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 technology sector that may be worth watching:
- Rimini Street RMNI - P/E: 5.09
- Yalla Group YALA - P/E: 7.4
- Freshworks FRSH - P/E: 1.35
- BlackSky Technology BKSY - P/E: 3.9
- Arrow Electronics ARW - P/E: 4.97
This quarter, Rimini Street experienced an increase in earnings per share, which was $0.07 in Q2 and is now $0.09. This quarter, Yalla Group experienced an increase in earnings per share, which was $0.16 in Q2 and is now $0.17. Freshworks has reported Q3 earnings per share at $-0.01, which has increased by 83.33% compared to Q2, which was -0.06. BlackSky Technology has reported Q3 earnings per share at $-0.11, which has increased by 50.0% compared to Q2, which was -0.22. Most recently, Arrow Electronics reported earnings per share at $5.45, whereas in Q2 earnings per share sat at $5.78.
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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