Undervalued Stocks

Q: What are undervalued stocks?

Undervalued stocks trade at prices below their estimated intrinsic value. This means the market price does not fully reflect the company's assets, earnings power, or growth potential. Common indicators include a low P/E ratio relative to industry peers, price below book value, high free cash flow yield, and analyst price targets significantly above the current price. Identifying truly undervalued stocks requires thorough fundamental analysis.

Q: How to find undervalued stocks?

Start by screening for stocks with low P/E ratios, high dividend yields, and prices below analyst consensus targets. Then dig deeper — examine the balance sheet for hidden assets or excessive pessimism, check if earnings are temporarily depressed, and evaluate the competitive position. Warren Buffett's approach focuses on companies with durable competitive advantages trading at reasonable prices, not just statistically cheap stocks.

Q: What is value investing?

Value investing is a strategy of buying stocks for less than their intrinsic worth and holding them until the market recognizes their true value. Pioneered by Benjamin Graham and refined by Warren Buffett, it emphasizes a margin of safety — buying at enough of a discount that even if your analysis is partially wrong, you still avoid losing money. Value investors focus on fundamentals like earnings, assets, and cash flow rather than market trends or momentum.

Q: What is a value trap?

A value trap is a stock that appears cheap but continues declining because its fundamental problems are worse than they appear. Common value traps include companies in secular decline (like traditional retail facing e-commerce disruption), companies with excessive debt, and cyclical businesses at peak earnings. To avoid value traps, focus on companies with strong balance sheets, stable or growing free cash flow, and competitive positions that can withstand industry changes.

Q: What is intrinsic value?

Intrinsic value is the estimated true worth of a company based on fundamental analysis, independent of its current market price. Methods for calculating it include discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis, sum-of-the-parts valuation, and asset-based approaches. Different analysts may arrive at different intrinsic value estimates using different assumptions. The concept is central to value investing — the gap between intrinsic value and market price represents the opportunity or risk.

Q: Are undervalued stocks good for beginners?

Value investing requires patience and fundamental analysis skills, which can be challenging for beginners. However, the core principle of buying quality at a discount is sound for any investor. Beginners might start with value-oriented ETFs like the Vanguard Value ETF (VTV) or iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (IWD) rather than picking individual undervalued stocks. As skills develop, individual stock selection can potentially add higher returns.

Q: How long does it take for undervalued stocks to recover?

There is no guaranteed timeline for value realization. Some undervalued stocks recover in weeks after a catalyst like strong earnings, while others remain depressed for months or years. Academic research suggests value strategies typically outperform over 3-5 year periods, though they can underperform for extended stretches. Catalysts that unlock value include management changes, activist investors, earnings turnarounds, spin-offs, and industry tailwinds.

Stocks trading below their analyst price target with P/E under 20. Wall Street thinks these are cheap — the market hasn't caught up yet.

200 stocks Updated Jul 19, 2026

$5.54T Total Market Cap

13.3 Avg P/E Ratio

2.88% Avg Dividend Yield

+0.00% Avg Daily Change

Undervalued stocks are shares trading below their estimated intrinsic value based on fundamental analysis. These companies may be overlooked by the market due to temporary setbacks, sector rotation, or simply flying under investors' radar. Finding genuinely undervalued stocks is the core principle of value investing, a strategy pioneered by Benjamin Graham and popularized by Warren Buffett.

Identifying undervalued stocks involves analyzing metrics like P/E ratio, price-to-book, price-to-free-cash-flow, and comparing them to industry averages and historical norms. A stock may be undervalued because the market is overly pessimistic about its prospects, because it operates in an out-of-favor sector, or because its true earnings power is obscured by temporary charges or investments.

This list screens for stocks with attractive valuation metrics combined with strong fundamentals — low P/E ratios relative to earnings growth, prices below analyst targets, and solid financial health. Data is updated daily from market sources.

#	Symbol	Name	Price	P/E	Upside %	Consensus	Analysts	Market Cap
1	VNT	Vontier Corp	$30.35	10.4	+197.7%	Buy	15	4.27B
2	FOX	Fox Corp - Class B	$51.63	13.3	+196.4%	Hold	26	22.80B
3	LAUR	Laureate Education Inc	$36.45	18.4	+195.0%	Strong Buy	12	5.14B
4	MKC	Mccormick & Co-Non Vtg Shrs	$51.70	8.9	+194.3%	Hold	20	14.47B
5	SEE	Sealed Air Corp	$42.15	12.3	+191.5%	Hold	15	6.21B
6	KGC	Kinross Gold Corp	$22.57	9.6	+191.3%	Strong Buy	15	38.49B
7	LKQ	Lkq Corp	$25.38	13.1	+188.9%	Buy	15	6.74B
8	HOG	Harley-Davidson Inc	$26.58	12.2	+185.9%	Hold	21	2.81B
9	TDC	Teradata Corp	$30.52	6.9	+184.5%	Buy	14	2.91B
10	CENTA	Central Garden And Pet Co-A	$38.29	14.5	+184.2%	Strong Buy	11	2.49B
11	HG	Hamilton Insurance Grou-Cl B	$34.94	5.4	+181.1%	Buy	16	3.42B
12	BANC	Banc Of California Inc	$21.21	13.3	+180.5%	Strong Buy	17	3.29B
13	CGAU	Centerra Gold Inc	$15.09	4.8	+178.7%	Buy	18	4.25B
14	HRMY	Harmony Biosciences Holdings	$33.77	13.4	+176.9%	Buy	17	1.96B
15	ZTS	Zoetis Inc	$76.56	12.2	+174.1%	Hold	24	32.26B
16	GILD	Gilead Sciences Inc	$134.28	18.2	+170.1%	Strong Buy	37	167.38B
17	ETOR	Etoro Group Ltd-A	$35.98	12.5	+164.8%	Buy	21	2.98B
18	WBS	Webster Financial Corp	$76.01	12.1	+164.3%	Hold	18	12.34B
19	MWA	Mueller Water Products Inc-A	$25.46	19.6	+161.0%	Hold	10	4.06B
20	EXE	Expand Energy Corp	$88.13	6.5	+161.0%	Strong Buy	30	21.08B
21	TGLS	Tecnoglass Inc	$46.48	14.6	+159.0%	Strong Buy	9	2.17B
22	AUPH	Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc	$15.96	6.9	+154.6%	Buy	13	2.06B
23	WSBC	Wesbanco Inc	$40.80	12.4	+153.0%	Buy	14	3.96B
24	EIX	Edison International	$77.63	8.1	+152.1%	Hold	22	30.66B
25	NEM	Newmont Corp	$89.70	11.3	+151.7%	Strong Buy	31	95.87B
26	EXC	Exelon Corp	$46.26	17.1	+151.1%	Hold	27	47.39B
27	ASIC	Ategrity Specialty Holdings	$22.79	12.2	+149.4%	Strong Buy	11	1.11B
28	NVGS	Navigator Holdings Ltd	$20.71	12.1	+148.7%	Strong Buy	14	1.31B
29	BIRK	Birkenstock Holding Plc	$44.36	20.0	+148.5%	Strong Buy	27	8.15B
30	SBH	Sally Beauty Holdings Inc	$14.88	8.0	+148.0%	Buy	9	1.46B
31	ES	Eversource Energy	$74.62	16.1	+147.7%	Hold	25	28.07B
32	AU	Anglogold Ashanti Plc	$76.76	11.1	+144.6%	Strong Buy	17	38.56B
33	NMRK	Newmark Group Inc-Class A	$15.60	18.7	+144.3%	Strong Buy	13	2.80B
34	PRDO	Perdoceo Education Corp	$31.66	11.7	+143.0%	Strong Buy	7	1.99B
35	BKU	Bankunited Inc	$48.86	13.2	+140.5%	Hold	15	3.59B
36	CSTM	Constellium Se	$28.12	8.8	+140.2%	Strong Buy	11	3.83B
37	TFC	Truist Financial Corp	$52.50	11.9	+139.3%	Hold	26	65.64B
38	BBWI	Bath & Body Works Inc	$20.87	5.8	+138.6%	Hold	23	4.19B
39	CTRA	Coterra Energy Inc	$32.56	14.4	+137.9%	Buy	29	24.72B
40	GNTX	Gentex Corp	$24.35	13.4	+137.8%	Buy	15	5.19B
41	CSWC	Capital Southwest Corp	$24.30	13.3	+136.3%	Buy	14	1.51B
42	OBDC	Blue Owl Capital Corp	$10.99	15.1	+133.5%	Strong Buy	19	5.45B
43	UPBD	Upbound Group Inc	$22.16	15.4	+132.5%	Strong Buy	13	1.30B
44	OTIS	Otis Worldwide Corp	$73.45	19.0	+132.2%	Hold	22	28.10B
45	AA	Alcoa Corp	$43.98	11.5	+131.5%	Strong Buy	22	11.90B
46	PEGA	Pegasystems Inc	$32.16	15.8	+130.4%	Strong Buy	19	5.39B
47	MET	Metlife Inc	$94.00	16.8	+130.2%	Buy	23	60.70B
48	PBI	Pitney Bowes Inc	$18.51	15.0	+130.1%	Hold	8	2.51B
49	FNB	Fnb Corp	$19.16	11.7	+128.3%	Strong Buy	12	6.82B
50	CMRE	Costamare Inc	$14.74	5.3	+125.9%	Strong Buy	8	1.83B
51	BBY	Best Buy Co Inc	$85.41	15.7	+120.1%	Hold	30	17.94B
52	APA	Apa Corp	$35.22	8.1	+119.8%	Hold	31	12.45B
53	FFBC	First Financial Bancorp	$35.72	13.5	+119.7%	Buy	13	3.77B
54	SFD	Smithfield Foods Inc	$25.77	10.1	+119.2%	Strong Buy	10	10.14B
55	AMTB	Amerant Bancorp Inc	$26.18	17.2	+118.4%	Strong Buy	10	1.00B
56	UNM	Unum Group	$89.05	18.3	+118.3%	Buy	18	14.29B
57	MTDR	Matador Resources Co	$53.80	13.6	+118.0%	Strong Buy	27	6.59B
58	ACN	Accenture Plc-Cl A	$143.57	11.5	+117.1%	Buy	32	89.66B
59	SLVM	Sylvamo Corp	$38.34	14.9	+114.2%	Strong Buy	9	1.52B
60	RF	Regions Financial Corp	$31.65	12.4	+114.2%	Hold	30	27.56B
61	CVBF	Cvb Financial Corp	$22.82	19.3	+113.2%	Buy	12	4.04B
62	FHN	First Horizon Corp	$25.80	11.7	+112.1%	Hold	24	12.29B
63	NTR	Nutrien Ltd	$67.28	13.5	+110.8%	Buy	26	45.25B
64	CPRI	Capri Holdings Ltd	$16.38	13.7	+109.1%	Buy	23	1.88B
65	SCHW	Schwab (Charles) Corp	$101.56	18.8	+108.9%	Strong Buy	28	177.30B
66	EXEL	Exelixis Inc	$55.92	16.7	+107.6%	Hold	25	13.93B
67	DOX	Amdocs Ltd	$52.63	10.4	+106.8%	Buy	12	5.66B
68	CFG	Citizens Financial Group	$72.39	15.9	+106.7%	Strong Buy	23	31.46B
69	CCEC	Capital Clean Energy Carrier	$22.19	12.1	+103.4%	Buy	13	1.35B
70	MAS	Masco Corp	$78.65	19.7	+98.1%	Hold	25	16.43B
71	TNET	Trinet Group Inc	$59.56	17.5	+97.5%	Hold	13	2.78B
72	ABM	Abm Industries Inc	$47.58	17.8	+97.4%	Hold	12	2.81B
73	RRC	Range Resources Corp	$36.76	9.5	+94.6%	Hold	28	8.58B
74	BFST	Business First Bancshares	$30.89	11.1	+92.9%	Strong Buy	11	1.01B
75	OXY	Occidental Petroleum Corp	$54.86	11.5	+91.4%	Hold	29	54.45B
76	MAIN	Main Street Capital Corp	$55.37	12.2	+90.7%	Hold	15	5.21B
77	HOMB	Home Bancshares Inc	$30.84	13.0	+89.7%	Hold	15	6.22B
78	GTX	Garrett Motion Inc	$31.77	17.3	+89.0%	Buy	10	5.95B
79	HAYW	Hayward Holdings Inc	$14.36	19.4	+88.9%	Hold	15	3.12B
80	SON	Sonoco Products Co	$56.57	5.5	+88.9%	Buy	17	5.55B
81	FLR	Fluor Corp	$49.08	19.4	+87.4%	Buy	13	6.79B
82	RY	Royal Bank Of Canada	$215.43	19.0	+86.8%	Strong Buy	24	421.32B
83	DINO	Hf Sinclair Corp	$88.59	13.0	+84.6%	Hold	22	15.97B
84	JCAP	Jefferson Capital Inc	$19.54	7.5	+83.0%	Strong Buy	13	1.21B
85	BKR	Baker Hughes Co	$55.95	17.8	+81.3%	Strong Buy	26	55.59B
86	BCE	Bce Inc	$21.84	4.5	+81.1%	Hold	22	29.03B
87	INVA	Innoviva Inc	$21.71	3.2	+80.4%	Strong Buy	11	1.61B
88	TRMK	Trustmark Corp	$46.88	12.3	+79.5%	Hold	12	2.78B
89	YUMC	Yum China Holdings Inc	$43.87	16.4	+78.9%	Strong Buy	29	15.48B
90	LULU	Lululemon Athletica Inc	$116.33	9.6	+78.2%	Hold	39	13.98B
91	OMF	Onemain Holdings Inc	$60.30	8.8	+77.5%	Buy	20	7.00B
92	INCY	Incyte Corp	$117.25	16.4	+76.4%	Hold	33	23.41B
93	TSLX	Sixth Street Specialty Lendi	$17.44	15.4	+76.3%	Strong Buy	18	1.65B
94	AOS	Smith (A.O.) Corp	$58.85	15.9	+76.2%	Hold	18	8.37B
95	DUK	Duke Energy Corp	$125.01	19.6	+75.3%	Hold	28	100.56B
96	CBSH	Commerce Bancshares Inc	$59.14	15.2	+73.4%	Hold	14	8.74B
97	JEF	Jefferies Financial Group In	$54.87	12.4	+72.5%	Buy	10	11.12B
98	OTEX	Open Text Corp	$23.27	11.0	+72.3%	Strong Buy	9	7.98B
99	GEO	Geo Group Inc/The	$29.46	14.2	+72.1%	Strong Buy	8	3.89B
100	TMDX	Transmedics Group Inc	$73.98	14.8	+72.0%	Buy	19	2.54B

Frequently Asked Questions

What are undervalued stocks?

Undervalued stocks trade at prices below their estimated intrinsic value. This means the market price does not fully reflect the company's assets, earnings power, or growth potential. Common indicators include a low P/E ratio relative to industry peers, price below book value, high free cash flow yield, and analyst price targets significantly above the current price. Identifying truly undervalued stocks requires thorough fundamental analysis.

How to find undervalued stocks?

Start by screening for stocks with low P/E ratios, high dividend yields, and prices below analyst consensus targets. Then dig deeper — examine the balance sheet for hidden assets or excessive pessimism, check if earnings are temporarily depressed, and evaluate the competitive position. Warren Buffett's approach focuses on companies with durable competitive advantages trading at reasonable prices, not just statistically cheap stocks.

What is value investing?

Value investing is a strategy of buying stocks for less than their intrinsic worth and holding them until the market recognizes their true value. Pioneered by Benjamin Graham and refined by Warren Buffett, it emphasizes a margin of safety — buying at enough of a discount that even if your analysis is partially wrong, you still avoid losing money. Value investors focus on fundamentals like earnings, assets, and cash flow rather than market trends or momentum.

What is the P/E ratio and why does it matter?

The price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio divides a stock's price by its earnings per share. A lower P/E suggests you're paying less for each dollar of earnings. The average S&P 500 P/E is historically around 15-20x. However, P/E alone can be misleading — a stock may have a low P/E because earnings are about to decline, or a high P/E because it's growing rapidly. Compare P/E to industry peers and the company's own history for context.

What is a value trap?

A value trap is a stock that appears cheap but continues declining because its fundamental problems are worse than they appear. Common value traps include companies in secular decline (like traditional retail facing e-commerce disruption), companies with excessive debt, and cyclical businesses at peak earnings. To avoid value traps, focus on companies with strong balance sheets, stable or growing free cash flow, and competitive positions that can withstand industry changes.

What is intrinsic value?

Intrinsic value is the estimated true worth of a company based on fundamental analysis, independent of its current market price. Methods for calculating it include discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis, sum-of-the-parts valuation, and asset-based approaches. Different analysts may arrive at different intrinsic value estimates using different assumptions. The concept is central to value investing — the gap between intrinsic value and market price represents the opportunity or risk.

Are undervalued stocks good for beginners?

Value investing requires patience and fundamental analysis skills, which can be challenging for beginners. However, the core principle of buying quality at a discount is sound for any investor. Beginners might start with value-oriented ETFs like the Vanguard Value ETF (VTV) or iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (IWD) rather than picking individual undervalued stocks. As skills develop, individual stock selection can potentially add higher returns.

How long does it take for undervalued stocks to recover?

There is no guaranteed timeline for value realization. Some undervalued stocks recover in weeks after a catalyst like strong earnings, while others remain depressed for months or years. Academic research suggests value strategies typically outperform over 3-5 year periods, though they can underperform for extended stretches. Catalysts that unlock value include management changes, activist investors, earnings turnarounds, spin-offs, and industry tailwinds.