Should Value Investors Buy Habit Restaurants (HABT) Stock?
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 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 stock to keep an eye on is Habit Restaurants (HABT). HABT is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy), as well as an A grade for Value.
Value investors also frequently use the P/S ratio. This metric is found by dividing a stock's price with the company's revenue. This is a prefered metric because revenue can't really be manipulated, so sales are often a truer performance indicator. HABT has a P/S ratio of 0.5. This compares to its industry's average P/S of 0.88.
Finally, we should also recognize that HABT has a P/CF ratio of 5.93. This metric takes into account a company's operating cash flow and can be used to find stocks that are undervalued based on their solid cash outlook. This company's current P/CF looks solid when compared to its industry's average P/CF of 17.69. Over the past year, HABT's P/CF has been as high as 17.09 and as low as 5.84, with a median of 8.03.
Value investors will likely look at more than just these metrics, but the above data helps show that Habit Restaurants is likely undervalued currently. And when considering the strength of its earnings outlook, HABT sticks out at as one of the market's strongest value stocks.
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