Should Value Investors Buy Chord Energy Corporation (CHRD) Stock?

Here at Zacks, our focus is on the proven Zacks Rank system, which emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find great stocks. Nevertheless, we are always paying attention to the latest value, growth, and momentum trends to underscore strong picks.

Of these, perhaps no stock market trend is more popular than value investing, which is a strategy that has proven to be successful in all sorts of market environments. Value investors rely on traditional forms of analysis on key valuation metrics to find stocks that they believe are undervalued, leaving room for profits.

Luckily, Zacks has developed its own Style Scores system in an effort to find stocks with specific traits. Value investors will be interested in the system's "Value" category. Stocks with both "A" grades in the Value category and high Zacks Ranks are among the strongest value stocks on the market right now.

One company to watch right now is Chord Energy Corporation (CHRD). CHRD is currently sporting a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), as well as a Value grade of A. The stock holds a P/E ratio of 11.01, while its industry has an average P/E of 11.35. Over the last 12 months, CHRD's Forward P/E has been as high as 12.38 and as low as 6.26, with a median of 8.29.

Value investors also use the P/S ratio. The P/S ratio is calculated as price divided by sales. Some people prefer this metric because sales are harder to manipulate on an income statement. This means it could be a truer performance indicator. CHRD has a P/S ratio of 1.5. This compares to its industry's average P/S of 1.96.

Investors could also keep in mind SM Energy (SM), another Oil and Gas - Exploration and Production - United States stock with a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy) and Value grade of A.

SM Energy also has a P/B ratio of 0.64 compared to its industry's price-to-book ratio of 3.50. Over the past year, its P/B ratio has been as high as 1.30, as low as 0.53, with a median of 0.79.

These are just a handful of the figures considered in Chord Energy Corporation and SM Energy's great Value grade. Still, they help show that the stock is likely being undervalued at the moment. Add this to the strength of its earnings outlook, and we can clearly see that CHRD and SM is an impressive value stock right now.

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