Arch Capital Group (ACGL) is a Top-Ranked Value Stock: Should You Buy?
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While you may have an investing style you rely on, finding great stocks is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores. These are complementary indicators that rate stocks based on value, growth, and/or momentum characteristics.
Why Investors Should Pay Attention to This Value Stock
Value investors love finding good stocks at good prices, especially before the broader market catches on to a stock's true value. Utilizing ratios like P/E, PEG, Price/Sales, and Price/Cash Flow, the Value Style Score identifies the most attractive and most discounted stocks.
Arch Capital Group (ACGL)
Established in 1995 and headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda, Arch Capital Group Ltd. offers insurance, reinsurance and mortgage insurance across the world. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, the property and casualty (P&C) insurer provides a wide range of products and services, which include primary and excess casualty coverages, professional indemnity, workers compensation and umbrella liability and employers liability insurance coverages. The company offers a full range of property, casualty and mortgage insurance and reinsurance lines while maintaining a focus on writing specialty lines of insurance and reinsurance.
ACGL is a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) stock, with a Value Style Score of B and VGM Score of B. Shares are currently trading at a forward P/E of 10.6X for the current fiscal year compared to the Insurance - Property and Casualty industry's P/E of 13.3X. Additionally, ACGL has a PEG Ratio of 1.4 and a Price/Cash Flow ratio of 10.7X. Value investors should also note ACGL's Price/Sales ratio of 2.1X.
Many value investors pay close attention to a company's earnings as well. For ACGL, five analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.08 to $9.09 per share for 2024. Per share ACGL boasts an average earnings surprise of 17.1%.
Investors should take the time to consider ACGL for their portfolios due to its solid Zacks Ranks, notable earnings and valuation metrics, and impressive Value and VGM Style Scores.
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