5 Value Stocks In The Consumer Defensive Sector

What are 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 consumer defensive sector that may be worth watching:

1. Village Super Market VLGEA - P/E: 7.0
2. Sunlands Technology STG - P/E: 0.53
3. S&W Seed SANW - P/E: 5.84
4. Albertsons Companies ACI - P/E: 9.36
5. Archer-Daniels Midland ADM - P/E: 9.36

This quarter, Village Super Market experienced a decrease in earnings per share, which was $0.85 in Q2 and is now $0.69. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 4.41%, which has increased by 0.14% from 4.27% last quarter.

Sunlands Technology has reported Q1 earnings per share at $1.9, which has increased by 0.26% compared to Q4, which was 1.89. Most recently, S&W Seed reported earnings per share at $-0.07, whereas in Q2 earnings per share sat at $-0.13. Most recently, Albertsons Companies reported earnings per share at $0.79, whereas in Q3 earnings per share sat at $0.87. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 2.26%, which has decreased by 0.03% from 2.29% last quarter.

Archer-Daniels Midland's earnings per share for Q1 sits at $2.09, whereas in Q4, they were at 1.93. Its most recent dividend yield is at 2.4%, which has increased by 0.3% from 2.1% in the previous quarter.

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.