the meaning behind value stocks a value stock traditionally has a lower price when compared to stock prices of companies in the same industry this indicates that the company may be undervalued as investors are not expressing as much interest in such companies the most commonly used way to check for value is with the pricetoearnings multiple or pe a low pe multiple is a good indication that the stock is undervalued benzinga insights has compiled a list of value stocks in the utilities sector that may be worth watching smart powerr has reported q3 earnings per share at 008 which has increased by 500 compared to q2 which was 016 pampa energia has reported q2 earnings per share at 12 which has decreased by 3296 compared to q1 which was 179 suburban propane partnerss earnings per share for q3 sits at 004 whereas in q2 they were at 274 its most recent dividend yield is at 818 which has increased by 061 from 757 in the previous quarter oge energys earnings per share for q2 sits at 036 whereas in q1 they were at 139 most recently the company reported a dividend yield of 411 which has decreased by 045 from last quarters yield of 456 most recently ugi reported earnings per share at 006 whereas in q2 earnings per share sat at 191 the companys most recent dividend yield sits at 335 which has decreased by 071 from 406 last quarter these 5 value stocks were selected by benzinga insights based on quantified analysis while this methodical judgment process is not meant to make final decisions our technology can give investors additional perception into the sector