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

July 21, 2025

S&P 500 Composite Index

The Standard and Poor's 500 (S&P 500) is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 of the largest companies listed on the NYSE and the Nasdaq in the United States.

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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
ALB Albemarle 55.76 133.85 140.04 3512135 6558 2.90 0.0
TGT Target 94.01 205.52 118.62 8136235 42916 4.77 10.3
OMC Omnicom Group 73.44 157.52 114.49 2443283 14563 3.81 10.0
EL Estee Lauder Cos 66.94 141.01 110.65 3833178 24192 2.55 0.0
CRM Salesforce 265.37 536.44 102.15 7428498 257409 0.61 41.5
MRK Merck & Co 76.84 154.49 101.06 14498141 194482 4.11 11.2
GPN Global Payments 75.61 146.15 93.30 3415477 18688 1.32 12.2
TPR Tapestry 78.55 148.35 88.86 4364987 16802 1.78 20.7
BDX Becton Dickinson 172.59 314.97 82.50 4033055 49661 2.31 33.4
HAL Halliburton 19.59 33.48 70.90 15195890 16965 3.47 8.2
All data provided as at market close May 29, 2025.

Company Details

Albemarle

ALB:NYS

Close Price

55.76

Our Valuation

133.85

% Difference

140.04

Market Cap ($M)

6558

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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Target

TGT:NYS

Close Price

94.01

Our Valuation

205.52

% Difference

118.62

Market Cap ($M)

42916

P/E Ratio

10.3

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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Omnicom Group

OMC:NYS

Close Price

73.44

Our Valuation

157.52

% Difference

114.49

Market Cap ($M)

14563

P/E Ratio

10.0

Omnicom is a holding company that owns several advertising agencies and related firms. It provides traditional and digital advertising services that include creative design, market research, data analytics, and ad placement. In addition, Omnicom provides outsourced public relations and other communications services. The firm operates globally, providing services in more than 70 countries; it generates more than half of its revenue in North America and nearly 30% in Europe.

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Estee Lauder Cos

EL:NYS

Close Price

66.94

Our Valuation

141.01

% Difference

110.65

Market Cap ($M)

24192

P/E Ratio

0.0

Estée 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 Estée 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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Salesforce

CRM:NYS

Close Price

265.37

Our Valuation

536.44

% Difference

102.15

Market Cap ($M)

257409

P/E Ratio

41.5

Salesforce provides enterprise cloud computing solutions. The company offers customer relationship management technology that brings companies and customers together. Its Customer 360 platform helps the group to deliver a single source of truth, connecting customer data across systems, apps, and devices to help companies sell, service, market, and conduct commerce.

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Merck & Co

MRK:NYS

Close Price

76.84

Our Valuation

154.49

% Difference

101.06

Market Cap ($M)

194482

P/E Ratio

11.2

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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Global Payments

GPN:NYS

Close Price

75.61

Our Valuation

146.15

% Difference

93.30

Market Cap ($M)

18688

P/E Ratio

12.2

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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Tapestry

TPR:NYS

Close Price

78.55

Our Valuation

148.35

% Difference

88.86

Market Cap ($M)

16802

P/E Ratio

20.7

Based in New York City, Tapestry is the parent company of accessories and fashion brand Coach, which accounts for about 80% of its sales and more than 90% of its operating profit. Coach products are sold through 900 company-owned stores, e-commerce, and third-party stores in North America, Asia, and Europe. Tapestry also owns Kate Spade, which generated 54% of its sales from handbags in fiscal 2024. Kate Spade is known for its colorful patterns and graphics.

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Becton Dickinson

BDX:NYS

Close Price

172.59

Our Valuation

314.97

% Difference

82.50

Market Cap ($M)

49661

P/E Ratio

33.4

Becton, Dickinson is the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of medical surgical products, such as needles, syringes, and sharps-disposal units. The company also manufactures prefilled devices, diagnostic instruments and reagents, as well as flow cytometry and cell-imaging systems. BD Medical is nearly half of the total business, while BD Life Sciences (27% of 2024 revenue) and BD Interventional (24%) account for the remainder.

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Halliburton

HAL:NYS

Close Price

19.59

Our Valuation

33.48

% Difference

70.90

Market Cap ($M)

16965

P/E Ratio

8.2

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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Albemarle and Target 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-july-2025
Albemarle $ALB and Target $TGT 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-july-2025
Albemarle and Target 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-july-2025

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