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Friday, December 16, 2011

Potential Takeover Candidate? (NYSE: SFG)

Shares of SFG traded higher by 0.23% or $0.08/share to $34.59. StanCorp Financial Group Inc. is trading at a price to book ratio of 0.75. This indicates that the value of the company's underlying assets exceeds today's market price. The PEG is 1.01 suggesting that the shares are attractively priced relative to the firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.53. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 334656 shares of SFG exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 73150. 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.

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.