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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Potentially Oversold Level Reached (NYSE: SFG)

Shares of SFG traded higher by 6.04% or $1.99/share to $34.93. StanCorp Financial Group Inc. is trading at a price to book ratio of 0.76. This indicates that the value of the company's underlying assets exceeds today's market price. The PEG is 0.99 suggesting that the shares are trading at an excellent value relative to firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.52. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 352426 shares of SFG exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 155527. 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.

StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. (StanCorp) is a holding company for its insurance and asset management subsidiaries, as well as for the subsidiaries included in its Other category.