5 Value Stocks In The Financial Services Sector

Understanding Value Stocks

A value stock is traditionally defined in terms of how investors in the marketplace are valuing that company's future growth prospects. Low P/E multiples are good base indicators that the company is undervalued and can most likely be labelled as a value stock.

Below is a list of notable value stocks in the financial services sector:

1. Universal Insurance Hldgs UVE - P/E: 7.01
2. Premier Financial PFC - P/E: 6.85
3. Community Trust Bancorp CTBI - P/E: 8.68
4. First United FUNC - P/E: 7.25
5. Sandy Spring Bancorp SASR - P/E: 8.66

Universal Insurance Hldgs saw a decrease in earnings per share from 0.87 in Q2 to $-0.16 now. Premier Financial saw an increase in earnings per share from 0.68 in Q2 to $0.69 now. Most recently, the company reported a dividend yield of 7.52%, which has increased by 1.03% from last quarter's yield of 6.49%.

Community Trust Bancorp saw a decrease in earnings per share from 1.15 in Q3 to $1.04 now. Most recently, the company reported a dividend yield of 5.06%, which has increased by 0.12% from last quarter's yield of 4.94%.

First United has reported Q3 earnings per share at $0.67, which has increased by 1.52% compared to Q2, which was 0.66. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 4.41%, which has decreased by 0.53% from 4.94% last quarter.

Sandy Spring Bancorp's earnings per share for Q3 sits at $0.62, whereas in Q2, they were at 0.6. Most recently, the company reported a dividend yield of 6.92%, which has increased by 1.51% from last quarter's yield of 5.41%.

The Significance: A value stock may need some time to rebound from its undervalued position. The risk of investing in a value stock is that this emergence may never materialize.