Overview Of Value Stocks In The Utilities 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 utilities sector that may be worth watching:

1. China Recycling Energy CREG - P/E: 2.59
2. Enel Americas ENIA - P/E: 7.78
3. Kenon Hldgs KEN - P/E: 4.67
4. UGI UGI - P/E: 8.01
5. Pampa Energia PAM - P/E: 2.75

China Recycling Energy's earnings per share for Q3 sits at -0.08, whereas in Q2, they were at -0.16. Enel Americas saw an increase in earnings per share from 0.08 in Q2 to 0.12 now. Most recently, the company reported a dividend yield of 1.23%, which has decreased by 3.03% from last quarter's yield of 4.26%.

Kenon Hldgs saw an increase in earnings per share from 3.2 in Q2 to 3.45 now. This quarter, UGI experienced an increase in earnings per share, which was -0.34 in Q4 and is now 0.93. Its most recent dividend yield is at 3.01%, which has decreased by 0.04% from 3.05% in the previous quarter.

Most recently, Pampa Energia reported earnings per share at 2.36, whereas in Q2 earnings per share sat at 1.94.

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.