Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong value characteristics for investors to consider today, January 15th:  Equinor (EQNR) : This company which, is one of the premier integrated energy companies in the world, with operations spreading across 30 countries, carries a Zacks Rank #1(Strong Buy), and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 1.8% over the last 60 days.Equinor has a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 7.63 compared with 9.00 for the industry. The co ...