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.
The following stocks are considered to be notable value stocks in the industrials sector:
- Eneti NETI - P/E: 5.86
- Nordic American Tankers NAT - P/E: 9.42
- Universal Security UUU - P/E: 9.9
- Pangaea Logistics Solns PANL - P/E: 4.89
- Global Ship Lease GSL - P/E: 2.65
Eneti saw a decrease in earnings per share from 0.32 in Q4 to $-0.48 now. Most recently, the company reported a dividend yield of 0.43%, which has increased by 0.02% from last quarter's yield of 0.41%.
Nordic American Tankers has reported Q1 earnings per share at $0.22, which has increased by 29.41% compared to Q4, which was 0.17. Most recently, the company reported a dividend yield of 16.22%, which has increased by 0.43% from last quarter's yield of 15.79%.
Universal Security has reported Q4 earnings per share at $0.12, which has decreased by 20.0% compared to Q3, which was 0.15. Pangaea Logistics Solns has reported Q1 earnings per share at $0.11, which has decreased by 65.62% compared to Q4, which was 0.32. Its most recent dividend yield is at 6.61%, which has increased by 0.2% from 6.41% in the previous quarter.
Global Ship Lease's earnings per share for Q1 sits at $2.12, whereas in Q4, they were at 2.14. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 8.3%, which has increased by 0.66% from 7.64% last 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.
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