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.

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

Grindrod Shipping Hldgs's earnings per share for Q4 sits at $0.56, whereas in Q3, they were at 1.4. Most recently, Navios Maritime Partners reported earnings per share at $3.66, whereas in Q3 earnings per share sat at $3.68. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 0.75%, which has increased by 0.01% from 0.74% last quarter.

This quarter, Covenant Logistics Gr experienced a decrease in earnings per share, which was $1.52 in Q3 and is now $1.37. Most recently, the company reported a dividend yield of 1.32%, which has increased by 0.51% from last quarter's yield of 0.81%.

This quarter, Chicago Rivet & Machine experienced an increase in earnings per share, which was $0.16 in Q2 and is now $3.71. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 3.04%, which has decreased by 0.24% from 3.28% last quarter.

Most recently, GEO Group reported earnings per share at $0.58, whereas in Q3 earnings per share sat at $0.6. Its most recent dividend yield is at 11.16%, which has decreased by 0.86% from 12.02% in the previous quarter.

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.