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 the following stocks are considered to be notable value stocks in the basic materials sector commercial metalss earnings per share for q1 sits at 162 whereas in q4 they were at 126 most recently the company reported a dividend yield of 15 which has decreased by 024 from last quarters yield of 174 galiano gold has been featured as a value stock galiano golds q3 eps sits at 002 which has not changed since last quarter q2 this quarter ero copper experienced a decrease in earnings per share which was 058 in q2 and is now 049 reliance steel  aluminum saw an increase in earnings per share from 506 in q2 to 615 now its most recent dividend yield is at 18 which has decreased by 01 from 19 in the previous quarter most recently hudson technologies reported earnings per share at 034 whereas in q2 earnings per share sat at 024 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