5 Undervalued Stocks Trading Below Peter Lynch Value

Micron Technology and Sony on the list

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Mar 30, 2020
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According to the GuruFocus All-in-One Screener, a Premium feature, as of March 30, the following companies are trading below their Peter Lynch fair value with wide margins of safety and have had positive performances over the past 12 months.

Sony

Sony Corp. (SNE) was trading around $59.32 per share as of March 30. The Peter Lynch fair value is $115, which suggests it is undervalued with a 48% margin of safety. The stock registered a 52-week performance of 39.49%.

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The producer of hardware devices has a market cap of $72 billion and an enterprise value of $68.7 billion.

The stock is trading with a price-earnings ratio of 12.89. The share price is currently 19.69% below its 52-week high and 41.54% above its 52-week low. The price-book ratio is 1.94.

PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) is the company's largest guru shareholder with 3.23% of outstanding shares, followed by Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio)’s GAMCO Investors with 0.26% and Daniel Loeb (Trades, Portfolio)’s Third Point LLC with 0.12%.

Micron Technology

Micron Technology Inc. (MU) was trading around $43.48 per share as of Monday. The Peter Lynch fair value is $50.50, which suggests it is undervalued with a 14% margin of safety. Over the past 52 weeks, the stock has returned 10.83%.

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The provider of DRAM for personal computers and servers has a market cap of $48.36 billion and an enterprise value of $46.85 billion.

The stock is trading with a price-earnings ratio of 21.52, which is higher than 55% of companies in the semiconductors industry. The share price is currently 28.94% below its 52-week high and 39.67% above its 52-week low.

The company's largest guru shareholder is PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 5.03% of outstanding shares, followed by David Tepper (Trades, Portfolio)’s Appaloosa with 0.73% and Parnassus Endeavor Fud with 0.58%.

PennyMac Financial Services

PennyMac Financial Services Inc. (PFSI) was trading around $24 per share as of March 30. The Peter Lynch fair value gives the stock a fair price of $91.79, which suggests it is undervalued with a 74% margin of safety. Over the past 12 months, the stock has increased 10.53%.

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The company provides financial services in the United States. It has a market cap of $1.89 billion and an enterprise value of $3.53 billion.

The stock is trading with a price-earnings ratio of 4.91, which is higher than 83% of companies in the banks industry. The share price is currently 39.32% below its 52-week high and 82.72% above its 52-week low.

Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio)’ Renaissance Technologies is the company's largest guru shareholder with 1.28% of outstanding shares, followed by Jeremy Grantham (Trades, Portfolio)’s GMO with 0.97%.

Mobile TeleSystems PJSC

Mobile TeleSystems PJSC (MBT) was trading around $10 per share as of Monday. The Peter Lynch fair value is $8.53, which suggests the company is undervalued with a 14% margin of safety. Over the past 52 weeks, the stock has risen 11%.

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The Russian wireless operator has a market cap of $6.54 billion and an enterprise value of $11.42 billion.

The stock is trading with a price-earnings ratio of 10.18, which is higher than 73% of companies in the telecommunication services industry. The share price is currently 33.55% below its 52-week high and 17.9% above its 52-week low.

The company's largest guru shareholders are Simons’ firm with 4.42% of outstanding shares, Sarah Ketterer (Trades, Portfolio)’s Causeway Capital Management with 0.61% and Charles Brandes (Trades, Portfolio)’ firm with 0.4%.

Tech Data

Tech Data Corp. (TECD) was trading around $130 per share as of March 30. The Peter Lynch fair value gives the stock a fair price of $151, which suggests it is undervalued with a 14% margin of safety. Over the past 12 months, the stock has increased 34%.

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The distributor of technology products has a market cap of $4.64 billion and an enterprise value of $5.25 billion.

The stock is trading with a price-earnings ratio of 12.65. The share price is currently 13.75% below its 52-week high and 62.89% above its 52-week low.

Simons’ firm is the company's largest guru shareholder with 0.81% of outstanding shares, followed by Grantham’s firm with 0.53% and John Paulson (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.38%.

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

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