According to the GuruFocus All-in-One Screener, several gurus are focusing on stocks whose Peter Lynch fair values are far above the current price. The following stocks are trading with wide margins of safety and have positive performances over the past 12 months.
Goldfield Corp. (GV) is trading around $6.7 per share. The Peter Lynch value gives the stock a fair price of $10.61 so the stock is undervalued with a margin of safety of 40%. Twelve weeks ago the stock started its positive upward trend; it now registers a positive performance of 129%.
Goldfield through subsidiaries is engaged in the construction and maintenance of electric utility facilities and the installation of fiber optic cable for fiber optic cable manufacturers, telecommunication companies and electric utilities.
The stock is trading with a price-earnings (P/E) ratio of 13.40, which is higher than 53% of the companies in the Global Engineering & Construction industry. The price is currently 9.46% below its 52-week high and 477.59% above its 52-week low. The price-book (P/B) ratio is 3.74.
The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) with 6.4% of outstanding shares.
AudioCodes Ltd. (AUDC) is trading around $7.12 per share. The Peter Lynch value gives the stock a fair price of $12 so the stock is undervalued with a margin of safety of 42%. Twelve weeks ago the stock started its positive upward trend; it now registers a positive performance of 20.5%.
AudioCodes designs, develops and sells Voice-over-IP, converged VoIP and Data networking products and communications applications for service providers and enterprises.
The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 14.83, which is higher than 73% of the companies in the Global Communication Equipment industry. The price is currently 1.52% below its 52-week high and 93.48% above its 52-week low. The P/B ratio is 2.17.
Simons with 1.12% of outstanding shares is the largest investor among the gurus followed by George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.32%.
Heritage Commerce Corp. (HTBK) is trading around $13.92 per share. The Peter Lynch value gives the stock a fair price of $16.14 so the stock is undervalued with a margin of safety of 19%. Twelve weeks ago the stock started its positive upward trend; it now registers a positive performance of 19.5%.
Heritage Commerce operates as a bank holding company. The company through its subsidiary offers commercial banking services to small and medium-sized businesses and their owners, managers and employees.
The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 19.32, which is higher than 71% of the companies in the Global Banks - Regional - US industry. The price is currently 5.31% below its 52-week high and 54.67% above its 52-week low. The P/B ratio is 2.04.
The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is Simons with 1.79% of outstanding shares.
Danaos Corp. (DAC) is trading around $2.63 per share. The Peter Lynch value gives the stock a fair price of $17.39 so the stock is undervalued with a margin of safety of 88%. Twelve weeks ago the stock started its positive upward trend; it now registers a positive performance of 10.6%.
Danaos is the owner of containerships, chartering its vessels to many of the liner companies. It deploys its containership fleet mainly under multiyear charters with liner companies that operate regularly scheduled routes between commercial ports.
The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 3.33, which is higher than 96% of the companies in the Global Shipping & Ports industry. The price is currently 22.33% above its 52-week low and 46.98% below its 52-week low. The P/B ratio is 0.31.
GigaMedia Ltd. (GIGM) is trading around $3.08 per share. The Peter Lynch value gives the stock a fair price of $20.75 so the stock is undervalued with a margin of safety of 85%. Twelve weeks ago the stock started its positive upward trend; it now registers a positive performance of 17.0%.
GigaMedia has online game operations in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau and a cloud computing software and services business based in Taipei.
The price is currently 15.38% below its 52-week high and 33.33% above its 52-week low. The P/B ratio is 0.53.
Colony Bankcorp Inc. (CBAN) is trading around $13.68 per share. The Peter Lynch value gives the stock a fair price of $20.22 so the stock is undervalued with a margin of safety of 38%. Twelve weeks ago the stock started its positive upward trend; it now registers a positive performance of 34.8%.
Colony Bankcorp is a bank holding company. The company through its subsidiary provides traditional banking products and services to commercial and consumer customers in its markets.
The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 16.10, which is lower than 59% of the companies in the Global Banks - Regional - US industry. The price is currently 3.66% below its 52-week high and 65.62% above its 52-week low. The P/B ratio is 1.37.
Bernard Horn (Trades, Portfolio) with 2.01% of outstanding shares is the largest investor among the gurus followed by Simons with 0.46% and Arnold Schneider (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.16%.
Summit State Bank (SSBI) is trading around $16.75 per share. The Peter Lynch value gives the stock a fair price of $21.85 so the stock is undervalued with a margin of safety of 24%. Twelve weeks ago the stock started its positive upward trend; it now registers a positive performance of 28.6%.
Summit State Bank is a state-chartered commercial bank that provides banking services to individuals and businesses. It offers depository and lending services to meet the needs of its business and individual clientele.
The stock is trading with a price-earnings (P/E) ratio of 15.80, which is lower than 55% of the companies in the Global Banks - Regional - US industry. The price is currently 28.16% above its 52-week low. The price-book (P/B) ratio is 1.35.
The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is Simons with 0.32% of outstanding shares.
Disclosure: I do not own any shares of any stocks mentioned in this article.
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