Our list this week shines a light on international stocks. We sorted our database for large-cap international stocks valued above $50 billion and with a High or Medium-High Argus rating for Financial Strength. We then sorted further, looking for stocks in the group that are furthest from their 52-week high, suggesting value. Timing matters, of course, and stocks have been on a tear lately. We ran the same list a month ago and note some shifting today. Roche Holding was on our initial list, but we have since downgraded it to a HOLD. Novo Nordisk has had tremendous attention from investors, but was not on our previous list as it was hitting new highs -- and has fallen from those highs in the past few weeks. Here is our current list of Argus large-cap BUY-rated international stocks that seem to offer value.

The Royal Bank of Canada is one of Canada's largest banks. It is also one of the largest banks in the world, with a market capitalization of $136 billion. The company has 97,000 employees and more than 1,200 banking branches in 29 countries.

Stocks were mixed on Thursday after core PCE came in as expected. Prices rose 0.3% in January, bringing annual inflation to 2.4% -- down from 2.6% last month. Core PCE rose 0.4%, which brings the annual rate to 2.8%, down from 2.9% last month. Prices for services increased 0.6%, while goods prices decreased 0.2% and energy prices fell 1.4% from December. Initial jobless claims rose by 13,000 to 215,000 for the week ended February 24. The S&P 500 was up 0.1%, the Dow fell 0.2% and the Nasdaq gained 0.3%. Crude oil traded near $79 per barrel and gold was up $11 to $2053 per ounce.

Royal Bank of Canada is one of the two largest banks in Canada. It is a diversified financial services company, offering personal and commercial banking, wealth-management services, insurance, corporate banking, and capital markets services. The bank is concentrated in Canada, with additional operations in the U.S. and other countries.