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Monday, September 12, 2011

Excellent Stock Value (NYSE: SEM)

Shares of SEM traded higher by 5.19% or $0.35/share to $7.10. Select Medical Holdings Corporation is trading at a price to book ratio of 1.26. 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 0.8 suggesting that the shares are trading at an excellent value relative to firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.4. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 279189 shares of SEM exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 111945. 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.

Select Medical Holdings Corporation is an operator of both specialty hospitals and outpatient rehabilitation clinics in the United States.