Taking full advantage of the stock market and investing with confidence are common goals for new and old investors alike.

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.

Cencora (COR)

Chesterbrook, PA-based Cencora is one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical services companies, which focuses on providing drug distribution and related services to reduce health care costs and improve patient outcomes.

COR boasts a Value Style Score of A and VGM Score of A, and holds a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) rating. Shares of Cencora are trading at a forward earnings multiple of 17.4X, as well as a PEG Ratio of 1.6, a Price/Cash Flow ratio of 13.8X, and a Price/Sales ratio of 0.2X.

A company's earnings performance is important for value investors as well. For fiscal 2024, six analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for COR, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.12 to $13.56 per share. COR also holds an average earnings surprise of 6.6%.

COR should be on investors' short lists because of its impressive earnings and valuation fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and strong Value and VGM Style Scores.

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