Here at Zacks, we focus on our proven ranking system, which places an emphasis on earnings estimates and estimate revisions, to find winning stocks. But we also understand that investors develop their own strategies, so we are constantly looking at the latest trends in value, growth, and momentum to find strong companies for our readers.

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.

On top of the Zacks Rank, investors can also look at our innovative Style Scores system to find stocks with specific traits. For example, value investors will want to focus on the "Value" category. Stocks with high Zacks Ranks and "A" grades for Value will be some of the highest-quality value stocks on the market today.

Terex (TEX) is a stock many investors are watching right now. TEX is currently holding a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy) and a Value grade of A. The stock is trading with P/E ratio of 8.72 right now. For comparison, its industry sports an average P/E of 16.51. Over the past year, TEX's Forward P/E has been as high as 10.93 and as low as 7.18, with a median of 8.35.

Value investors also frequently use the P/S ratio. This metric is found by dividing a stock's price with the company's revenue. This is a prefered metric because revenue can't really be manipulated, so sales are often a truer performance indicator. TEX has a P/S ratio of 0.65. This compares to its industry's average P/S of 0.66.

Finally, investors should note that TEX has a P/CF ratio of 6.32. This metric takes into account a company's operating cash flow and can be used to find stocks that are undervalued based on their solid cash outlook. TEX's P/CF compares to its industry's average P/CF of 11.18. TEX's P/CF has been as high as 8.12 and as low as 6.06, with a median of 6.81, all within the past year.

These figures are just a handful of the metrics value investors tend to look at, but they help show that Terex is likely being undervalued right now. Considering this, as well as the strength of its earnings outlook, TEX feels like a great value stock at the moment.

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