5 Value Stocks To Watch In The Financial Services Sector

The Meaning Behind 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.

Below is a list of notable value stocks in the financial services sector:

1. OneMain Holdings OMF - P/E: 7.16
2. Finward Bancorp FNWD - P/E: 8.09
3. Fulton Financial FULT - P/E: 8.24
4. Mr. Cooper Gr COOP - P/E: 8.53
5. Noah Holdings NOAH - P/E: 7.38

OneMain Holdings saw an increase in earnings per share from 1.01 in Q2 to $1.57 now. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 10.91%, which has increased by 2.58% from 8.33% last quarter.

Finward Bancorp has reported Q3 earnings per share at $0.51, which has decreased by 10.53% compared to Q2, which was 0.57. Its most recent dividend yield is at 5.8%, which has increased by 0.48% from 5.32% in the previous quarter.

Fulton Financial's earnings per share for Q3 sits at $0.43, whereas in Q2, they were at 0.47. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 5.06%, which has increased by 0.09% from 4.97% last quarter.

Mr. Cooper Gr's earnings per share for Q3 sits at $2.79, whereas in Q2, they were at 1.66. Most recently, Noah Holdings reported earnings per share at $0.62, whereas in Q1 earnings per share sat at $0.5.

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.