Taking full advantage of the stock market and investing with confidence are common goals for new and old investors alike.
Many investors also have a go-to methodology that helps guide their buy and sell decisions. One way to find winning stocks based on your preferred way of investing is to use the Zacks Style Scores, which are indicators that rate stocks based on three widely-followed investing types: value, growth, and momentum.
Different than growth or momentum investors, value-focused investors are all about finding good stocks at good prices, and discovering which companies are trading under what their true value is before the broader market catches on. The Value Style Score utilizes ratios like P/E, PEG, Price/Sales, and Price/Cash Flow to help pick out the most attractive and discounted stocks.
Autoliv, headquartered in Stockholm, is one of the leading players in automotive safety, specializing in passive safety systems. Operating primarily through its subsidiaries — Autoliv AB and Autoliv ASP — the company is at the forefront of designing and manufacturing critical safety components such as airbags, seatbelts, steering wheels, and advanced inflator technologies. Autoliv’s offerings extend to battery cable cutters and pedestrian protection systems, with a growing emphasis on mobility safety solutions. Through its new Mobility Safety Solutions unit, the company also addresses emerging needs in connected safety services and protective technologies for riders of powered two-wheelers.
ALV boasts a Value Style Score of A and VGM Score of A, and holds a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) rating. Shares of Autoliv, Inc. are trading at a forward earnings multiple of 12.5X , as well as a PEG Ratio of 1.2, a Price/Cash Flow ratio of 8.6X, and a Price/Sales ratio of 0.9X.
Many value investors pay close attention to a company’s earnings as well. For ALV, two analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.06 to $9.39 per share for 2025. ALV boasts an average earnings surprise of 7.9%.
ALV should be on investors’ short list because of its impressive earnings and valuation fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and strong Value and VGM Style Scores.
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