Based on key financial metrics such as the price-to-sales ratio, shareholder yield and the price-earnings ratio, the following 4 stocks made the list for top value stocks in the IT Services & Consulting industry. Those looking for value stocks to add to their portfolio may want to use this list as a starting point for further investment research.

Why Focus on Undervalued IT Services & Consulting Stocks?

Value investors seek to buy stocks at a discount to their intrinsic value. Long-term returns show that such strategies are advantageous. Value stocks, as a group, tend to outperform growth stocks over extended periods of time. Typically, value investors perform financial analysis of numerous metrics, don’t follow the herd and are long-term investors.

AAII’s A+ Investor Value Grade is derived from a stock’s Value Score. The Value Score is the percentile rank of the average of the percentile ranks of the price-to-sales ratio, price-earnings ratio, enterprise-value-to-EBITDA (EV/EBITDA) ratio, shareholder yield, price-to-book-value ratio and price-to-free-cash-flow ratio. The score is variable, meaning it can consider all six ratios or, should any of the six ratios not be valid, the remaining ratios that are valid. To be assigned a Value Score, stocks must have a valid (non-null) ratio and corresponding ranking for at least two of the six valuation ratios.

What Goes Into AAII’s Value Grade?

Stock evaluation requires access to huge amounts of data as well as the knowledge and time to sift through it all, make sense of financial ratios, read income statements and analyze recent stock movement. AAII created A+ Investor, a robust data suite that condenses data research in an actionable and customizable way suitable for investors of all knowledge levels, to help investors with that task.

AAII’s proprietary stock grades come with A+ Investor. These offer intuitive A–F grades for more than just value. It is possible for a stock to appear cheap based on one valuation metric but appear expensive on another. It is also possible for one valuation ratio to be associated with outperforming stocks during certain periods of time but not others. Some stocks may even have null values for certain metrics like the price-earnings ratio or the price-to-book ratio but not others. An example of this would be a company with losses instead of profits or a negative book value because of heavy borrowing. Negative earnings or book value result in non-meaningful ratios that are left blank or null.

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4 Undervalued IT Services & Consulting Stocks

Of course, there are countless value stocks that are worth mentioning, but this is a concise list of the top 4 undervalued stocks in the IT Services & Consulting industry for Monday, May 13, 2024. Let’s take a closer look at their individual scores to see how they measure up against each other and the IT Services & Consulting industry median.

The Value Grade is assigned based on how each stock’s composite valuation compares to all other stocks.

The process for assigning grades starts with each variable for a given stock. The percentile rankings for all valid ratios that a stock has are calculated. So, for instance, a stock could have a price-to-book ranking in the 43rd percentile, a price-earnings ranking in the 67th percentile, a price-to-sales ranking in the 23rd percentile, etc. Then, those rankings are averaged for each stock. (A minimum of two valid variables are required, though all six will be used if available.)

Once the average of the individual variables is calculated, that average is ranked against all stocks. Put another way, each stock’s composite valuation is compared to all other stocks. These ranks are then sorted into quintiles from the cheapest 20% (a grade of A) to the most expensive 20% (a grade of F).

As always, we recommend that you conduct proper due diligence and research before investing in any security. We also suggest that investors utilize numerous grades, not just value, when it comes to deciding whether a company is a good fit for their allocation needs.

Castellum Inc’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Castellum, Inc. is a technology company in the areas of cybersecurity, information technology (IT), electronic warfare, information warfare, and information operations with businesses in the defense, federal, civilian, and commercial markets. Its services include intelligence analysis, software development, software engineering, program management, strategic and mission planning, information assurance, cybersecurity and policy support, data analytics and model-based systems engineering (MBSE). The Company develops information warfare and information operations (IW/IO) plans, exercises, doctrine, and training for the Military Services and the Combatant Commands in domestic and deployed overseas locations. It provides platform integration, modernization, and sustainment; system engineering; training and simulation services and logistics engineering. It offers expertise and technology to defense, intelligence and civilian agencies of the United States federal, state and local governments.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Castellum Inc has a Value Score of 62, which is considered to be undervalued.

When you look at Castellum Inc’s price-to-sales ratio at 0.29 compared to the industry median at 1.73, this company has a lower price relative to revenue compared to its peers. This could make Castellum Inc’s stock more attractive for value investors.

Shareholder yield is the sum of a stock’s dividend yield (paid over previous 12 months minus special dividends) and the percentage of net share buybacks over the previous 12 months. Castellum Inc’s shareholder yield is lower than its industry median ratio of (1.45%). Value investors may look for an attractive shareholder yield because it can be a powerful tool for identifying if the company has a good management team.

As one of the most common value metrics, the price-to-book ratio evaluates a company’s current market price relative to its book value. Castellum Inc’s price-to-book ratio is lower than its industry median ratio of 2.48. This could make Castellum Inc more attractive to investors looking for a new addition to their portfolio.

Synchronoss Technologies Inc’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. is a provider of white label cloud, messaging, digital and network management solutions that enable its customers to keep subscribers, systems, networks and content in sync. The Company’s Synchronoss Personal Cloud solution is designed to create an engaging and trusted customer experience through ongoing content management and engagement. Its Synchronoss Personal Cloud platform is a white label platform that allows its customers’ subscribers to backup and protect, engage with, and manage their personal content and gives its operator customers the ability to increase average revenue per user (ARPU) and reduce churn. The Synchronoss Personal Cloud platform is designed to support smartphones, tablets, desktops computers, and laptops. Its Advanced Messaging platform is a messaging platform that expands capabilities for communications service provider and multi-service providers to offer Person-to-Person (P2P) messaging via Rich Communications Services (RCS).

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Synchronoss Technologies Inc has a Value Score of 65, which is considered to be undervalued.

Synchronoss Technologies Inc’s price-to-book ratio is lower than its peers. This could make Synchronoss Technologies Inc more attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 2.48.

You can read more about Synchronoss Technologies Inc’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

TDCX Inc (ADR)’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

TDCX Inc. is a Singapore-based company, which is a provider of digital customer experience solutions. The Company’s service offerings include omnichannel CX solutions, sales and digital marketing services, and content, trust and safety services. It also offers services consisting of miscellaneous activities, such as providing workspaces to existing clients and providing human resource and administration services to clients. It helps its clients manage their relationships by providing digital customer experiences solutions, such as after-sales service and customer support. Its sales and digital marketing services help its clients market their products and services to their customers in both the business-to-consumer (B2C) and the business-to-business (B2B) markets. Its content, trust and safety services comprise content monitoring and moderation services, trust and safety services and data annotation services.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

TDCX Inc (ADR) has a Value Score of 69, which is considered to be undervalued.

TDCX Inc (ADR)’s price-earnings ratio is 11.6 compared to the industry median at 26.0. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes TDCX Inc (ADR) more attractive for value investors.

TDCX Inc (ADR)’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make TDCX Inc (ADR) less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 2.48.

You can read more about TDCX Inc (ADR)’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

TTEC Holdings Inc’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

TTEC Holdings, Inc. is a global customer experience (CX) outsourcing partner for marquis and disruptive brands and public sector clients. The Company operates through two business segments: TTEC Digital and TTEC Engage. The TTEC Digital segment is focused on the intersection of Contact Center As a Service (CCaaS), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Analytics. This segment creates and implements strategic CX transformation roadmaps, sells, operates, and provides managed services for cloud platforms and premise-based CX technologies, including Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Genesys, Google, and Microsoft. The TTEC Engage segment provides the digitally enabled CX operational and managed services to support large, complex enterprise clients’ end-to-end customer interactions at scale. It delivers data-driven omnichannel customer care, customer acquisition, growth, and retention services, tech support, trust and safety and back-office solutions.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

TTEC Holdings Inc has a Value Score of 82, which is considered to be undervalued.

TTEC Holdings Inc’s price-earnings ratio is 40.9 compared to the industry median at 26.0. This means that it has a higher price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes TTEC Holdings Inc less attractive for value investors.

TTEC Holdings Inc’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make TTEC Holdings Inc less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 2.48.

You can read more about TTEC Holdings Inc’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

Other IT Services & Consulting Stock Grades

Value is just one of the five Stock Grades included in our A+ Investor service. AAII members can see the top-graded stocks—those with grades of A or B for value, growth, momentum, earnings estimate revisions and quality—on the A+ Stock Grades Screener.

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Choosing Which of the 4 Best IT Services & Consulting Stocks Is Right for You

Choosing which value stocks to invest in will ultimately depend on your individual goals and allocation; however, comparing similar value stocks in the same industry can help you analyze which might be better investments for you in the long run. So, let’s take a look at the Value Grade for all of our stocks.

• Castellum Inc stock has a Value Grade of B.
• Synchronoss Technologies Inc stock has a Value Grade of B.
• TDCX Inc (ADR) stock has a Value Grade of B.
• TTEC Holdings Inc stock has a Value Grade of A.

Now that you have a bit more background about each of the 4 undervalued stocks in the IT Services & Consulting industry as well as their overall grades, it’s time for you to conduct additional research to see if these could fit your portfolio needs based on your goals and risk tolerance. AAII can help you figure out both and identify which investments align with what works best for you.

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Additional Resources About IT Services & Consulting Stocks

Want to learn more about IT Services & Consulting stocks to see if they could be the right investment for you? Check out some additional resources and articles to help you on your financial journey.

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