Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong value characteristics for investors to consider today, September 3rd: Diversified Energy Company PLC (DEC) : This owner and operator of natural gas and oil wells from the Appalachian Basin carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 41.6% over the last 60 days. Diversified Energy has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 5.20, compared with 22.87 for the S&P 500. The company possesses a Value Sco ...