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Monday, October 10, 2011

Excellent Stock Value (NYSE: MTL)

Shares of MTL traded higher by 10.91% or $1.09/share to $11.08. Mechel OAO is trading at a price to book ratio of 0.82. This indicates that the value of the company's underlying assets exceeds today's market price. The PEG is 0.13 suggesting that the shares are trading at an excellent value relative to firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.39. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 2844290 shares of MTL exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 2282804. These financial metrics combined make this company seem undervalued. Value investors may have an eye on this one, especially if the stock gets cheaper.

Mechel OAO is a Russia-based integrated mining and steel company.