Companies growing their earnings per share are often good investments as they can return a solid profit to investors. According to the discounted cash flow calculator, the following undervalued companies have grown their earnings over a five-year period.
The earnings per share of Invesco Ltd. (IVZ, Financial) have grown 10% annually over the last five years.
According to the DCF calculator, the stock is undervalued and is trading with a 35% margin of safety at $26.13 per share. The price-earnings ratio is 9.20. The stock price has been as high as $38.43 and as low as $25.34 in the last 52 weeks; it is currently 32.01% below its 52-week high and 3.12% above its 52-week low.
The investment management company has a market cap of $10.73 billion and an enterprise value of $15.48 billion.
The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is Richard Pzena (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.63% of outstanding shares, followed by Pioneer Investments (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.44% and Robert Olstein (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.08%.
Extra Space Storage Inc.'s (EXR, Financial) earnings per share have grown 25% per year over the last five years.
According to the DCF calculator, the stock is undervalued and is trading with a 13% margin of safety at $94.39 per share. The price-earnings ratio is 24.71. The stock price has been as high as $101.96 and as low as $74.44 in the last 52 weeks; it is currently 7.42% below its 52-week high and 26.80% above its 52-week low.
The company manages self-storage facilities. It has a market cap of $11.91 billion and an enterprise value of $16.76 billion.
With 0.2% of outstanding shares, Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) is the company's largest shareholder among the gurus, followed by Pioneer Investments with 0.17% and Ken Fisher (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.12%.
The earnings per share of JM Smucker Co. (SJM, Financial) have grown 14% per year over the last five years.
According to the DCF calculator, the stock is undervalued and is trading with a 34% margin of safety at $109.1 per share. The price-earnings ratio is 9.25. The stock price has been as high as $133.38 and as low as $96.13 in the last 52 weeks; it is currently 18.27% below its 52-week high and 13.40% above its 52-week low.
The company, which produces jams, jellies, peanut butter and other food products, has a market cap of $12.38 billion and an enterprise value of $17.02 billion.
The company’s largest guru shareholder is John Rogers (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.46% of outstanding shares, followed by Richard Snow (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.35% and Pioneer Investments with 0.24%.
Alliance Data Systems Corp.'s (ADS, Financial) earnings per share have grown 12% per year over the last five years.
According to the DCF calculator, the stock is undervalued and is trading with a 31% margin of safety at $226.15 per share. The price-earnings ratio is 15.61. The stock price has been as high as $278.33 and as low as $192.02 in the last 52 weeks; it is currently 18.75% below its 52-week high and 17.77% above its 52-week low.
The provider of marketing and credit solutions has a market cap of $12.53 billion and an enterprise value of $23.19 billion.
Of the gurus invested in Alliance Data, Jeff Ubben (Trades, Portfolio)'s ValueAct has the largest position with 10.61% of outstanding shares, followed by Andreas Halvorsen (Trades, Portfolio) with 3.29% and Glenn Greenberg (Trades, Portfolio) with 3.11%.
The earnings per share of Church & Dwight Co. Inc. (CHD, Financial) have grown 15% annually over the last five years.
The price-earnings ratio is 17.81. The stock price has been as high as $55.94 and as low as $43.21 in the last 52 weeks; it is currently 3.84% below its 52-week high and 24.49% above its 52-week low.
The company manufactures household products. It has a market cap of $13.16 billion and an enterprise value of $15.4 billion.
The company’s largest guru shareholder is Ron Baron (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.5% of outstanding shares, followed by Simons with 0.35% and Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.13%.
Disclosure: I do not own any stocks mentioned in this article.
