Are Investors Undervaluing Kinross Gold (KGC) 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, 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 tried-and-true metrics and fundamental analysis to find companies that they believe are undervalued at their current share price levels.
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 value investors might notice is Kinross Gold (KGC). KGC is currently holding a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy) and a Value grade of A. The stock is trading with P/E ratio of 10.88 right now. For comparison, its industry sports an average P/E of 15.56. Over the past year, KGC's Forward P/E has been as high as 20.64 and as low as 7.83, with a median of 12.68.
Another notable valuation metric for KGC is its P/B ratio of 0.88. 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. KGC's current P/B looks attractive when compared to its industry's average P/B of 1.20. Within the past 52 weeks, KGC's P/B has been as high as 1.14 and as low as 0.69, with a median of 0.96.
Value investors also use the P/S ratio. The P/S ratio is is calculated as price divided by sales. Some people prefer this metric because sales are harder to manipulate on an income statement. This means it could be a truer performance indicator. KGC has a P/S ratio of 1.38. This compares to its industry's average P/S of 3.62.
Finally, investors will want to recognize that KGC has a P/CF ratio of 4.92. This figure highlights a company's operating cash flow and can be used to find firms that are undervalued when considering their impressive cash outlook. This stock's P/CF looks attractive against its industry's average P/CF of 11.49. Within the past 12 months, KGC's P/CF has been as high as 34.35 and as low as 4.92, with a median of 8.25.
If you're looking for another solid Mining - Gold value stock, take a look at New Gold (NGD). NGD is a # 2 (Buy) stock with a Value score of A.
New Gold is currently trading with a Forward P/E ratio of 7.96 while its PEG ratio sits at 1.59. Both of the company's metrics compare favorably to its industry's average P/E of 15.56 and average PEG ratio of 1.34.
NGD's price-to-earnings ratio has been as high as 33.27 and as low as -15.29, with a median of 13.81, while its PEG ratio has been as high as 6.65 and as low as -3.06, with a median of 2.76, all within the past year.
Additionally, New Gold has a P/B ratio of 0.69 while its industry's price-to-book ratio sits at 1.20. For NGD, this valuation metric has been as high as 1.14, as low as 0.56, with a median of 0.78 over the past year.
These are just a handful of the figures considered in Kinross Gold and New Gold'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 KGC and NGD is an impressive value stock right now.
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