5 Value Stocks To Watch In The Consumer Defensive Sector
Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights
The article identifies five value stocks in the consumer defensive sector, namely S&W Seed (SANW), Sunlands Technology (STG), Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), Amcon Distributing (DIT), and Chegg (CHGG). The companies are considered undervalued based on their low price-to-earnings (P/E) multiples. The article also provides recent earnings per share and dividend yield data for each company.
August 25, 2023 | 2:40 pm
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Cal-Maine Foods' earnings per share decreased from $6.62 in Q3 to $2.27, and its dividend yield decreased from 15.92% to 6.73%.
The decrease in earnings per share and dividend yield could make the stock less attractive to investors, potentially leading to a decrease in the stock price.
CONFIDENCE 90
IMPORTANCE 80
RELEVANCE 100
NEGATIVE IMPACT
Sunlands Technology's earnings per share decreased from $1.9 in Q1 to $1.73 in the most recent quarter.
The decrease in earnings per share suggests reduced profitability, which could negatively impact the stock's attractiveness to investors.
CONFIDENCE 90
IMPORTANCE 70
RELEVANCE 100
NEUTRAL IMPACT
Amcon Distributing's earnings per share increased from $3.49 in Q2 to $6.59, but its dividend yield decreased from 0.39% to 0.31%.
The increase in earnings per share could make the stock more attractive to investors, but the decrease in dividend yield could have the opposite effect.
CONFIDENCE 90
IMPORTANCE 75
RELEVANCE 100
POSITIVE IMPACT
Chegg's earnings per share increased slightly from $0.27 in Q1 to $0.28 in Q2.
The slight increase in earnings per share could make the stock slightly more attractive to investors.
CONFIDENCE 90
IMPORTANCE 60
RELEVANCE 100
POSITIVE IMPACT
S&W Seed's Q3 earnings per share increased by 46.15% compared to Q2.
The increase in earnings per share indicates improved profitability, which could make the stock more attractive to investors.
CONFIDENCE 90
IMPORTANCE 70
RELEVANCE 100