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 Software 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 Software 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 Software 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 Software industry for Monday, August 26, 2024. Let’s take a closer look at their individual scores to see how they measure up against each other and the Software 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.

Ibex Ltd’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

IBEX Limited is a provider in global business process outsourcing and end-to-end customer engagement technology solutions that helps drive customer experiences (CX) for brands. The services it provides for clients are digital and traditional omni-channel capabilities. The Company has designed a differentiated suite of digital and operational solutions meant to manage interactions throughout the phases of the customer lifecycle, across multiple channels, customized to a client's specific needs. Its services cover three areas: Digital & Omni-Channel Customer Experience (ibex Connect), Digital Marketing and E-Commerce (ibex Digital), and Digital CX surveys and analytics (ibex CX). The ibex Connect business unit delivers differentiated customer service, technical support, revenue generation and other value-added outsourced back-office services to its clients. The ibex Digital offers digital marketing, e-commerce technology and platform solutions for brands.

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.

Ibex Ltd has a Value Score of 90, which is considered to be undervalued.

When you look at Ibex Ltd’s price-to-sales ratio at 0.59 compared to the industry median at 3.77, this company has a lower price relative to revenue compared to its peers. This could make Ibex Ltd’s stock more attractive for value investors.

Ibex Ltd’s price-earnings ratio is 11.20 compared to the industry median at 43.33. This means it has a lower share price relative to earnings compared to its peers. This could make Ibex Ltd more attractive for value investors.

Now, let’s assess Ibex Ltd’s EV/EBITDA ratio, also known as enterprise multiple. At 3.7, when compared to the industry median of 23.0, the company may be considered undervalued in relation to its peers. Value investors could use the enterprise multiple to identify stocks that are considered overvalued or undervalued relative to their industry.

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. Ibex Ltd’s shareholder yield is higher than its industry median ratio of (2.19%). 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. Ibex Ltd’s price-to-book ratio is lower than its industry median ratio of 3.29. This could make Ibex Ltd more attractive to investors looking for a new addition to their portfolio.

iSpecimen Inc’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

iSpecimen Inc. is a technology-driven company. The Company's iSpecimen Marketplace platform is designed to transform the biospecimen procurement process to accelerate medical discovery. The Company's technology consolidates the biospecimen buying experience in a single, online marketplace that brings together healthcare providers who have biospecimens and researchers across industry, academia, and government institutions who need them. Its iSpecimen Marketplace platform has compiled de-identified healthcare data provided by its healthcare supply partners. The platform is built upon a robust healthcare data set comprised of information about available specimens and research subjects. The Company’s platform helps with administrative and reporting functions for researchers, suppliers, and its internal personnel, including user and compliance management. The iSpecimen Marketplace technology comprises four functional areas: search, workflow, data, administrative, compliance and reporting.

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.

iSpecimen Inc has a Value Score of 69, which is considered to be undervalued.

iSpecimen Inc’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make iSpecimen Inc less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 3.29.

You can read more about iSpecimen 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.

PLAYSTUDIOS Inc’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. is a developer of free-to-play casual games for mobile and social platforms. The Company's game portfolio includes a diverse range of titles, from social casino and card games to puzzle and adventure games. It operates in two segments: playGAMES and playAWARDS. playGAMES segment is a developer and publisher of digital games on mobile and Web platforms. The Company operates primarily in the social gaming market, which is characterized by gameplay online or on mobile devices, that is social, competitive, and self-directed in pace and session length. playGAMES also operate in the casual space. playAWARDS segment consists of all of its loyalty assets globally in which it is engaged in developing an end-to-end loyalty solution to help clients reward, enrich, motivate and retain customers, including program design, points management and administration, and broad-based fulfillment and redemption across multiple channels.

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.

PLAYSTUDIOS Inc has a Value Score of 92, which is considered to be undervalued.

PLAYSTUDIOS Inc’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make PLAYSTUDIOS Inc less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 3.29.

You can read more about PLAYSTUDIOS 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.

Semantix Inc’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Semantix Inc, formerly Alpha Capital Holdco Co is a Brazil-based company. It is a developer of a data-centric platform that accelerates digital transformation and enhances business performance through seamless, low-code and low-touch data analytics solutions. The Company’s data software is designed to allow customers to access data from any source and develop appropriate analytics to meet their industry and business needs. The Company’s internally developed, frictionless, end-to-end Software as a Service (SaaS) data platform Semantix Data Platform (SDP) guides customers through their entire data lifecycles, from capturing data, to structuring that data in the form of a data lake, then providing easy access to such data for exploration and interaction and, finally, creating reports, dashboards and algorithms fueled by the data to enhance business performance.

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.

Semantix Inc has a Value Score of 71, which is considered to be undervalued.

Semantix Inc’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Semantix Inc less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 3.29.

You can read more about Semantix 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 Software Stock Grades

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Choosing Which of the 4 Best Software 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.

• Ibex Ltd stock has a Value Grade of A.
• iSpecimen Inc stock has a Value Grade of B.
• PLAYSTUDIOS Inc stock has a Value Grade of A.
• Semantix Inc stock has a Value Grade of B.

Now that you have a bit more background about each of the 4 undervalued stocks in the Software 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 Software Stocks

Want to learn more about Software 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.

• 4 Undervalued Software Stocks for Monday, August 26
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