Is Global Ship Lease (GSL) a Great Value Stock Right Now?

While the proven Zacks Rank places an emphasis on earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find strong stocks, we also know that investors tend to develop their own individual strategies. With this in mind, we are always looking at value, growth, and momentum trends to discover great companies.

Of these, value investing is easily one of the most popular ways to find great stocks in any market environment. Value investors use tried-and-true metrics and fundamental analysis to find companies that they believe are undervalued at their current share price levels.

Luckily, Zacks has developed its own Style Scores system in an effort to find stocks with specific traits. Value investors will be interested in the system's "Value" category. Stocks with both "A" grades in the Value category and high Zacks Ranks are among the strongest value stocks on the market right now.

One company value investors might notice is Global Ship Lease (GSL). GSL is currently sporting a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), as well as an A grade for Value. The stock holds a P/E ratio of 3.25, while its industry has an average P/E of 9.51. Over the past 52 weeks, GSL's Forward P/E has been as high as 3.38 and as low as 1.89, with a median of 2.62.

Value investors also use the P/S ratio. The P/S ratio is calculated as price divided by sales. Some people prefer this metric because sales are harder to manipulate on an income statement. This means it could be a truer performance indicator. GSL has a P/S ratio of 2.02. This compares to its industry's average P/S of 2.08.

Investors could also keep in mind TEEKAY TANK LTD (TNK), another Transportation - Shipping stock with a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy) and Value grade of A.

TEEKAY TANK LTD is trading at a forward earnings multiple of 8.76 at the moment, with a PEG ratio of 1.80. This compares to its industry's average P/E of 9.51 and average PEG ratio of 0.63.

Over the past year, TNK's P/E has been as high as 9.18, as low as 3.59, with a median of 5.65; its PEG ratio has been as high as 2.03, as low as 1.20, with a median of 1.62 during the same time period.

TEEKAY TANK LTD sports a P/B ratio of 0.99 as well; this compares to its industry's price-to-book ratio of 2.49. In the past 52 weeks, TNK's P/B has been as high as 1.22, as low as 0.65, with a median of 0.82.

Value investors will likely look at more than just these metrics, but the above data helps show that Global Ship Lease and TEEKAY TANK LTD are likely undervalued currently. And when considering the strength of its earnings outlook, GSL and TNK sticks out as one of the market's strongest value stocks.

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