A Look Into Real Estate Sector Value Stocks

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 real estate sector:

1. Sotherly Hotels (NASDAQ:SOHO) - P/E: 1.79
2. Altisource Portfolio (NASDAQ:ASPS) - P/E: 3.11
3. American Realty Investors (NYSE:ARL) - P/E: 1.33
4. Hersha Hospitality (NYSE:HT) - P/E: 2.87
5. Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:NLY) - P/E: 5.19

Most recently, Sotherly Hotels reported earnings per share at $0.41, whereas in Q3 earnings per share sat at $0.12. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 8.14%, which has increased by 0.14% from 8.0% last quarter.

Altisource Portfolio has been featured as a value stock. Altisource Portfolio's Q3 EPS sits at $-0.7, which has not changed since last quarter (Q2). This quarter, American Realty Investors experienced an increase in earnings per share, which was $1.01 in Q2 and is now $18.72. Hersha Hospitality saw an increase in earnings per share from 0.33 in Q3 to $0.34 now. Annaly Capital Management's earnings per share for Q4 sits at $0.89, whereas in Q3, they were at 1.06. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 16.52%, which has increased by 3.17% from 13.35% last quarter.

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.