A Look Into Utilities Sector Value Stocks

What Defines 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. Brookfield Renewable BEPC - P/E: 4.28
2. Clearway Energy CWEN - P/E: 5.76
3. Enel Chile ENIC - P/E: 2.53
4. Genie Energy GNE - P/E: 7.14
5. Pampa Energia PAM - P/E: 5.62

Brookfield Renewable's earnings per share for Q1 sits at $-0.09, whereas in Q4, they were at -0.16. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 4.19%, which has decreased by 0.13% from 4.32% last quarter.

This quarter, Clearway Energy experienced a decrease in earnings per share, which was $0.1 in Q4 and is now $0.0. Its most recent dividend yield is at 5.09%, which has increased by 0.56% from 4.53% in the previous quarter.

This quarter, Enel Chile experienced a decrease in earnings per share, which was $0.86 in Q4 and is now $0.13. Most recently, the company reported a dividend yield of 1.41%, which has decreased by 35.63% from last quarter's yield of 37.04%.

Genie Energy has reported Q1 earnings per share at $0.54, which has decreased by 11.48% compared to Q4, which was 0.61. Its most recent dividend yield is at 1.96%, which has decreased by 0.45% from 2.41% in the previous quarter.

This quarter, Pampa Energia experienced an increase in earnings per share, which was $2.05 in Q4 and is now $2.56.

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.