2 Attractively Valued Blue Chips

With the S&P 500 in the midst of its longest winning streak since 2004 and both that index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average sitting at their highest levels since 2007, some investors may be inclined to think there is little value left in this market. After all, the S&P 500 has more than doubled since the March 2009 market bottom. Still, it pays to remember that there are more elements to a stock's value than just broader market ascent. In his famed book, "The Intelligent Investor," Benjamin Graham highlighted several value criteria including a moderate price-to-earnings ratio, earnings growth, a solid financial condition and a strong dividend track record. With those principles in mind, here are three blue chips that still look attractively value even with today's elevated broader market levels. Occidental Petroleum OXY The U.S. Oil Fund USO has surged almost five percent in the past month, but investors have done better with less risky mega-cap oil fare such as Dow components Exxon Mobil XOM and Chevron CVX. Investors have done even better with Occidental, which has soared 9.3 percent in the past 30 days, indicating that Occidental is again living up to its reputation of often being more correlated to rising oil prices than its larger rivals. Occidental's reserve replacement ratio is expected to average 140 percent over the next several years. Not to mention, the company's debt is highly rated (debt/equity ratio of just 0.19), so it can tap the capital markets at favorable rates if need be. Then there is the fact that the company's costs are lower than rivals such as Exxon because Occidental only drills onshore in places such as California's Monterey Shale, which may hold 15 billion barrels of recoverable reserves. Speaking of costs, Occidental is in the middle of a major cost-cutting program that CEO Stephen Chazen said will be noticeable on fourth-quarter 2012 earnings and throughout 2013. Regarding the dividend, it has more than quadrupled since 2002, increases have become the norm so it is reasonable to expect to another and the payout is safe because the company has $3.7 billion in cash. Sanofi SNY It might be hard to view the French pharmaceuticals giant as attractively after a 42.3 percent gain in the past year, it is also hard to view this as a pricey stock. With a forward P/E ratio of 7.1 and a price-to-book ratio of 1.78, Sanofi is less expensive by those metrics than GlaxoSmithKline GSK and Johnson & Johnson JNJ. Sanofi also has a higher dividend yield than J&J. On the basis of price-to-sales, Sanofi is again superior to Glaxo. The recent FDA approval for Sanofi's Aubagio puts the company into an intense, but potentially rewarding competition in the Multiple Sclerosis market, which could lead to sales of $10 billion annually for pharmaceuticals firms. Additionally, Sanofi is regarded as well-run and adept at dealing with patent cliff issues. For those that like anecdotal evidence of well-known investors endorsing a stock, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway BRK owns both Sanofi and J&J. However, Berkshire sold a massive chunk of its stake in one of those companies in the third quarter of 2012 and it was not Sanofi.