5 Value Stocks To Watch In The Healthcare Sector

What is a Value Stock?

A value stock traditionally has a lower price when compared to stock prices of companies in the same industry. This indicates that the company may be undervalued, as investors are not expressing as much interest in such companies. The most commonly used way to check for value is with the price-to-earnings multiple, or P/E. A low P/E multiple is a good indication that the stock is undervalued.

Benzinga Insights has compiled a list of value stocks in the healthcare sector that may be worth watching:

1. Cullinan Oncology CGEM - P/E: 4.74
2. Senseonics Holdings SENS - P/E: 9.45
3. Enhabit EHAB - P/E: 7.73
4. QuidelOrtho QDEL - P/E: 5.23
5. eFFECTOR Therapeutics EFTR - P/E: 0.68

Cullinan Oncology saw a decrease in earnings per share from 3.77 in Q2 to $-0.54 now. Senseonics Holdings's earnings per share for Q3 sits at $-0.13, whereas in Q2, they were at -0.03. Enhabit saw a decrease in earnings per share from 0.47 in Q2 to $0.19 now. QuidelOrtho's earnings per share for Q3 sits at $1.85, whereas in Q2, they were at 2.34. eFFECTOR Therapeutics's earnings per share for Q3 sits at $-0.23, whereas in Q2, they were at -0.17.

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.