Energy and Financials Lead This Week’s Deep Value Screen | The Acquirer's Multiple®

Energy and Financials Lead This Week’s Deep Value Screen | The Acquirer's Multiple®

Energy and Financials continue to anchor the deep-value landscape in this week’s screen. On the Financials side, Synchrony Financial (SYF) leads again with an Acquirer’s Multiple (AM) of 2.4 and a striking ~36.2% free cash flow yield, reflecting the market’s persistent discount on credit-exposed lenders despite consistent profitability and disciplined capital returns. SYF’s valuation remains emblematic of how sentiment, not fundamentals, drives …

Finding Value in Energy

As I wrote yesterday, the past week has seen investors really stop and consider tech valuations for the first time in a very long while. The AI revolution is very real and is already massively transforming the economy. But when triple-digit price/earnings ratios start to become the norm, it’s safe to assume that the growth everyone’s salivating over has already been priced in (and then some). When the 1990s tech bubble finally burst early in 200…