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 Metals & Mining - Iron & Steel 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 Metals & Mining - Iron & Steel 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?

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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 Metals & Mining - Iron & Steel 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 Metals & Mining - Iron & Steel industry for Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Let’s take a closer look at their individual scores to see how they measure up against each other and the Metals & Mining - Iron & Steel 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.

Ascent Industries Co’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Ascent Industries Co. is a diverse industrials company. The Company is focused on the production of stainless-steel pipe and tube and specialty chemicals. The Company’s business is divided into two reportable operating segments, Tubular Products and Specialty Chemicals. The Tubular Products segment serves markets through pipe and tube production and customers in the appliance, architectural, automotive, and commercial transportation, brewery, chemical, petrochemical, pulp and paper, mining, power generation (including nuclear), water and waste-water treatment, liquid natural gas (LNG), food processing, pharmaceutical, oil and gas and other industries. The Specialty Chemicals segment produces specialty products for the pulp and paper, coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE), textile, automotive, household, industrial and institutional (HII), agricultural, water and waste-water treatment, construction, oil and gas and other industries.

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.

Ascent Industries Co has a Value Score of 79, which is considered to be undervalued.

When you look at Ascent Industries Co’s price-to-sales ratio at 0.58 compared to the industry median at 0.58, this company has a higher price relative to revenue compared to its peers. This could make Ascent Industries Co’s stock fairly 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. Ascent Industries Co’s shareholder yield is lower than its industry median ratio of 1.97%. 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. Ascent Industries Co’s price-to-book ratio is lower than its industry median ratio of 1.07. This could make Ascent Industries Co more attractive to investors looking for a new addition to their portfolio.

Lastly, let’s take a look at Ascent Industries Co’s price-to-free-cash-flow ratio (P/FCF), which can indicate a company’s market value relative to its operating cash flow. Ascent Industries Co’s price-to-free-cash-flow ratio is lower than its industry median ratio of 13.72. This could make Ascent Industries Co more attractive because the lower P/FCF ratio indicates that Ascent Industries Co is undervalued. The P/FCF ratio metric can also be viewed over a long-term time frame to see if the company's cash flow to share price value is generally improving or worsening.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. is a mining company with operations across Virginia and West Virginia. The Company supplies metallurgical products to the steel industry. Its portfolio of mining operations consists of about 15 underground mines, seven surface mines and nine coal preparation plants. It extracts, processes and markets met and thermal coal from deep and surface mines for sale to steel and coke producers, industrial customers, and electric utilities. It conducts mining operations only in the United States with mines in Central Appalachia. The Company operates in one segment: Met, which consists of five active mines and two preparation plants in Virginia, 17 active mines and six preparation plants in West Virginia, as well as expenses associated with certain idled/closed mines. The Met segment operations consist of met coal mines, including Deep Mine 41, Road Fork 52, Black Eagle, and Lynn Branch. It ships met coal to domestic and international steel and coke producers.

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.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc has a Value Score of 91, which is considered to be undervalued.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc’s price-earnings ratio is 6.9 compared to the industry median at 12.1. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc more attractive for value investors.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc’s price-to-book ratio is lower than its peers. This could make Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc more attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 1.07.

You can read more about Alpha Metallurgical Resources 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.

Commercial Metals Company’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Commercial Metals Company is engaged in offering products and technologies for the global construction sector through manufacturing network principally located in the United States and Central Europe. The Company’s solutions support construction across a variety of applications, including infrastructure, non-residential, residential, industrial, and energy generation and transmission. Its segments include North America and Europe. The North America segment provides a diverse offering of products and solutions to support the construction sector composed primarily of a vertically integrated network of recycling facilities, steel mills and fabrication operations. The Company’s 43 scrap metal recycling facilities, primarily located in the southeast and central United States process ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals. The Europe segment is composed primarily of a vertically integrated network of recycling facilities, an EAF mini mill and fabrication operations located in Poland.

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.

Commercial Metals Company has a Value Score of 79, which is considered to be undervalued.

Commercial Metals Company’s price-earnings ratio is 11.4 compared to the industry median at 12.1. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes Commercial Metals Company more attractive for value investors.

Commercial Metals Company’s price-to-book ratio is lower than its peers. This could make Commercial Metals Company more attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 1.07.

You can read more about Commercial Metals Company’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.

Steel Partners Holdings LP’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Steel Partners Holdings L.P. is a diversified global holding company. It owns and operates businesses and has interests in various companies, including diversified industrial products, energy, defense, supply chain management and logistics, banking, and youth sports. Its segments include Diversified Industrial, Energy, Financial Services and Supply Chain. The Diversified Industrial segment consists of manufacturers of engineered niche industrial products, including joining materials, tubing, building materials, performance materials, electrical products, cutting replacement products and services, and a packaging business. The Energy segment provides drilling and production services to the oil and gas industry and owns a youth sports business. Financial Services segment consists primarily of the operations of WebBank, a Utah chartered industrial bank, which engages in a full range of banking activities. The Supply Chain segment provides supply chain management and logistics 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.

Steel Partners Holdings LP has a Value Score of 99, which is considered to be undervalued.

Steel Partners Holdings LP’s price-earnings ratio is 5.4 compared to the industry median at 12.1. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes Steel Partners Holdings LP more attractive for value investors.

Steel Partners Holdings LP’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Steel Partners Holdings LP less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 1.07.

You can read more about Steel Partners Holdings LP’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 Metals & Mining - Iron & Steel Stock Grades

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Choosing Which of the 4 Best Metals & Mining - Iron & Steel 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.

• Ascent Industries Co stock has a Value Grade of B.
• Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc stock has a Value Grade of A.
• Commercial Metals Company stock has a Value Grade of B.
• Steel Partners Holdings LP stock has a Value Grade of A.

Now that you have a bit more background about each of the 4 undervalued stocks in the Metals & Mining - Iron & Steel 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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