According to the GuruFocus All-in-One Screener, the following companies, as of Thursday, look cheap since they are trading with low price-sales ratios.

Shares of Baxter International Inc. (BAX) are trading around $86 with a price-sales ratio of 4.17 and a price-earnings ratio of 28.91.

The medical products manufacturer has a market cap of $42.87 billion. The stock has risen at an annualized rate of 12.40% over the last 10 years.

The discounted cash flow calculator gives the stock a fair value of $31.89, suggesting it is overpriced by 170%. The Peter Lynch earnings

The following securities have had positive performance over the past week, month, year and three years.

These companies have price-earnings ratios of less than 15, price-tangible book ratios of less than 1 and price-sales ratios of less than to 1.5. This usually qualifies a stock as a value stock.

Prudential Financial Inc. (PRU) has grown 2.2% over the last week, 2.3% over the past month, 26.6% so far this year, 4.4% over the last 52 weeks and 36.3% over the past three years through July 26.

The Newark, New Jersey-based life insurer was trading around $103.27 per share at close

According to the GuruFocus All-in-One Screener, the following companies have high dividend yields but performed poorly over the last 12 months.

Alexander's Inc.'s (ALX) dividend yield is 4.67% with a payout ratio of 152%. Over the last 52 weeks, the share price didn’t significantly change. The stock is trading with a price-book ratio of 7.07 and a price-earnings ratio of 32.70.

The real estate investment trust has a market cap of $1.97 billion and a profitability and growth rating of 7 out of 10. While the return on equity of 20.40% is outperforming the sector, the return on assets

Got your reclining chair? Your drink? Your comfortable spring clothes?

Good. It’s time for a meeting of the Do-Nothing Club.

This is a club for stocks that have hardly budged from where they were a month ago, and a year ago. They’ve essentially done nothing.

Such stocks are often neglected by investors and sometimes by analysts too. Yet there may be something happening below the surface – or about to happen.

Let’s take a look at five such stocks.

Allstate

Allstate Corp. (ALL) is the fourth-largest property & casualty insurance company in the U.S. by premiums written, trailing State

There are a number of great companies in the market today. By using the ModernGraham valuation model, I've selected the 10 most undervalued companies. Each company reviewed has been determined to be suitable for the Enterprising Investor.

Defensive Investors are defined as investors who need to select only the companies that present the least amount of risk. Enterprising Investors, on the other hand, are able to do substantial research and can select companies that present a moderate (though still low) amount of risk. Each company suitable for the Defensive Investor is also suitable for Enterprising Investors.

Prudential Financial

Prudential

There are a number of great companies in the market today. By using the ModernGraham Valuation Model, I've selected some of the most undervalued companies of S&P 500. The ModernGraham model is based on the full teachings of Benjamin Graham. All of these companies are suitable for the Defensive Investor and the Enterprising Investor.

Defensive Investors are defined as investors who need to select only the companies that present the least amount of risk. Enterprising Investors, on the other hand, are able to do substantial research and can select companies that present a moderate (though still low) amount of

Getting on a plane is a two-step process. First you have to buy a ticket. Then you have to get through airport security.

For me, researching a stock is slightly similar. Does the stock price appear low in relation to the company’s earnings? Consider the ticket bought.

Then I want to see how the price compares to the company’s cash flow. That’s a bit like the airport security check.

Cash flow, as its name suggests, is a measure of the cash flowing through a business. It excludes intangible items such as depreciation and amortization.

Free cash flow is cash flow

During the second quarter, Ken Heebner (Trades, Portfolio), co-founder of money management firm Capital Growth Management, sold shares of the following stocks.

The guru reduced his holding of Citigroup Inc. (C) by a 56.19%. The trade had a -3.53% impact on the portfolio.

The bank has a market cap of $177.5 billion and an enterprise value of $270.16 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 3 out of 10. The return on equity of -3.24% and return on assets of -0.3% are underperforming 94% of companies in the

According to the GuruFocus All-In-One Screener, the following insurance stocks are popular among guru investors.

Twenty gurus have positions in American International Group Inc. (AIG). The company, which provides several insurance services, has a market cap of $46.47 billion. Its revenue of $49 billion has increased 3.6% over a five-year period.

The stock is trading with a price-book ratio of 0.76. The current price of $52.3 is 20.17% below its 52-week high and 5.57% above its 52-week low. Over the last five years, it has returned a gain of 9%.

During the second quarter,

There are a number of great companies in the market today. By using the ModernGraham Valuation Model, I've selected the 10 most undervalued companies. Each company has been determined to be suitable for the Enterprising Investor.

Defensive Investors are defined as investors who need to select only the companies that present the least amount of risk. Enterprising Investors, on the other hand, are able to do substantial research and can select companies that present a moderate (though still low) amount of risk. Each company suitable for the Defensive Investor is also suitable for Enterprising Investors.

Prudential Financial Inc. (PRU)

When I was in search of value stocks, I screened the U.S. stock market using some of the criteria described by Charles Brandes (Trades, Portfolio) in his book, Value Investing Today.

Brandes' firm, Brandes Investment Partners, is a San Diego-headquartered investment follows the value investing approach and has about $30.3 billion under management for a broad range of clients globally. Over 80% of the total are assets managed for institutional clients. According to Brandes’ “four-step test for value,” the financier prefers stocks that meet the following criteria:

• No losses within the past five

Ken Heebner (Trades, Portfolio), co-founder of Capital Growth Management, sold shares of the following stocks in the fourth quarter.

The guru sold out of NVR Inc. (NVR), impacting the portfolio by -4.03%.

The construction company, which builds homes, has a market cap of $11.38 billion and an enterprise value of $11.31 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. Its return on equity of 35.81% and return on assets of 18.74% are outperforming 97% of companies in the Global Residential Construction industry.