5 Value Stocks To Watch In The Utilities Sector

What is a Value Stock?

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.

Benzinga Insights has compiled a list of value stocks in the utilities sector that may be worth watching:

1. Genie Energy GNE - P/E: 4.84
2. Pampa Energia PAM - P/E: 5.57
3. Brookfield Renewable BEPC - P/E: 7.33
4. NRG Energy NRG - P/E: 3.96
5. Clearway Energy CWEN - P/E: 6.71

Genie Energy has reported Q3 earnings per share at $0.7, which has decreased by 46.15% compared to Q2, which was 1.3. Most recently, the company reported a dividend yield of 2.78%, which has decreased by 0.55% from last quarter's yield of 3.33%.

Pampa Energia saw an increase in earnings per share from 1.2 in Q2 to $3.23 now. Brookfield Renewable has reported Q3 earnings per share at $-0.25, which has decreased by 733.33% compared to Q2, which was -0.03. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 4.16%, which has increased by 0.98% from 3.18% last quarter.

NRG Energy's earnings per share for Q3 sits at $0.29, whereas in Q2, they were at 2.16. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 3.44%, which has decreased by 0.48% from 3.92% last quarter.

Most recently, Clearway Energy reported earnings per share at $0.28, whereas in Q2 earnings per share sat at $-4.37. Most recently, the company reported a dividend yield of 4.19%, which has increased by 0.35% from last quarter's yield of 3.84%.

These 5 value stocks were selected by Benzinga Insights based on quantified analysis. While this methodical judgment process is not meant to make final decisions, our technology can give investors additional perception into the sector.