Best Value Stocks to Buy for August 6th

Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong value characteristics for investors to consider today, August 6:

Annaly Capital Management, Inc. NLY: This diversified mortgage financing company carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 3.7% over the last 60 days.

Annaly Capital has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 7.37, compared with 10.70 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score  of B.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited IDCBY: This banking company carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 4.7% over the last 60 days.

Industrial and Commercial has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 5.86, compared with 12.40 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of A.

Agricultural Bank of China Limited ACGBY: This banking company carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing nearly 6% over the last 60 days.

Agricultural Bank has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 5.96, compared with 12.40 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of B.

You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

Learn more about the Value score and how it is calculated here.

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