4 Undervalued Retailers With Impressive Profitability

By Kapitall:Do you consider yourself a contrarian investor, always looking for opportunities against the trend? For ideas on how to start your own contrarian search, we ran a screen. We began by screening for stocks that appear undervalued relative to free cash flow, with P/FCF below 15, and undervalued relative to earnings growth, with PEG below 1.

By Kapitall:Do you consider yourself a contrarian investor, always searching for underestimated stocks? For ideas on how to start your own contrarian search, we ran a screen. We began by screening for stocks with bearish sentiment, with float shorts above 10%. We also screened for stocks that appear undervalued relative to earnings growth, with PEG below 1.

By Kapitall:There are many different ways to look at a company's profitability, so choosing one can be difficult. One idea is to compare profit margins to a company's industry averages. We ran a screen with this in mind, beginning with highly undervalued stocks. We screened for those that appear undervalued relative to earnings growth and free cash flow, with PEG below 1 and P/FCF below 15.

By Kapitall:Do you consider yourself a value investor? For a closer look at some potentially undervalued names, we ran a screen.We began by screening for stocks that appear undervalued relative to earnings growth, with PEG below 1, and undervalued relative to free cash flow, with P/FCF below 15.

By Kapitall:Do you prefer stocks that pay reliable dividend income? For a closer look at some interesting dividend stocks, we ran a screen. We began by screening for stocks paying big dividend yields above 4% and sustainable payout ratios below 50%.

By Kapitall:Do you consider company size when choosing among stocks? There are diversification benefits in investing across different company sizes. Large-cap stocks tend to follow economic activity, while small-cap companies tend to deal more with company-specific risks. For ideas on how to dig deeper into the small-cap sector, we ran a screen. We began by screening for small-cap stocks (with market caps between $300-500 million) for those rallying above their 20-day, 50-day, and 200-day moving averages.

By Kapitall:Do you consider yourself a value investor? For ideas on how to start your own value search, we ran a screen.We began by screening the large-cap sector for stocks that appear undervalued relative to earnings growth, with PEG below 1.

By Kapitall:Do you like to follow earnings season and guess which stocks will announce an earnings surprise and which will disappoint? For a closer look at stocks reporting their first-quarter earnings next week, we ran a screen. We began by screening next week's reporting companies for those rallying above their 20-day, 50-day, and 200-day moving averages, indicating these stocks have upward momentum.