5 Value Stocks To Watch In The Energy 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.

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

  1. PermRock Royalty Trust PRT - P/E: 9.04
  2. Martin Midstream Partners MMLP - P/E: 6.55
  3. Green Plains Partners GPP - P/E: 7.8
  4. Pioneer Natural Resources PXD - P/E: 8.99
  5. Matador Resources MTDR - P/E: 6.87

This quarter, PermRock Royalty Trust experienced an increase in earnings per share, which was $0.21 in Q1 and is now $0.26. Its most recent dividend yield is at 15.21%, which has increased by 2.32% from 12.89% in the previous quarter.

Most recently, Martin Midstream Partners reported earnings per share at $-0.71, whereas in Q2 earnings per share sat at $0.17. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 0.71%, which has increased by 0.19% from 0.52% last quarter.

This quarter, Green Plains Partners experienced a decrease in earnings per share, which was $0.44 in Q2 and is now $0.43. Most recently, the company reported a dividend yield of 14.39%, which has increased by 0.28% from last quarter's yield of 14.11%.

Pioneer Natural Resources saw a decrease in earnings per share from 9.36 in Q2 to $7.48 now. Its most recent dividend yield is at 8.6%, which has decreased by 6.43% from 15.03% in the previous quarter.

This quarter, Matador Resources experienced a decrease in earnings per share, which was $3.47 in Q2 and is now $2.68. Its most recent dividend yield is at 0.59%, which has decreased by 0.25% from 0.84% in the previous 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.

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