7 Cheap Stocks Based on Price-Sales

All-in-One Screener identifies stocks with low P/S ratios

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Jan 24, 2017
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According to the GuruFocus All-in-One Screener, the following stocks with market caps above $5 billion look cheap since they are trading with low price-sales (P/S) ratios.

Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (MXIM, Financial) is trading at about $41 per share with a P/S ratio of 5.46, a trailing 12-month price-earnings (P/E) multiple of 27.41 and an estimated forward P/E multiple of 20.49. The company has a market cap of $11.72 billion, and the stock price has risen at an annualized rate of 5% over the last 10 years.

The company designs, develops, manufactures and markets a range of linear and mixed-signal integrated circuits, commonly referred to as analog circuits, for customers in diverse geographical locations.

The DCF model gives the stock a fair value of $17.78 per share, suggesting it is overpriced by 133% at current prices. The Peter Lynch earnings line suggests the stock is less overpriced, giving a fair price of $22.6 per share.

Dodge & Cox is the largest shareholder among the gurus with 6.86% of outstanding shares followed by Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.35%, Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.11%, Ray Dalio (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.09% and Tom Gayner (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.05%.

Procter & Gamble Co. (PG, Financial) is trading at about $90 per share with a P/S ratio of 3.74, a trailing 12-month P/E multiple of 15.81 and an estimated forward P/E multiple of 22.83. The company has a market cap of $222.31 billion, and the stock price has risen at an annualized rate of 5.1% over the last 10 years.

The DCF model gives the stock a fair value of $23.01 per share, suggesting the stock is overpriced by 111%. The Peter Lynch earnings line suggests it is less overpriced, giving a fair value of $32.3 per share.

The company provides consumer packaged goods. It markets its products in about 180 countries through mass merchandisers, grocery stores, membership club stores, drug stores and department stores.

The largest shareholder of the company among the gurus is Andreas Halvorsen (Trades, Portfolio) with 2.25% of outstanding shares followed by First Eagle Investment (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.53%, Pioneer Investments (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.69%, Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.05%, Signature Select Canadian Fund (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.05%, Manning & Napier Advisors Inc. with 0.04% and Lee Ainslie (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.04%.

Integrated Device Technology Inc. (IDTI, Financial) is trading at about $24 per share with a P/S ratio of 4.72, a trailing 12-month P/E multiple of 22.00 and an estimated forward P/E multiple of 16.03. The company has a market cap of $3.3 billion, and the stock price has risen at an annualized rate of 5.1% over the last 10 years.

The company designs, develops, manufactures and markets low-power, high-performance mixed signal semiconductor solutions for the communications, computing and consumer industries.

The DCF model gives the stock a fair value of $11.99 per share, suggesting it is overpriced by 105% at current prices. The Peter Lynch earnings line suggests the stock is less overpriced, giving a fair price of $16.8 per share.

Simons is the largest shareholder among the gurus with 2.24% of outstanding shares followed by NWQ Managers (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.07% and Chuck Royce (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.21%.

Dril-Quip Inc. (DRQ, Financial) is trading at about $61 per share with a P/S ratio of 3.66 and a trailing 12-month P/E multiple of 16.45. The company has a market cap of $2.3 billion, and the stock price has risen at an annualized rate of 5.1% over the last 10 years.

The company designs, manufactures, sells and services highly engineered offshore drilling and production equipment for use in deep water, harsh environments and severe service applications.

The DCF model gives the stock a fair value of $67.18 per share, suggesting it is undervalued by 9% at current prices. The Peter Lynch earnings line suggests the stock is overpriced, giving a fair price of $55.8 per share.

The largest shareholder of the company among the gurus is Ken Fisher (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.01% of outstanding shares followed by Simons with 0.62%, Greenblatt with 0.53%, Steven Cohen (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.15%, Royce with 0.12% and Keeley Asset Management Corp (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.09%.

Regal Beloit Corp. (RBC, Financial) is trading at about $71 per share with a P/S ratio of 0.99, a trailing 12-month P/E multiple of 23.09 and an estimated forward P/E multiple of 14.97. The company has a market cap of $3.18 billion, and the stock price has risen at an annualized rate of 5.1% over the last 10 years.

The company manufactures electric motors and controls, electric generators and controls and mechanical motion control products.

The DCF model gives the stock a fair value of $32.96 per share, suggesting it is overpriced by 116% at current prices. The Peter Lynch earnings line suggests the stock is less overpriced, giving a fair price of $46.02 per share.

The largest shareholder of the company among the gurus is Fisher with 1.29% of outstanding shares followed by Robert Olstein (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.48%, Greenblatt with 0.21%, Royce with 0.07%, Simons with 0.06%, Keeley Asset Management with 0.06% and Paul Tudor Jones (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.05%.

Ares Capital Corp. (ARCC, Financial) is trading at about $17 per share with a P/S ratio of 5.22, a trailing 12-month P/E multiple of 12.87 and an estimated forward P/E multiple of 9.95. The company has a market cap of $7.18 billion, and the stock price has risen at an annualized rate of 5.1% over the last 10 years.

Ares is a specialty finance company that is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. Its investment objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation through debt and equity investments.

The DCF model gives the stock a fair value of $14.02 per share, suggesting it is overpriced by 20% at current prices. The Peter Lynch earnings line suggests the stock is undervalued, giving a fair price of $19.6 per share.

Pioneer Investments is the largest shareholder among the gurus with 0.46% of outstanding shares followed by Columbia Wanger (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.37%, NWQ Managers with 0.26%, Jones with 0.04%, Scott Black (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.03% and Manning & Napier Advisors with 0.01%.

Moog Inc. Class AÂ (MOG.A, Financial) is trading at about $63 per share with a P/S ratio of 0.96 and a trailing 12-month P/E multiple of 18.10. The company has a market cap of $2.42 billion, and the stock price has risen at an annualized rate of 5.1% over the last 10 years.

The company is a designer, manufacturer and integrator of precision motion and fluid controls and systems for applications in aerospace and defense and industrial markets.

The DCF model gives the stock a fair value of $38.44 per share, suggesting it is overpriced by 64% at current prices. The Peter Lynch earnings line suggests the stock is less overpriced, giving a fair price of $52.2 per share.

Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss is the largest shareholder among the gurus with 0.31% of outstanding shares followed by Gabelli with 0.27%, Greenblatt with 0.22%, Royce with 0.08%, Simons with 0.05% and Jones with 0.03%.

Disclosure: I do not own any shares of any stocks mentioned in this article.

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