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Are Investors Undervaluing Summit Hotel Properties (INN) Right Now?

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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, 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 Summit Hotel Properties (INN - Free Report) . INN is currently sporting a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and an A for Value. The stock has a Forward P/E ratio of 7.65. This compares to its industry's average Forward P/E of 16.12. Over the last 12 months, INN's Forward P/E has been as high as 7.90 and as low as 4.05, with a median of 6.60.

Investors will also notice that INN has a PEG ratio of 1.26. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. INN's PEG compares to its industry's average PEG of 1.67. Over the past 52 weeks, INN's PEG has been as high as 1.57 and as low as 0.86, with a median of 1.13.

Another great REIT and Equity Trust - Other stock you could consider is Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc. (PDM - Free Report) , which is a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy) stock with a Value Score of A.

Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc. sports a P/B ratio of 0.72 as well; this compares to its industry's price-to-book ratio of 1.96. In the past 52 weeks, PDM's P/B has been as high as 0.84, as low as 0.46, with a median of 0.63.

These figures are just a handful of the metrics value investors tend to look at, but they help show that Summit Hotel Properties and Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc. are likely being undervalued right now. Considering this, as well as the strength of its earnings outlook, INN and PDM feels like a great value stock at the moment.

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