Below are the top-valued consumer staples stocks according to Validea's Value Investor model, which is based on Benjamin Graham's publicly-disclosed strategy: This deep value methodology screens for stocks with low P/B and P/E ratios, low debt, and strong long-term earnings growth.
UNIVERSAL CORP (UVV) is a small-cap value stock in the Agriculture industry. Our strategy based on Benjamin Graham has a rating of 86% based on the company's underlying fundamentals and the stock's valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock while a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.
Company Overview: Universal Corporation is a global B2B agricultural products company. We are a global leaf tobacco supplier and provider of plant-based ingredients to food and beverage end markets. We operate through two segments: Tobacco and Ingredients. Activities in the Tobacco segment include contracting, sourcing, processing, packaging, storing and shipping leaf tobacco for sale to or on the account of manufacturers of consumer tobacco products worldwide. Through our Ingredients segment, we source raw materials worldwide and process them in a variety of value-added manufacturing processes to produce specialty plant-based ingredients, including fruits, vegetables, botanical extracts and flavors, for manufacturers of consumer packaged goods, retailers and food and beverage companies. We operate in more than 30 countries across five continents.
The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of the strategy's tests: Not all criteria in the table below receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria.
Sector: Pass Sales: Pass Current ratio: Pass Long-term debt to net current assets: Pass Long-term EPS growth: Fail P/E ratio: Pass Price to book ratio: Pass
A detailed analysis of Universal Corporation
UVV Group Analysis
UVV Fundamental Analysis
USANA HEALTH SCIENCES, INC. (USNA) is a small-cap value stock in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals industry. Our strategy based on Benjamin Graham rates it 86% based on the company's underlying fundamentals and the stock's valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score of 90% or above typically indicates strong interest.
Company Overview: USANA Health Sciences, Inc. is a global direct selling personal health and wellness company that develops and manufactures science-based nutritional and personal care products. The company operates in one segment: Direct Selling. Its two geographic regions are Asia Pacific, Americas and Europe. The company's product lines include USANA Nutritionals Optimizers, Essentials/CellSentials, food, personal care, skin care and everything else. USANA Nutritionals Optimizers consists of supplements designed to meet the health and nutritional needs of individuals. The Essentials/CellSentials product line includes vitamin and mineral supplements that provide whole body nutrition. The company's food product line includes meal replacement shakes, snack bars and other related products. It also offers products designed for the prenatal, infant and toddler age groups in China. The company distributes its products internationally through direct selling, which involves person-to-person marketing and selling of products.
The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of the strategy's tests: Not all criteria in the table below receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria.
Sector: Pass Sales: Fail Current ratio: Pass Long-term debt to net current assets: Pass Long-term EPS growth: Pass SP/E ratio: Pass Price to book ratio: Pass
Detailed Analysis of USANA HEALTH SCIENCES, INC.
USNA Group Analysis
USNA Fundamental Analysis
CAL-MAINE FOODS INC (CALM) is a mid-cap value stock in the Fish/Livestock industry. Our strategy based on Benjamin Graham rates it 86% based on the company's underlying fundamentals and the stock's valuation. A score above 80% typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.
Company Overview: Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is primarily engaged in the production, grading, packaging, marketing and distribution of fresh shell eggs, including conventional, free-range, organic, brown, pasture-raised, grass-fed and enriched eggs. The company's integrated operations consist of hatching chicks, raising and managing flocks of hens, layers and breeders, manufacturing feed, and producing, processing, packaging and distributing shell eggs. The company offers specialty and conventional eggs. Specialty eggs include a wide range of products, including free-range, organic, brown, free-range, grass-fed and enriched eggs. Farmhouse Eggs brand eggs are produced in the company's facilities by hens fed a vegetarian diet. The company markets organic, vegetarian and omega-3 eggs under the 4-Grain brand, which consists of conventional and free-range eggs. Sunups and Sunny Meadow brands are marketed as conventional eggs.
The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of the strategy's tests: Not all criteria in the table below receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria.
Sector: Pass Sales: Pass Current Ratio: Pass Long Term Debt to Net Current Assets: Pass Long Term EPS Growth: Pass SP/E Ratio: Pass Price to Book Ratio: Fail
Detailed Analysis of CAL-MAINE FOODS INC.
CALM Group Analysis
CALM Fundamental Analysis
ANDERSONS INC (ANDE) is a small cap growth stock in the Agriculture industry. Our strategy based on Benjamin Graham rates it 71% based on the company's underlying fundamentals and the stock's valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score of 90% or above typically indicates strong interest.
Company Overview: Andersons is a diversified company involved in the operation of the agricultural supply chain. The company operates through three segments: Trading, Renewable Energy, and Nutrition & Industry. The Trading segment is a diversified business focused on making profits through the sale and logistics management of a wide range of commodities. This segment specializes in the physical movement of commodities such as agricultural commodities such as whole grains, grain products, feed ingredients, and domestic fuel products. The Renewable Energy segment produces, purchases, sells, provides facility operations for ethanol and by-products, and provides risk management and marketing services to ethanol plants that it invests in and operates. The Nutrition & Industry segment is a manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of agricultural and related plant nutrients, liquid industrial products, corn cob-based products, pelletized lime and gypsum products, and agrochemicals.
The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of the strategy's tests: Not all criteria in the table below receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria.
Sector: Pass Sales: Pass Current ratio: Pass Long-term debt to net current assets: Pass Long-term EPS growth: Fail P/E ratio: Fail Price to book ratio: Pass
ANDERSONS INC. Detailed Analysis
ANDE GROUP ANALYSIS
ANDE Fundamental Analysis
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About Benjamin Graham: The late Benjamin Graham may be the oldest of the gurus we follow, but his influence on the investment world has continued for decades after his death in 1976. Known as the “father of value investing” and the founder of the entire field of security analysis, Graham mentored some of the greatest investors in history, including Warren Buffett, and inspired many others, including John Templeton, Mario Gabelli, and one of the gurus of Validia, John Neff. Graham built his fortune and reputation by surviving extremely difficult times, including the Great Depression and his own family's financial struggles following the death of his father when Benjamin was still young. His investment firm returned approximately 20 percent annually from 1936 to 1956, well above the market's average return of 12.2 percent at the time.
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