6 Stocks Trading Below Peter Lynch Value

Electronic Arts tops the list

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Oct 21, 2019
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Several gurus are focusing on stocks whose Peter Lynch fair values are above their current prices, according to the GuruFocus All-in-One Screener. As of Monday, the following companies are trading with wide margins of safety and have had positive performances over the last 12 months.

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA, Financial) is trading around $96.76 per share. The Peter Lynch value gives the stock a fair price of $137.4, which suggests it is undervalued with a 30% margin of safety. Over the past three months, the stock has registered a positive performance of 7.87%.

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The video game publisher has a market cap of $28.52 billion and an enterprise value of $24.38 billion.

The stock is trading with a price-earnings ratio of 13.57, which is higher than 76% of companies in the Application Software industry. The share price is currently 11.07% below its 52-week high and 30.92% above its 52-week low. The price-book ratio is 4.43.

The company's largest guru shareholder is Pioneer Investments (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.91% of outstanding shares, followed by Philippe Laffont (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.56% and PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.34%.

CRH PLC (CRH, Financial) is trading around $35 per share. The Peter Lynch value gives the stock a fair price of $40.3, which suggests it is undervalued with a 13% margin of safety. The stock registered a positive three-month performance of 7.87%.

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The building materials provider has a market cap of $27.69 billion and an enterprise value of $40.10 billion.

The stock is trading with a price-earnings ratio of 15.69, which is lower than 56% of companies in the Building Materials industry. The share price is currently 1.58% below its 52-week high and 41.92% above its 52-week low. The price-book ratio is 1.59.

Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio)’ Renaissance Technologies is the company's largest guru shareholder with 0.20% of outstanding shares, followed by Charles Brandes (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.12% and Jeremy Grantham (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.03%.

KLA Corp. (KLAC, Financial) is trading around $162 per share. The Peter Lynch value gives the stock a fair price of $188.5, which suggests it is undervalued with a 14% margin of safety. Over the past three months, the stock has risen 6%.

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The company, which manufactures yield-management and process-monitoring systems, has a market cap of $25.59 billion and an enterprise value of $27.30 billion.

The stock is trading with a price-earnings ratio of 21.42, which is lower than 53% of companies in the Semiconductors industry. The share price is currently 3.83% below its 52-week high and 100.26% above its 52-week low. The price-book ratio is 9.83.

The company's largest guru shareholder is PRIMECAP Management with 6.50% of outstanding shares, followed by Pioneer Investments with 0.30% and Steven Cohen (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.18%.

D.R. Horton Inc. (DHI, Financial) is trading around $54 per share. The Peter Lynch value gives the stock a fair price of $90.41, which suggests it is undervalued with a 41% margin of safety. Over the past three months, the stock has registered a positive performance of 18.67%.

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The American homebuilder has a market cap of $19.78 billion and an enterprise value of $22.54 billion.

The stock is trading with a price-earnings ratio of 12.83, which is higher than 55% of companies in the Homebuilding and Construction industry. The share price is currently 1.69% below its 52-week high and 65.14% above its 52-week low. The price-book ratio is 2.07.

Steve Mandel (Trades, Portfolio) is the company's largest guru shareholder with 3.36% of outstanding shares, followed by George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.44% and Glenn Greenberg (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.34%.

AmerisourceBergen Corp. (ABC, Financial) is trading around $86 per share. The Peter Lynch value gives the stock a fair price of $190.5, which suggests it is undervalued with a 53% margin of safety. Over the past three months, the stock has risen 5.20%.

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The American pharmaceutical distributor has a market cap of $18.65 billion and an enterprise value of $19.95 billion.

The stock is trading with a price-earnings ratio of 19.93, which is lower than 57% of companies in the Medical Distribution industry. The share price is currently 4.84% below its 52-week high and 90.09% above its 52-week low. The price-book ratio is 6.82.

The company's largest guru shareholder is Seth Klarman (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.05% of outstanding shares, followed by Larry Robbins (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.77%, Pioneer Investments with 0.36% and the Smead Value Fund (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.14%.

STMicroelectronics NV (STM, Financial) is trading around $21.17 per share. The Peter Lynch value gives the stock a fair price of $25.58, which suggests it is undervalued with a 17% margin of safety. Over the past three months, the stock has registered a positive performance of 19.40%.

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The semiconductor company has a market cap of $18.74 billion and an enterprise value of $18.62 billion.

The stock is trading with a price-earnings ratio of 16.38, which is higher than 59% of companies in the Semiconductors industry. The share price is currently 2.12% below its 52-week high and 76.58% above its 52-week low. The price-book ratio is 2.80.

Grantham is the company's largest guru shareholder with 0.52% of outstanding shares, followed by Simons’ firm with 0.06%.

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

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