One of the first steps toward finding value is to look at the price-earnings ratio. If it’s less than the p/e of the market as a whole, it might be worth further research. The Shiller price-earnings ratio for the Standard & Poor’s 500 now sits at 32. Each of the stocks below have multiples much lower than that.
Another consideration of value researchers is this: does the stock pay a dividend? Does management consider the shareholder enough to offer a quarterly payment in return for holding the company’s equity? Each of the names listed below pays a dividend of 3% or more.
5 Low P/E Stocks Paying Dividends.
Alliance Resource Partners is a Nasdaq-traded thermal coal company with headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Market capitalization is $2.69 billion. This year’s earnings are up by 15% — the past 5-year record shows a gain of 9%. The stock trades with a price-earnings ratio of 3.81 and pays a dividend of 13.22%.
The weekly price chart (below) shows how the stock is trading above its 50-week moving average (the blue line) and how it’s 200-week moving average (the red line) is trending upward. The mid-2022 high of just under $24 is a major resistance level for Alliance Resource Partners.
Compania Energetica De Minas Gerais is a Brazilian utilities company in business since 1952 and now serving 9 million customers throughout that nation. The New York Stock Exchange-listed firm has a market capitalization of $3.40 billion and is trading with a price-earnings ratio of 4.90. Compania Energetica pays a 7.79% dividend.
The weekly price chart shows a steady up trend for the stock with a few dips here and there. It trades above the 50-week moving average and the 200-week moving average continues upward. That November, 2023 high of $2.60 is the resistance level to be overcome, if possible.
Plains All American Pipeline is one of the largest mid-stream energy companies in the country with corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas and Canadian operations based in Calgary, Alberta. The Nasdaq-traded company has a market cap is $10.62 billion. The p/e is 11.28 and the dividend is 7.23%.
It’s been a relentless up trend since the September, 2020 lows and the stock trades well above the 50-week moving average now. Note the crossover of the 50 above the 200-week moving average in early 2023.
Unum Group is a life insurance company based in Chattanooga, Tennessee and with operations around the world. Earnings this year are up by 24.35% and up over the past 5 years by 8.26%. With a market capitalization of $8.82 billion, the stock has price-earnings ratio of 7.30. Unum offers investors a dividend of 3.06%.
The weekly price chart shows how the 50-week moving average crossed above the 200-week moving average in late 2021. The stock since then seems to re-test the 50 and then buyers come back in. That the 200-week is steadily higher as the months go by is encouraging for bulls.
Vici Properties is a real estate investment trust which owns major casino properties including Caesars Palace and The Venetian in Las Vegas. Market cap comes to $32.98 billion. With a price-earnings ratio of 13.41, the stock trades at 1.34 times book value. Vici pays a 5.04% dividend.
The stock hit a high of just above $33 in early 2023 and has been unable to return to that level, so far. It’s a good sign, from the standpoint of price chart analysis, that the 200-day moving average is trending steadily higher.