5 Value Stocks To Watch In The Basic Materials Sector

What is a Value Stock?

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.

The following stocks are considered to be notable value stocks in the basic materials sector:

1. POSCO Holdings PKX - P/E: 8.41
2. AdvanSix ASIX - P/E: 5.94
3. Chemours CC - P/E: 7.78
4. Mercer Intl MERC - P/E: 2.55
5. Nucor NUE - P/E: 5.14

POSCO Holdings has reported Q4 earnings per share at $1.79, which has increased by 22.6% compared to Q3, which was 1.46. AdvanSix's earnings per share for Q4 sits at $1.27, whereas in Q3, they were at 0.43. Its most recent dividend yield is at 1.38%, which has decreased by 0.25% from 1.63% in the previous quarter.

Chemours's earnings per share for Q4 sits at $0.0, whereas in Q3, they were at 1.24. Its most recent dividend yield is at 2.79%, which has decreased by 0.67% from 3.46% in the previous quarter.

Most recently, Mercer Intl reported earnings per share at $0.3, whereas in Q3 earnings per share sat at $1.0. The company's most recent dividend yield sits at 2.59%, which has increased by 0.53% from 2.06% last quarter.

Most recently, Nucor reported earnings per share at $4.89, whereas in Q3 earnings per share sat at $6.5. Most recently, the company reported a dividend yield of 1.21%, which has decreased by 0.16% from last quarter's yield of 1.37%.

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.