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1. Basic Materials

About 20% of the basic-materials stocks Morningstar covers are undervalued, reports senior analyst Seth Goldstein. The most attractive opportunities in the sector are in the agriculture and chemicals industries.

Compass Minerals (CMP), DuPont (DD), Nutrien (NTR)

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U.S. stocks recovered from the selloff in February and March, finishing 2020 with a 16% return, as measured by the S&P 500. Today, Morningstar considers stocks overvalued, Susan Dziubinski, director of content for Morningstar.com, wrote in a blog post this week, noting that the median stock in the firm's North American coverage universe traded at a 6% premium to the research firm's fair value estimate at year-end. According to David Sekera, Morningstar's chief U.S. market strategist, only 18% of the stocks the firm covers have Morningstar Ratings of 4 or 5 stars. In aggregate, energy and real estate stocks look undervalued, while the technology sector is the most overvalued. See the gallery above for 33 specific undervalued stocks across sectors that are among Morningstar analysts' best ideas, according to Dziubinski. READ MORE:
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Michael S. Fischer

Michael S. Fischer is a longtime contributing writer for ThinkAdvisor. He previously reported on trade and intellectual property topics for the Economist Intelligence Unit and covered the hedge fund industry for MARHedge and Reuters News Service.