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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Potentially Oversold Level Reached (NYSE: CVH)

Shares of CVH fell by 2.56% or $-0.81/share to $30.85. Coventry Health Care Inc. is trading at a price to book ratio of 1.1. This indicates that the shares are relatively cheap compared to book value which means the market is pricing in going concern value. The PEG is 1.4. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.4. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 1167900 shares of CVH exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1749817. These factors combined may make this company a potential takeover candidate. Value investors may have an eye on this one, especially if the stock gets cheaper.

Coventry Health Care, Inc. (Coventry) is a diversified national managed healthcare company based in Bethesda, Maryland.