3 Stocks That Appear to Be Undervalued

These stocks could be value opportunities

Summary
  • MarineMax Inc., The GEO Group Inc. and MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp are trading at a discount to their DCF values.
  • Wall Street is positive about these stocks.
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When seeking value opportunities, investors could be interested in the following stocks, since their prices are trading at a discount to the intrinsic value calculated by GuruFocus' earnings-based discounted cash flow (DCF) calculator.

Furthermore, sell-side analysts on Wall Street have issued positive recommendation ratings for these stocks, indicating they expect share prices to rise.

MarineMax Inc

The first stock that holds the criteria is MarineMax Inc. (HZO, Financial), a Clearwater, Florida-based retailer of recreational boats and yachts in the U.S.

The stock was trading around $54.04 per share at close on Monday, which is below the intrinsic value of $99.92 from the DCF model, yielding a 45.31% margin of safety.

The share price increased 73.11% over the past year, determining a market capitalization of $1.2 billion and a 52-week range of $30.05 to $70.89.

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GuruFocus has assigned a score of 7 out of 10 to both the company's financial strength and its profitability.

On Wall Street, the stock has a recommendation rating of overweight and a target price of $66.75 per share.

BlackRock Inc., AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC and VANGUARD GROUP INC are the company's top fund holders with 19%, 8.76% and 7.61% of shares outstanding, respectively.

The GEO Group Inc

The second stock that meets the criteria is The GEO Group Inc. (GEO, Financial), a Boca Raton, Florida-based real estate investment trust focusing on healthcare facilities in the U.S. and internationally.

The stock was trading around $7.60 per share at close on Monday, which stands below the intrinsic value of $15.20 from the DCF model, yielding a 48.32% margin of safety.

The share price fell by 18.67% over the past year, determining a market capitalization of $966.19 million and a 52-week range of $4.96 to $11.

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GuruFocus has assigned a score of 3 out of 10 to the company's financial strength and 7 out of 10 to its profitability.

On Wall Street, the stock has a median recommendation rating of overweight and an average target price of $13.17 per share.

VANGUARD GROUP INC is the company's top fund holder with 17.32% of shares outstanding. It is followed by BlackRock Inc. with 14.78% and the iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF with 6.25%.

MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp

The third stock that qualifies is MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp (MX, Financial), a Luxembourg-based manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor platform solutions that are used in communications, Internet of Things, consumer, industrial and automotive applications.

The stock was trading at $17.60 per share at close on Monday, which is below the intrinsic value of $22.23 from the discounted cash flow model, yielding an 18.89% margin of safety.

The share price has risen 25.78% over the past year, determining a market capitalization of $831.76 million and a 52-week range of $12.75 to $26.98.

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GuruFocus has assigned a score of 8 out of 10 to the company's financial strength and 4 out of 10 to its profitability.

On Wall Street, the stock has a median recommendation rating of buy and an average target price of $29.50 per share.

Toronado Partners, LLC dominates the group of top fund holders of the company, owning 4.41% of shares outstanding. Howard Marks (Trades, Portfolio) is second in the group with 4.32% of shares outstanding, followed by FEDERATED HERMES, INC. with 4.30%.

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