Look at any of the top 20 stocks and they either appear expensive or 'challenged'.
No wonder investors are looking elsewhere for growth and income returns that are sustainable and at cheaper prices.
These four companies certainly aren't in the top 20, but all appear cheap. Here's a closer look…
Qantas Airways Limited (ASX: QAN)
Trading on a P/E ratio of 6.6x according to Google Finance, the airline has seen its share price drop from $4.25 to the current level of $3.24. Year-to-date, the share price has plunged more than 20%. That has come after the airline warned that it would have to cut capacity and a recovery in the oil price. The higher oil price means higher costs for the airline – which spends around $4 billion on fuel each year. But is the current price cheap? Certainly looks cheap – although I'm no fan of airlines – at any price.
Cedar Woods Properties Limited (ASX: CWP)
The property developer is currently trading on a P/E of just 8.4x – AND paying a dividend yield of 6.2% – fully franked. Cedar Woods has already told the market that it expects a similar profit in FY2017 as it made in 2016 – so investors can expect a similar dividend next year as well. The good news is that the company is not overloaded with debt, doesn't develop huge multi-storey apartment buildings – but focuses on community projects such as Williams Landing in Melbourne.
IVE Group Ltd (ASX: IGL)
The printing group and marketing company is the market leader in its sector and counts a number of huge companies as clients. Customers tend to hang around too, with its top 20 customers being with the company for an average of nine years. IVE's shares currently trade on a P/E of 9.3x – despite strong growth being forecast in the year ahead – and the company expects to pay a dividend yield of nearly 8% – fully franked.
Tamawood Limited (ASX: TWD)
Tamawood is a home builder that has a fantastic track record. An 18% average annual return to shareholders over the past decade is nothing to sneeze at. $10,000 invested in the company in 2006 would now be worth over $52,000. Today the company announced that its September quarter 2016 had seen an adjusted net profit after tax in excess of 20% of the previous year. That's a good omen for the 2017 financial year, but shares are still trading on a P/E of just 12.6x and paying a dividend yield of 6.3% fully franked.
