6 Low-Tech Stocks That Are Ideal for Value Investors Today I’m looking at low-tech companies that are ideal for value investors. These low-tech companies include manufacturing, milling and equipment-making firms that now have inexpensive valuation metrics. Right now their stock prices all reflect the possibility of a recession. That makes the valuations of these tech stocks inexpensive. Moreover, they all pay dividends to their shareholders. This allows the shareholders to be patient until the underlying value of the company’s fundamentals emerges in the stock price. It helps investors to be patient until the company’s stock price rises to close to its target underlying value. This list includes two steel companies, two equipment makers, a farm machinery manufacturer and a diesel|natural gas engine maker. They are facing potentially declining orders in some cases, and not in others. But all have low multiples of earnings and cash flow. 7 Tempting Tech Stocks to Pull the Trigger on Now Let’s dive in and look at these low-tech stocks. CAT Caterpillar $206 X U.S.