuses on earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find winning stocks. Nevertheless, we know that our readers all have their own perspectives, so we are always looking at the latest trends in value, growth, and momentum to find 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.

In addition to the Zacks Rank, investors looking for stocks with specific traits can utilize our Style Scores system. Of course, value investors will be most interested in the system's "Value" category. Stocks with "A" grades for Value and high Zacks Ranks are among the best value stocks available at any given moment.

One company to watch right now is Paramount Group (PGRE - Free Report) . PGRE is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy), as well as a Value grade of A. The stock has a Forward P/E ratio of 6.73. This compares to its industry's average Forward P/E of 14.22. Over the past 52 weeks, PGRE's Forward P/E has been as high as 8.06 and as low as 4.66, with a median of 6.13.

Value investors also love the P/S ratio, which is calculated by simply dividing a stock's price with the company's sales. This is a prefered metric because revenue can't really be manipulated, so sales are often a truer performance indicator. PGRE has a P/S ratio of 1.37. This compares to its industry's average P/S of 3.77.

These figures are just a handful of the metrics value investors tend to look at, but they help show that Paramount Group is likely being undervalued right now. Considering this, as well as the strength of its earnings outlook, PGRE feels like a great value stock at the moment.


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