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Should Value Investors Buy Hang Lung Properties (HLPPY) Stock?

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While the proven Zacks Rank places an emphasis on earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find strong stocks, we also know that investors tend to develop their own individual strategies. With this in mind, we are always looking at value, growth, and momentum trends to discover great companies.

Of these, value investing is easily one of the most popular ways to find great stocks in any market environment. Value investors use fundamental analysis and traditional valuation metrics to find stocks that they believe are being undervalued by the market at large.

Luckily, Zacks has developed its own Style Scores system in an effort to find stocks with specific traits. Value investors will be interested in the system's "Value" category. Stocks with both "A" grades in the Value category and high Zacks Ranks are among the strongest value stocks on the market right now.

One company to watch right now is Hang Lung Properties (HLPPY - Free Report) . HLPPY 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 9.50. This compares to its industry's average Forward P/E of 16.12. Over the last 12 months, HLPPY's Forward P/E has been as high as 12.27 and as low as 6.21, with a median of 8.61.

We should also highlight that HLPPY has a P/B ratio of 0.21. Investors use the P/B ratio to look at a stock's market value versus its book value, which is defined as total assets minus total liabilities. This stock's P/B looks attractive against its industry's average P/B of 0.58. Over the past 12 months, HLPPY's P/B has been as high as 0.29 and as low as 0.17, with a median of 0.21.

These are just a handful of the figures considered in Hang Lung Properties'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 HLPPY is an impressive value stock right now.


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