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Friday, December 16, 2011

Great Stock Value (NASDAQ: USTR)

Shares of USTR traded higher by 2.07% or $0.64/share to $31.60. United Stationers Inc. is trading at a price to book ratio of 1.83. The PEG is 0.89 suggesting that the shares are trading at an excellent value relative to firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.26. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 273288 shares of USTR exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 85718. 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.

United Stationers Inc. (USI) is a wholesale distributor of business products.