5 Value Stocks In The Industrials Sector

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.

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

1. Insteel Indus IIIN - P/E: 6.82
2. Golden Ocean Group GOGL - P/E: 3.91
3. CNH Industrial CNHI - P/E: 9.22
4. Veritiv VRTV - P/E: 4.89
5. Heidrick & Struggles Intl HSII - P/E: 6.66

This quarter, Insteel Indus experienced a decrease in earnings per share, which was $0.57 in Q1 and is now $0.26. This quarter, Golden Ocean Group experienced a decrease in earnings per share, which was $0.52 in Q3 and is now $0.34. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 8.42%, which has decreased by 6.06% from 14.48% last quarter.

CNH Industrial's earnings per share for Q4 sits at $0.36, whereas in Q3, they were at 0.41. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 2.11%, which has increased by 1.09% from 1.02% last quarter.

Veritiv has reported Q4 earnings per share at $5.2, which has decreased by 24.2% compared to Q3, which was 6.86. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 1.83%, which has decreased by 0.49% from 2.32% last quarter.

This quarter, Heidrick & Struggles Intl experienced a decrease in earnings per share, which was $0.78 in Q4 and is now $0.76. Most recently, the company reported a dividend yield of 2.15%, which has increased by 0.14% from last quarter's yield of 2.01%.

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.