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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Great Stock Value (NYSE: CNC)

Shares of CNC traded higher by 6.67% or $1.94/share to $31.01. Centene Corp. is trading at a price to book ratio of 1.68. The PEG is 0.97 suggesting that the shares are trading at an excellent value relative to firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.3. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 710598 shares of CNC exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 287587. These financial metrics combined make this company seem undervalued. Lookout for any takeover chatter or takeover news regarding this stock as one of the bigger players may have an eye on this one.

Centene Corporation is a multi-line healthcare company.