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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Great Stock Value (NYSE: BAM)

Shares of BAM fell by 5.92% or $-1.56/share to $24.81. Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is trading at a price to book ratio of 1.04. 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 0.85 suggesting that the shares are trading at an excellent value relative to firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 1.07. Thus, the company is not very expensive in terms of its sales. On average, 1248370 shares of BAM exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 500981. 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.

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is a global asset management company focused on property, power and infrastructure assets.