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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Potential Takeover Candidate? (NYSE: BTM)

Shares of BTM traded higher by 6.79% or $1.93/share to $30.35. Brasil Telecom S.A. is trading at a price to book ratio of 0.79. This indicates that the value of the company's underlying assets exceeds today's market price. The PEG is 0.75 suggesting that the shares are trading at an excellent value relative to firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.9. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 264560 shares of BTM exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 64977. These financial metrics combined make this company seem undervalued. Value investors may have an eye on this one, especially if the stock gets cheaper.

Brasil Telecom S.A. is a provider of telecommunications services in Region II in Brazil.