4 Top Stocks You Can Buy on Sale for 2018

Stock bargains are hard to come by these days. The S&P 500 has soared 18% since the start of the year, and many of its members are up by multiples of that figure.

Underperforming stocks don't always represent better values, since there are usually good reasons for an investment to lag the broader market. But that's not the case for the stocks highlighted here. These companies simply look like better deals after having missed at least a piece of the 2017 market rally.

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) has modestly trailed the market this year despite solid operating results. Sure, the beverage titan's growth pace is weak, with global volume holding flat in the most recent quarter. However, profitability is jumping, thanks to a refranchising initiative that's taking low-margin bottling revenue out of the system.

Source: Fool.com