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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Ripe for Takeover (NYSE: ING)

Shares of ING fell by 1.17% or $-0.14/share to $11.86. ING Groep NV is trading at a price to book ratio of 0.71. This indicates that the value of the company's underlying assets exceeds today's market price. The PEG is 0.19 suggesting that the shares are trading at an excellent value relative to firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.6. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 2119980 shares of ING exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 439776. 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.

ING Groep N.V. (ING) is a global financial institution offering banking, investments, life insurance and retirement services to meet the needs of the customers.