what are 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 the following stocks are considered to be notable value stocks in the consumer defensive sector this quarter perdoceo education experienced a decrease in earnings per share which was 044 in q1 and is now 041 perdoceo education does not have a dividend yield which investors should be aware of when considering holding onto such a stock lincoln educational servs has reported q2 earnings per share at 006 which has decreased by 5385 compared to q1 which was 013 lincoln educational servs does not have a dividend yield which investors should be aware of when considering holding onto such a stock new oriental education saw a decrease in earnings per share from 043 in q2 to 01 now most recently the company reported a dividend yield of 00 which has  not changed by 00 from last quarters yield of 00 most recently china online education gr reported earnings per share at 005 whereas in q4 earnings per share sat at 021 china online education gr does not have a dividend yield which investors should be aware of when considering holding onto such a stock most recently industrias bachoco sab reported earnings per share at 148 whereas in q1 earnings per share sat at 206 most recently the company reported a dividend yield of 192 which has decreased by 002 from last quarters yield of 194 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