5 Best Value Stocks to Buy for the Next Decade

In this article, we will look at the 5 best value stocks to buy for the next decade. If you want to read about the comparison between the returns generated by value and growth stocks, go directly to 10 Best Value Stocks to Buy for the Next Decade.

5. Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM)

PE Ratio: 10.01

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 72

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) recorded strong gains in recent months as natural gas and oil prices rose to almost ten-year highs. During the first quarter of the year, Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) earned free cash flows of $11 billion. Additionally, Exxon Mobil decided against dumping its own refining and chemical plant capacity, unlike many of its competitors. Over the past five quarters, Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) has settled 40% of its net debt, bringing it down to only 0.4x anticipated EBITDA of 2022.

Keeping in view the company’s business fundamentals, analysts think Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) is a solid value stock. Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) stock is trading at a forward P/E ratio of only 7.56x with an attractive dividend yield of 3.8% as of August 16.

Saturna Capital shared its stance on Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) in its Q4 2021 investor letter. Here’s what it said:

“Few companies maintain their position at the top for more than a decade or two. One that did was Exxon, which appeared decennially from 1980 through 2010. In 2019 it was ranked 10th, but as of writing has dropped to 39th place.”