Here are the stocks with buy rank and strong value characteristics for investors to consider today, September 25th:  Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD) : This pork producer and food-processing company, carries a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 3% over the last 60 days.Smithfield Food's has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 9.97 compared with 10.80 for the industry. The company possesses a Value Score of A.VEON (VEON) : This compa ...