Value stocks typically trade at discounts to the broader market, offering patient investors the opportunity to buy businesses when they’re out of favor.
The key risk, however, is that these stocks are usually cheap for a reason – five cents for a piece of fruit may seem like a great deal until you find out it’s rotten.
Mid-cap stocks have the best odds of scaling into $100 billion corporations thanks to their tested business models and large addressable markets.
But the many opportunities in front of them attract significant competition, spanning from industry behemoths with seemingly infinite resources to small, nimble players with chips on their shoulders.
The low valuation multiples for value stocks provide a margin of safety that growth stocks rarely offer.
However, the challenge lies in determining whether these cheap assets are genuinely undervalued or simply on sale due to their potentially deteriorating business models.
PubMatic has gotten torched over the last six months - since July 2025, its stock price has dropped 41.4% to $7.49 per share. This might have investors contemplating their next move.
Over the past six months, Qualys’s shares (currently trading at $131.91) have posted a disappointing 5.5% loss, well below the S&P 500’s 10% gain. This might have investors contemplating their next move.
Rush Enterprises has had an impressive run over the past six months as its shares have beaten the S&P 500 by 14.3%. The stock now trades at $62.68, marking a 24.3% gain. This was partly thanks to its solid quarterly results, and the performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
Danaher’s 24.7% return over the past six months has outpaced the S&P 500 by 14.7%, and its stock price has climbed to $234.55 per share. This performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
AXIS Capital trades at $103.18 and has moved in lockstep with the market. Its shares have returned 7.4% over the last six months while the S&P 500 has gained 10%.
Over the past six months, Semrush has been a great trade, beating the S&P 500 by 21.4%. Its stock price has climbed to $11.91, representing a healthy 31.4% increase. This was partly due to its solid quarterly results, and the performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
Elevance Health’s 33.1% return over the past six months has outpaced the S&P 500 by 23.1%, and its stock price has climbed to $368.00 per share. This was partly thanks to its solid quarterly results, and the performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
What a brutal six months it’s been for Inspire Medical Systems. The stock has dropped 24.3% and now trades at $94.73, rattling many shareholders. This might have investors contemplating their next move.
Teladoc’s stock price has taken a beating over the past six months, shedding 26.8% of its value and falling to $6.10 per share. This might have investors contemplating their next move.
Dover trades at $199.20 and has moved in lockstep with the market. Its shares have returned 6.5% over the last six months while the S&P 500 has gained 10%.
The past six months have been a windfall for Dycom’s shareholders. The company’s stock price has jumped 42.7%, hitting $366.38 per share. This was partly due to its solid quarterly results, and the performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
Over the past six months, Arthur J. Gallagher’s shares (currently trading at $256.94) have posted a disappointing 16.6% loss, well below the S&P 500’s 10% gain. This was partly due to its softer quarterly results and might have investors contemplating their next move.
Over the last six months, Belden’s shares have sunk to $114.97, producing a disappointing 9.9% loss - a stark contrast to the S&P 500’s 10% gain. This might have investors contemplating their next move.
What a brutal six months it’s been for Amplitude. The stock has dropped 21.5% and now trades at $9.91, rattling many shareholders. This might have investors contemplating their next move.
VSE Corporation has been on fire lately. In the past six months alone, the company’s stock price has rocketed 67.3%, setting a new 52-week high of $217.91 per share. This was partly due to its solid quarterly results, and the performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
What a fantastic six months it’s been for Reddit. Shares of the company have skyrocketed 54.3%, hitting $225.69. This was partly due to its solid quarterly results, and the performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
The past six months have been a windfall for Penumbra’s shareholders. The company’s stock price has jumped 55.5%, setting a new 52-week high of $355.93 per share. This was partly thanks to its solid quarterly results, and the performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
Inter Parfums’s stock price has taken a beating over the past six months, shedding 29.4% of its value and falling to $91.15 per share. This might have investors contemplating their next move.
What a brutal six months it’s been for Zevia. The stock has dropped 39.2% and now trades at $1.89, rattling many shareholders. This might have investors contemplating their next move.
Over the past six months, Planet Fitness’s shares (currently trading at $97.04) have posted a disappointing 11.8% loss, well below the S&P 500’s 10% gain. This might have investors contemplating their next move.
Clear Channel Outdoor has been on fire lately. In the past six months alone, the company’s stock price has rocketed 84.3%, reaching $2.12 per share. This performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
Irish airliner Ryanair Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: RYAAY) is turning its recent clashes with Elon Musk into a marketing spectacle, with the company's CEO, Michael O'Leary, calling a press conference to discuss the billionaire entrepreneur's "tantrum" on X.
West Texas Intermediate, is trading around $59.65 during the early Asian trading hours on Wednesday. The WTI price edges higher amid the escalating Greenland crisis and an unplanned outage at a major Kazakhstan field.
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