Hidden Gems Undiscovered Companies with Strong Fundamentals For July 2024

Over the last 7 days, the market has dropped 1.7%, but it is up 17% over the past year with earnings expected to grow by 15% per annum. In this dynamic environment, identifying stocks with strong fundamentals can be crucial for investors looking to capitalize on hidden opportunities.

Top 10 Undiscovered Gems With Strong Fundamentals In The United States

Click here to see the full list of 224 stocks from our US Undiscovered Gems With Strong Fundamentals screener.

Let's dive into some prime choices out of from the screener.

Ligand Pharmaceuticals (NasdaqGM:LGND)

Simply Wall St Value Rating: ★★★★★★

Overview: Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and licensing biopharmaceutical assets globally, with a market cap of $1.92 billion.

Operations: Ligand Pharmaceuticals generates revenue primarily from the development and licensing of biopharmaceutical assets, amounting to $118.31 million. The company has a market cap of approximately $1.92 billion.

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, a small-cap biotech firm, has seen earnings grow by 87.7% in the past year, outpacing the industry’s 19.9%. The company is debt-free now compared to five years ago when its debt-to-equity ratio was 59.6%. Despite significant insider selling recently, Ligand trades at 50.6% below its estimated fair value and forecasts a revenue growth of 19.8% annually. However, earnings are expected to decline by an average of 23.5% per year over the next three years.

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Meta Data (NYSE:AIU)

Simply Wall St Value Rating: ★★★★☆☆

Overview: Meta Data Limited, with a market cap of $374.09 million, operates a K-12 after-school education platform specializing in young children's mathematics training and FasTrack English services in China and internationally.

Operations: Meta Data Limited generates revenue primarily from its educational services, specifically in education and training, amounting to $32.43 million. The company has a market cap of $374.09 million.

Meta Data, a small-cap company, recently executed a 1:5 stock split on July 29, 2024. Despite becoming profitable this year and having high-quality earnings, the company faces significant challenges. A winding-up petition was filed against it in April due to its inability to repay debts from a $139 million term facility drawn in March 2019. The debt-to-equity ratio surged from 41.1% to over 2151% in five years, indicating financial stress despite well-covered interest payments (4.4x EBIT).

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• Gain insights into Meta Data's past trends and performance with our Past report.

Worthington Steel (NYSE:WS)

Simply Wall St Value Rating: ★★★★★☆

Overview: Worthington Steel, Inc. operates as a steel processor in North America with a market cap of $1.96 billion.

Operations: Worthington Steel generates revenue primarily from its Metal Processors and Fabrication segment, amounting to $3.43 billion.

Worthington Steel has shown impressive earnings growth of 77.7% over the past year, significantly outpacing the Metals and Mining industry's -26.6%. For fiscal 2024, sales reached US$3.43 billion with net income at US$154.7 million, up from US$87.1 million in 2023. The company’s net debt to equity ratio stands at a satisfactory 9.6%, and its interest payments are well covered by EBIT (35.9x). Worthington also trades at a notable discount of 27.4% below estimated fair value.

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