Two Top-Rated Stocks at Value Pricing

The market has rallied significantly since the March lows, although there may still be some value plays out there such as The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) and PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP). Using information available at MSN CAPS investment community, I was able to weed these two companies out from many others based on the following criteria: 1) the stock have a five-star rating (signifying strong approval by the investor-community), 2) poor stock price performance for the past year (< -20%) and 3) a market capitalization of 10B.

Proctor & Gamble is the behemoth focused on providing branded consumer packaged goods, we have all heard of it.  It trades with a forward P/E of 13.76 and sports a nice dividend yield of 3.2%.  It’s 52-week price change is about -23% and is currently showing a reasonable uptrend in its chart.  Its stock price is trading bullishly above its 20-day SMA at $55.31/share.  Heck, if Warren Buffet owns close to 100M shares ($5B worth) of P&G, it can’t be all that bad as a long-term trade.  

Pepsi is the global beverage-, snack- and food- company that manufactures, markets and sells snacks and beverages to approximately 200 countries.  The stock chart for Pepsi shows a reasonable uptrend similar to P&G, and the stock sports a forward P/E of 14.33 after posting a -19% loss in the past 52 weeks.  Pepsi posted a small gain today but still is trading above its 20-day SMA, and its 3.1% dividend yield keeps it an attractive long-term stock to consider. Disclaimer: No positions in PG or PEP.  

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