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Friday, May 13, 2011

Great Takeover Value (NYSE: AET)

Shares of AET traded higher by 2.19% or $0.94/share to $43.77. Aetna Inc. is trading at a price to book ratio of 1.59. The PEG is 0.85 suggesting that the shares are trading at an excellent value relative to firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.48. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 3972300 shares of AET exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 859990. These factors combined make this company a prime takeover candidate. Lookout for any takeover chatter or takeover news regarding this stock as one of the bigger players may have an eye on this one.

Aetna Inc. (Aetna) is a diversified health care benefits company, serving approximately 35.