Does a low P/E ratio always mean a stock is a bargain?

No. A low P/E can mean genuine undervaluation, but it can equally mean the market expects declining earnings, or the company faces a structural problem the price already reflects — sometimes called a "value trap." See our P/E ratio glossary entry for how to read it properly.

Why does this list exclude companies with negative earnings?

P/E ratio is undefined for loss-making companies (you can't sensibly divide price by negative or zero earnings), so this list only includes profitable companies with a P/E above zero — otherwise a heavily loss-making company could appear to have an artificially "low" or nonsensical ratio.

Is it fair to compare P/E ratios across different sectors?

Not directly. Typical P/E ranges vary enormously by sector — a mature utility and a fast-growing software company can both look "expensive" or "cheap" purely because their sectors trade at different baseline multiples. Use the Sector column here to compare like with like, or browse our sector pages.

What's a "normal" P/E ratio?

There's no single normal figure — it depends on growth expectations, interest rates and sector. Historically the broad US market has often traded in the high teens to low twenties, but individual stocks and sectors regularly sit well above or below that.

How is P/E calculated on this site?

Trailing P/E: current share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, using our latest data snapshot — not a forward/estimated-earnings P/E.

Where does this valuation data come from?

Data is sourced directly from Yahoo Finance as a periodic snapshot, dated on this page. This is a reference tool for research, not investment advice.

Lowest P/E Ratio Stocks

✓ Ranked directly from Yahoo Finance data · Checked for accuracy at every rebuild · Snapshot: 6 September 2026 · Updated: 28 October 2026

Profitable companies with the lowest trailing P/E ratios (P/E above 0 only).

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#	Ticker	Company	P/E Ratio	Price	Market Cap	Sector	Exchange
1	CPWR	Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation	0.04	$0.01	$1.10M	Utilities	OTC International
2	TC	Token Cat Limited	0.04	$1.97	$52.05M	Communication Services	NASDAQ
3	CRIS	Curis, Inc.	0.37	$1.35	$3.27M	Healthcare	NASDAQ
4	RENT	Rent the Runway, Inc.	0.50	$3.81	$127.80M	Consumer Cyclical	NASDAQ
5	RILY	BRC Group Holdings, Inc.	0.58	$7.03	$282.60M	Financial Services	NASDAQ
6	SCOR	comScore, Inc.	0.71	$5.17	$78.50M	Technology	NASDAQ
7	LE	Lands' End, Inc.	0.95	$10.94	$323.21M	Consumer Cyclical	NASDAQ
8	FBIO	Fortress Biotech, Inc.	0.98	$2.72	$90.71M	Healthcare	NASDAQ
9	EGRX	Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	1.25	$0.25	$3.29M	Healthcare	OTC Pink
10	WW	WW International, Inc.	1.56	$18.02	$180.18M	Healthcare	NASDAQ
11	CYH	Community Health Systems, Inc.	1.56	$2.89	$407.52M	Healthcare	NYSE
12	AMTD	AMTD IDEA Group	1.60	$0.77	$72.77M	Financial Services	NYSE
13	SOHU	Sohu.com Limited	1.78	$13.75	$413.40M	Communication Services	NASDAQ
14	NEON	Neonode Inc.	1.92	$0.92	$15.46M	Technology	NASDAQ
15	TREE	LendingTree, Inc.	2.19	$28.35	$398.02M	Financial Services	NASDAQ
16	UNIT	Uniti Group Inc.	2.65	$10.17	$2.47B	Real Estate	NASDAQ
17	AGEN	Agenus Inc.	2.76	$8.24	$370.88M	Healthcare	NASDAQ
18	CAAS	China Automotive Systems, Inc.	2.84	$5.40	$162.92M	Consumer Cyclical	NASDAQ
19	RIGL	Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	2.88	$48.67	$909.15M	Healthcare	NASDAQ
20	ATNI	ATN International, Inc.	3.00	$30.93	$476.43M	Communication Services	NASDAQ
21	BYD	Boyd Gaming Corporation	3.46	$78.02	$5.67B	Consumer Cyclical	NYSE
22	ARR	ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.	3.71	$16.35	$2.31B	Real Estate	NYSE
23	ORC	Orchid Island Capital, Inc.	3.74	$6.55	$1.30B	Real Estate	NYSE
24	LNC	Lincoln National Corporation	3.83	$45.47	$8.71B	Financial Services	NYSE
25	GAIN	Gladstone Investment Corporatio	3.85	$16.40	$648.30M	Financial Services	NASDAQ
26	CHTR	Charter Communications, Inc.	3.96	$151.99	$20.48B	Communication Services	NASDAQ
27	DX	Dynex Capital, Inc.	4.12	$12.90	$3.20B	Real Estate	NYSE
28	IVR	Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc.	4.56	$7.20	$737.18M	Real Estate	NYSE
29	WSTL	Westell Technologies, Inc.	4.68	$6.09	$62.57M	Technology	OTC International
30	PARR	Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.	4.77	$81.32	$4.07B	Energy	NYSE
31	WTM	White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.	4.82	$2,103.49	$5.02B	Financial Services	NYSE
32	HRTG	Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc.	4.84	$33.95	$1.01B	Financial Services	NYSE
33	INVA	Innoviva, Inc.	4.95	$21.33	$1.54B	Healthcare	NASDAQ
34	STNG	Scorpio Tankers Inc.	5.13	$82.35	$4.12B	Energy	NYSE
35	III	3i Group Ord	5.14	£27.71	£28.23B	Financial Services	London Stock Exchange
36	IHS	IHS Holding Limited	5.20	$8.47	$2.87B	Real Estate	NYSE
37	ALL	The Allstate Corporation	5.20	$259.57	$65.63B	Financial Services	NYSE
38	AGNC	AGNC Investment Corp.	5.30	$10.65	$12.63B	Real Estate	NASDAQ
39	IRWD	Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	5.39	$4.26	$703.92M	Healthcare	NASDAQ
40	TNK	Teekay Tankers Ltd.	5.50	$93.37	$3.24B	Energy	NYSE
41	NLY	Annaly Capital Management, Inc.	5.51	$22.81	$17.19B	Real Estate	NYSE
42	AES	The AES Corporation	5.54	$14.79	$10.55B	Utilities	NYSE
43	WB	Weibo Corporation	5.55	$6.72	$1.65B	Communication Services	NASDAQ
44	RNR	RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.	5.73	$330.38	$13.73B	Financial Services	NYSE
45	WU	The Western Union Company	5.79	$7.18	$2.24B	Financial Services	NYSE
46	UVE	Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.	5.80	$44.14	$1.23B	Financial Services	NYSE
47	EIX	Edison International	5.86	$56.77	$21.85B	Utilities	NYSE
48	CMRE	Costamare Inc.	5.87	$15.55	$1.88B	Industrials	NYSE
49	LEG	Leggett & Platt Inc	5.90	$9.20	$1.26B	Consumer Cyclical	NYSE
50	TDC	Teradata Corporation	5.91	$28.05	$2.61B	Technology	NYSE
51	RUN	Sunrun Inc.	6.05	$8.89	$2.12B	Technology	NASDAQ
52	CNX	CNX Resources Corporation	6.08	$37.49	$5.55B	Energy	NYSE
53	LCUT	Lifetime Brands, Inc.	6.12	$8.87	$203.91M	Consumer Cyclical	NASDAQ
54	NBR	Nabors Industries Ltd.	6.13	$90.84	$1.38B	Energy	NYSE
55	MCY	Mercury General Corporation	6.18	$104.53	$6.07B	Financial Services	NYSE
56	CRI	Carter's, Inc.	6.26	$33.55	$1.23B	Consumer Cyclical	NYSE
57	CIZN	Citizens Holding Company	6.39	$10.67	$60.75M	Financial Services	OTCQX
58	SD	SandRidge Energy, Inc.	6.40	$14.33	$531.29M	Energy	NYSE
59	FIS	Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.	6.43	$41.89	$21.60B	Technology	NYSE
60	SM	SM Energy Company	6.46	$36.44	$8.67B	Energy	NYSE
61	PBF	PBF Energy Inc.	6.52	$74.34	$8.81B	Energy	NYSE
62	VAL	Valaris Limited	6.54	$86.74	$6.02B	Energy	NYSE
63	SEB	Seaboard Corporation	6.55	$4,323.58	$4.14B	Industrials	NYSE American
64	TK	Teekay Corporation Ltd.	6.62	$13.63	$1.20B	Energy	NYSE
65	INSW	International Seaways, Inc.	6.68	$104.50	$5.18B	Energy	NYSE
66	PMT	PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust	6.69	$9.64	$858.84M	Real Estate	NYSE
67	TRN	Trinity Industries, Inc.	6.70	$28.32	$2.26B	Industrials	NYSE
68	GPOR	Gulfport Energy Corporation	6.83	$179.40	$3.17B	Energy	NYSE
69	FRO	Frontline plc	6.91	$46.12	$10.27B	Energy	NYSE
70	UHS	Universal Health Services, Inc.	6.92	$169.65	$10.00B	Healthcare	NYSE
71	NAUH	National American University Holdings, Inc.	7.00	$0.07	$1.73M	Consumer Defensive	OTCQB
72	KMT	Kennametal Inc.	7.02	$31.02	$2.36B	Industrials	NYSE
73	ASC	Ardmore Shipping Corporation	7.07	$18.17	$742.28M	Industrials	NYSE
74	RM	Regional Management Corp.	7.09	$33.68	$310.72M	Financial Services	NYSE
75	DHT	DHT Holdings, Inc.	7.10	$20.87	$3.36B	Energy	NYSE
76	ACCO	Acco Brands Corporation	7.13	$4.42	$408.00M	Industrials	NYSE
77	STRS	Stratus Properties Inc.	7.15	$19.10	$152.47M	Real Estate	OTC Pink
78	AXS	AXIS Capital Holdings Limited	7.20	$101.14	$7.38B	Financial Services	NYSE
79	BBW	Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.	7.28	$29.43	$368.98M	Consumer Cyclical	NYSE
80	LPG	Dorian LPG Ltd.	7.32	$55.20	$2.36B	Energy	NYSE
81	ECPG	Encore Capital Group, Inc.	7.39	$97.30	$2.06B	Financial Services	NASDAQ
82	BLBD	Blue Bird Corporation	7.53	$63.63	$2.01B	Industrials	NASDAQ
83	SLM	SLM Corporation	7.54	$27.08	$5.09B	Financial Services	NASDAQ
84	ACGL	Arch Capital Group Ltd.	7.68	$98.10	$33.47B	Financial Services	NASDAQ
85	TAL	TAL Education Group	7.75	$12.40	$6.88B	Consumer Defensive	NYSE
86	IAG	International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A.	7.84	£4.31	£18.88B	Industrials	London Stock Exchange
87	CBL	CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.	7.92	$54.98	$1.70B	Real Estate	NYSE
88	HLF	Herbalife Ltd.	7.94	$12.38	$1.28B	Consumer Defensive	NYSE
89	ALX	Alexander's, Inc.	7.94	$262.42	$1.34B	Real Estate	NYSE
90	SON	Sonoco Products Company	8.03	$51.95	$5.14B	Consumer Cyclical	NYSE
91	EG	Everest Group, Ltd.	8.05	$380.87	$14.60B	Financial Services	NYSE
92	HON	Honeywell International Inc.	8.06	$209.61	$66.43B	Industrials	NASDAQ
93	CINF	Cincinnati Financial Corporation	8.08	$171.10	$26.26B	Financial Services	NASDAQ
94	CENX	Century Aluminum Company	8.08	$46.77	$4.63B	Basic Materials	NASDAQ
95	KINS	Kingstone Companies, Inc.	8.08	$19.96	$288.94M	Financial Services	NASDAQ
96	ABG	Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.	8.08	$217.26	$3.90B	Consumer Cyclical	NYSE
97	HCI	HCI Group, Inc.	8.09	$187.64	$2.33B	Financial Services	NYSE
98	EVER	EverQuote, Inc.	8.11	$24.91	$877.82M	Communication Services	NASDAQ
99	TMP	Tompkins Financial Corporation	8.14	$99.57	$1.43B	Financial Services	NYSE American
100	SYF	Synchrony Financial	8.20	$79.92	$26.00B	Financial Services	NYSE

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does a low P/E ratio always mean a stock is a bargain?: No. A low P/E can mean genuine undervaluation, but it can equally mean the market expects declining earnings, or the company faces a structural problem the price already reflects — sometimes called a "value trap." See our P/E ratio glossary entry for how to read it properly.
Why does this list exclude companies with negative earnings?: P/E ratio is undefined for loss-making companies (you can't sensibly divide price by negative or zero earnings), so this list only includes profitable companies with a P/E above zero — otherwise a heavily loss-making company could appear to have an artificially "low" or nonsensical ratio.
Is it fair to compare P/E ratios across different sectors?: Not directly. Typical P/E ranges vary enormously by sector — a mature utility and a fast-growing software company can both look "expensive" or "cheap" purely because their sectors trade at different baseline multiples. Use the Sector column here to compare like with like, or browse our sector pages.
What's a "normal" P/E ratio?: There's no single normal figure — it depends on growth expectations, interest rates and sector. Historically the broad US market has often traded in the high teens to low twenties, but individual stocks and sectors regularly sit well above or below that.
How is P/E calculated on this site?: Trailing P/E: current share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, using our latest data snapshot — not a forward/estimated-earnings P/E.
Where does this valuation data come from?: Data is sourced directly from Yahoo Finance as a periodic snapshot, dated on this page. This is a reference tool for research, not investment advice.

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