Based on key financial metrics such as the price-to-sales ratio, shareholder yield and the price-earnings ratio, the following 7 stocks made the list for top value stocks in the Financial Services 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 Financial Services 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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7 Undervalued Financial Services Stocks

Of course, there are countless value stocks that are worth mentioning, but this is a concise list of the top 7 undervalued stocks in the Financial Services industry for Tuesday, July 14, 2026. Let’s take a closer look at their individual scores to see how they measure up against each other and the Financial Services 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.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses. The company provides property, casualty, life, accident, and health insurance and reinsurance; operates railroad systems in North America; generates, transmits, stores, and distributes electricity from natural gas, coal, wind, solar, hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal sources; operates natural gas distribution and storage facilities, interstate pipelines, liquefied natural gas facilities, and compressor and meter stations; and holds interest in coal mining assets. It manufactures boxed chocolates and other confectionery products; specialty chemicals, metal cutting tools, and components for aerospace and power generation applications; prefabricated and site-built residential homes, flooring products; insulation, roofing, and engineered products; building and engineered components; paints and coatings; and bricks and masonry products, as well as offers manufactured and site-built home construction, and related lending and financial services. In addition, the company provides recreational vehicles, apparel, footwear, toys, jewelry, custom picture framing products, alkaline batteries, logistics services, and professional aviation training and shared aircraft ownership programs; castings, forgings, fasteners/fastener systems, aerostructures, and precision components; and cobalt, nickel, and titanium alloys. Further, it distributes televisions and information, and grocery and non-food consumer products; franchises and services quick service restaurants; and distributes electronic components. Additionally, it retails automobiles; furniture, bedding, and accessories; household appliances, electronics, and floor coverings; watches, home decor and repair services; sells kitchenware; and motorcycle clothing and equipment. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

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.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has a Value Score of 64, which is considered to be undervalued.

When you look at Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s price-to-sales ratio at 2.85 compared to the industry median at 1.96, this company has a higher price relative to revenue compared to its peers. This could make Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s stock less attractive for value investors.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s price-earnings ratio is 14.80 compared to the industry median at 15.35. This means it has a lower share price relative to earnings compared to its peers. This could make Berkshire Hathaway Inc. more attractive for value investors.

Now, let’s assess Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s EV/EBITDA ratio, also known as enterprise multiple. At 7.8, when compared to the industry median of 9.2, 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. Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s shareholder yield is lower than its industry median ratio of 0.30%. 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. Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its industry median ratio of 1.36. This could make Berkshire Hathaway Inc. less attractive to investors looking for a new addition to their portfolio.

Essent Group Ltd.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Essent Group Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides private mortgage insurance and reinsurance, and title insurance and settlement services to mortgage lenders, borrowers, and investors in the United States. It operates through two segments, Mortgage Insurance and Reinsurance. The company’s mortgage insurance products include primary, pool, and master policy. It also provides information technology maintenance and development services; customer support-related services; underwriting consulting services to third-party reinsurers; and contract underwriting services, as well as credit risk management products. In addition, the company offers title insurance and settlement services; and title insurance underwriting services. It serves the originators of residential mortgage loans, such as regulated depository institutions, mortgage banks, credit unions, and other lenders. Essent Group Ltd. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

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.

Essent Group Ltd. has a Value Score of 88, which is considered to be undervalued.

Essent Group Ltd.’s price-earnings ratio is 9.2 compared to the industry median at 15.4. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes Essent Group Ltd. more attractive for value investors.

Essent Group Ltd.’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Essent Group Ltd. less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 1.36.

You can read more about Essent Group Ltd.’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.

Finance of America Companies Inc.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Finance of America Companies Inc. a financial service holding company, through its subsidiaries, provides home equity-based financing solutions for a modern retirement in the United States. The company operates through two segments: Retirement Solutions and Portfolio Management. It offers home equity conversion and non-agency reverse mortgage loans; and product development, loan securitization, loan sales, risk management, servicing oversight, and asset management services. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

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.

Finance of America Companies Inc. has a Value Score of 98, which is considered to be undervalued.

Finance of America Companies Inc.’s price-earnings ratio is 13.4 compared to the industry median at 15.4. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes Finance of America Companies Inc. more attractive for value investors.

Finance of America Companies Inc.’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Finance of America Companies Inc. less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 1.36.

You can read more about Finance of America Companies 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.

PicS N.V.’s Value Grade

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PicS N.V. operates as a digital financial services company that provides digital wallet and application for individuals and businesses in Brazil. The company offers a range of transactional products for its consumers, including Pix, an instant payment system, peer-to-peer between PicPay accounts, bill payments, payroll portability, global account, and a payment assistant that helps consumers organize, centralize, and settle bills through an integrated hub. The company also provides multipurpose cards; personal loans; instalment payments; payroll loans for public servants, retirees, and pensioners; private payroll loans for formally employed workers; and access to the FGTS annual birthday withdrawal program. In addition, it offers digital insurance distribution platform with products, such as digital wallet insurance, PicPay Card bill protection, credit life insurance, smartphone protection, life insurance, home insurance, and others, as well as provides a range of products to various investor profiles and financial goals. Further, the company offers a portfolio of products in QR code payments for small and medium-sized businesses; banking services; corporate benefits and salary advances; PicPay Shop that offers consumers to purchase a range of products and services; and PicPay Ads, an advertising platform designed to enable brands to reach engaged consumer base through contextualized placements within the app. PicS N.V. was formerly known as Picpay Holdings Netherlands B.V. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil. PicS N.V. is a subsidiary of Jf International B.v.

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.

PicS N.V. has a Value Score of 93, which is considered to be undervalued.

PicS N.V.’s price-earnings ratio is 6.8 compared to the industry median at 15.4. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes PicS N.V. more attractive for value investors.

PicS N.V.’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make PicS N.V. less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 1.36.

You can read more about PicS N.V.’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.

Repay Holdings Corporation’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Repay Holdings Corporation, a payments technology company, provides integrated payment processing solutions that enables consumers and businesses to make payments using electronic payment methods in the United States. It operates through two segments: Consumer Payments and Business Payments. The company offers payment acceptance solutions, such as debit and credit card processing, automated clearing house (ACH) processing, e-cash, and digital wallet services; virtual credit card processing, enhanced ACH processing, instant funding, clearing and settlement, and communication solutions; and proprietary payment channels that include Web-based, mobile application, text-to-pay, interactive voice response, and point of sale services. It serves customers primarily operating in the personal loans, automotive loans, receivables management, and business-to-business verticals through direct sales representatives and software integration partners. Repay Holdings Corporation was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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.

Repay Holdings Corporation has a Value Score of 97, which is considered to be undervalued.

Repay Holdings Corporation’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Repay Holdings Corporation less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 1.36.

You can read more about Repay Holdings Corporation’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.

Security National Financial Corporation’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Security National Financial Corporation engages in the life insurance, cemetery and mortuary, and mortgage businesses. The company’s Life Insurance segment is involved in selling and servicing lines of life insurance, annuity products, and accident and health insurance. It offers various life insurance products, including funeral plans and interest-sensitive life insurance, as well as other traditional life, accident, and health insurance products; and annuity products comprising single and flexible premium deferred annuities, and immediate annuities. This segment also cedes and assumes various risks with various authorized unaffiliated reinsurers pursuant to reinsurance treaties. Its cemetery and mortuary segment consists of eleven mortuaries and five cemeteries in the state of Utah, one cemetery in the state of California, and one cemetery and four mortuaries in the state of New Mexico. This segment also offers plots, interment vaults, mausoleum crypts, markers, caskets, urns, and other death care related products; and provides professional services of funeral directors, opening and closing of graves, use of chapels and viewing rooms, and use of automobiles and clothing, as well as engages in pre-need selling of funeral, cemetery, mortuary, and cremation services. The company’s Mortgages segment originates and underwrites residential and commercial loans for new construction, existing homes, and real estate projects primarily in Florida, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, and Utah. It offers residential mortgage lending services to real estate brokers and builders, as well as directly to consumers. Security National Financial Corporation was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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.

Security National Financial Corporation has a Value Score of 96, which is considered to be undervalued.

Security National Financial Corporation’s price-earnings ratio is 8.0 compared to the industry median at 15.4. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes Security National Financial Corporation more attractive for value investors.

Security National Financial Corporation’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Security National Financial Corporation less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 1.36.

You can read more about Security National Financial Corporation’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.

Waterstone Financial, Inc.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Waterstone Financial, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for WaterStone Bank SSB that provides various financial services to customers in southeastern Wisconsin, the United States. It operates in two segments, Community Banking and Mortgage Banking. The Community Banking segment offers consumer and business banking products and services, such as deposit and transactional solutions, such as checking, credit, debit and pre-paid cards, online banking and bill pay, and money transfer services; investable funds solutions, such as savings, money market deposits, individual retirement accounts, and certificates of deposit; residential mortgages, home equity loans and lines of credit, personal and installment loans, real estate financing, business loans, and business lines of credit; and fixed and variable annuities, insurance products, and trust and investment management accounts. It also provides transaction deposits, interest bearing transaction accounts, demand deposits, non-interest-bearing demand accounts, and time deposits; secured and unsecured lines; commercial real estate construction loans; term loans for working capital, inventory, and general corporate use; and personal term loans and investment services. The Mortgage Banking segment offers residential mortgage loans for the purpose of sale in the secondary market. It also invests in a portfolio of securities comprising mortgage-backed securities, government-sponsored and private-label enterprise bonds, collateralized mortgage obligations, municipal obligations, and other debt securities. The company was formerly known as Wauwatosa Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Waterstone Financial, Inc. in August 2008. Waterstone Financial, Inc. was founded in 1921 and is based in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

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.

Waterstone Financial, Inc. has a Value Score of 89, which is considered to be undervalued.

Waterstone Financial, Inc.’s price-earnings ratio is 11.9 compared to the industry median at 15.4. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes Waterstone Financial, Inc. more attractive for value investors.

Waterstone Financial, Inc.’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Waterstone Financial, Inc. less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 1.36.

You can read more about Waterstone Financial, 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 Financial Services Stock Grades

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Choosing Which of the 7 Best Financial Services 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.

• Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock has a Value Grade of B.
• Essent Group Ltd. stock has a Value Grade of A.
• Finance of America Companies Inc. stock has a Value Grade of A.
• PicS N.V. stock has a Value Grade of A.
• Repay Holdings Corporation stock has a Value Grade of A.
• Security National Financial Corporation stock has a Value Grade of A.
• Waterstone Financial, Inc. stock has a Value Grade of A.

Now that you have a bit more background about each of the 7 undervalued stocks in the Financial Services 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 Financial Services Stocks

Want to learn more about Financial Services 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.

• 7 Undervalued Financial Services Stocks for Monday, July 13
• Is Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A) Overvalued?
• Is Mastercard Incorporated (MA) Overvalued?
• Is Visa Inc. (V) Overvalued?

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