Undervalued Stocks in the S&P 500 Composite Index April 2025

April 28, 2025

S&P 500 Composite Index

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Undervalued stocks in the S&P 500 Composite Index

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SymbolNameClose Price ($)Valuation ($)Difference (%)Average Vol (30D)Market Cap ($M)Yield (%)P/E Ratio
GPN Global Payments 72.48 201.94 178.62 4623789 18471 1.38 11.8
LYB LyondellBasell Industries 59.44 150.52 153.23 5052507 19377 9.02 14.4
KR Kroger 70.00 175.93 151.33 9783405 50400 1.79 19.1
EL Estee Lauder Cos 59.39 142.46 139.88 5104000 21380 3.40 0.0
ALB Albemarle 57.73 132.87 130.15 4025647 6784 2.80 0.0
MRK Merck & Co 82.74 183.57 121.87 17337468 209415 3.82 12.0
TGT Target 96.58 208.74 116.13 9587617 44601 4.62 10.9
EPAM EPAM Systems 159.12 340.32 113.88 724550 9226 0.00 20.3
HAL Halliburton 20.85 39.86 91.19 15572021 18056 3.26 8.7
MRNA Moderna 27.22 50.60 85.88 9625380 10452 0.00 0.0
All data provided as at market close April 24, 2025.

Company Details

Global Payments

GPN:NYS

Close Price

72.48

Our Valuation

201.94

% Difference

178.62

Market Cap ($M)

18471

P/E Ratio

11.8

Global Payments is a leading provider of payment processing and software solutions and focuses on serving small and midsize merchants. The company operates in 30 countries and generates about one fourth of its revenue from outside North America, primarily in Europe and Asia. In 2019, Global Payments merged with Total System Services in an all-stock deal that gave Total System Services shareholders 48% of the combined company's shares. The merger added issuer processing operations.

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LyondellBasell Industries

LYB:NYS

Close Price

59.44

Our Valuation

150.52

% Difference

153.23

Market Cap ($M)

19377

P/E Ratio

14.4

LyondellBasell is a petrochemical producer with operations in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company is the world's largest producer of polypropylene and also a major producer of polyethylene and propylene oxide. Its chemicals are used in various consumer and industrial end products. Well over half of LyondellBasell's production comes from its North American operations.

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Kroger

KR:NYS

Close Price

70.00

Our Valuation

175.93

% Difference

151.33

Market Cap ($M)

50400

P/E Ratio

19.1

Kroger is one of the largest grocery retailers in the United States with more than 2,700 stores across a portfolio of over 20 supermarket banners. The company boasts an ingrained presence in US communities, citing that it is a top-two grocer in most of its major market areas.

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Estee Lauder Cos

EL:NYS

Close Price

59.39

Our Valuation

142.46

% Difference

139.88

Market Cap ($M)

21380

P/E Ratio

0.0

Estee Lauder is a leader in the global prestige beauty market, participating across skin care (51% of fiscal 2024 sales), makeup (29%), fragrance (16%), and hair care (4%) categories, with top-selling brands such as Estee Lauder, Clinique, M.A.C, La Mer, Jo Malone London, Aveda, Bobbi Brown, and Origins. The firm operates in more than 150 countries, generating 30% of revenue from the Americas, 39% from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (including travel retail), and 31% from Asia-Pacific.

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Albemarle

ALB:NYS

Close Price

57.73

Our Valuation

132.87

% Difference

130.15

Market Cap ($M)

6784

P/E Ratio

0.0

Albemarle is one of the world's largest lithium producers. In the lithium industry, the majority of demand comes from batteries, where lithium is used as the energy storage material, particularly in electric vehicles. Albemarle is a fully integrated lithium producer. Its upstream resources include salt brine deposits in Chile and the US and two hard rock mines in Australia, both of which are joint ventures. The company operates lithium refining plants in Chile, the US, Australia, and China.

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Merck & Co

MRK:NYS

Close Price

82.74

Our Valuation

183.57

% Difference

121.87

Market Cap ($M)

209415

P/E Ratio

12.0

Merck makes pharmaceutical products to treat several conditions in a number of therapeutic areas, including cardiometabolic disease, cancer, and infections. Within cancer, the firm's immuno-oncology platform is growing as a major contributor to overall sales. The company also has a substantial vaccine business, with treatments to prevent pediatric diseases as well as human papillomavirus, or HPV. Additionally, Merck sells animal health-related drugs.

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Target

TGT:NYS

Close Price

96.58

Our Valuation

208.74

% Difference

116.13

Market Cap ($M)

44601

P/E Ratio

10.9

Target serves as the nation's seventh-largest retailer, with its strategy predicated on delivering a gratifying in-store shopping experience and a wide product assortment of trendy apparel, home goods, and household essentials at competitive prices. Target's upscale and stylish image began to carry national merit in the 1990s—a decade in which the brand saw its top line grow threefold to almost $30 billion—and has since cemented itself as a leading US retailer.

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EPAM Systems

EPAM:NYS

Close Price

159.12

Our Valuation

340.32

% Difference

113.88

Market Cap ($M)

9226

P/E Ratio

20.3

EPAM Systems is a global IT services firm that offers platform engineering, software development, and consulting services. EPAM's largest market is North America, which represents approximately 60% of revenue. Offerings span assisting companies with new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and robotics.

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Halliburton

HAL:NYS

Close Price

20.85

Our Valuation

39.86

% Difference

91.19

Market Cap ($M)

18056

P/E Ratio

8.7

Halliburton is North America's largest oilfield service company as measured by market share. Despite industry fragmentation, it holds a leading position in the hydraulic fracturing and completions market, which makes up nearly half of its revenue. It also holds strong positions in other service offerings like drilling and completions fluids, which leverages its expertise in material science, as well as the directional drilling market.

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Moderna

MRNA:NAS

Close Price

27.22

Our Valuation

50.60

% Difference

85.88

Market Cap ($M)

10452

P/E Ratio

0.0

Moderna is a commercial-stage biotech that was founded in 2010 and had its initial public offering in December 2018. The firm's mRNA technology was rapidly validated with its covid vaccine, which was authorized in the United States in December 2020. Moderna had 40 mRNA development candidates in clinical development as of September 2024. Programs span a wide range of therapeutic areas, including infectious disease, oncology, cardiovascular disease, and rare genetic diseases.

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Global Payments and LyondellBasell Industries are the most undervalued stocks on the S&P 500 Composite Index. See which other companies made the list here: https://www.stockcalc.com/Blog/undervalued-stocks-in-s-p-500-composite-index-april-2025
Global Payments $GPN and LyondellBasell Industries $LYB are the most undervalued stocks on the S&P 500 Composite Index. See which other companies made the list: https://www.stockcalc.com/Blog/undervalued-stocks-in-s-p-500-composite-index-april-2025
Global Payments and LyondellBasell Industries are the most undervalued stocks on the S&P 500 Composite Index. See which other companies made the list here: https://www.stockcalc.com/Blog/undervalued-stocks-in-s-p-500-composite-index-april-2025

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