Is YPF Sociedad Anonima (YPF) a Great Value Stock Right Now?
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.
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.
YPF Sociedad Anonima (YPF) is a stock many investors are watching right now. YPF is currently holding a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy) and a Value grade of A. The stock has a Forward P/E ratio of 2.84. This compares to its industry's average Forward P/E of 7.20. YPF's Forward P/E has been as high as 9.14 and as low as -9.56, with a median of 2.55, all within the past year.
Value investors also use the P/S ratio. The P/S ratio is is calculated as price divided by sales. This is a prefered metric because revenue can't really be manipulated, so sales are often a truer performance indicator. YPF has a P/S ratio of 0.2. This compares to its industry's average P/S of 0.51.
Value investors will likely look at more than just these metrics, but the above data helps show that YPF Sociedad Anonima is likely undervalued currently. And when considering the strength of its earnings outlook, YPF sticks out at as one of the market's strongest value stocks.
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