Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong value characteristics for investors to consider today, August 8th:  Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) : This cruise company which primarily serve the contemporary, premium and deluxe segments of the cruise vacation industry, carries a Zacks Rank #1(Strong Buy), and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 2.4% over the last 60 days.Royal Caribbean Cruises' has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 0.43 compared with 1.61 for ...