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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Undervalued Stock Detected (NYSE: PHG)

Shares of PHG fell by 1.51% or $-0.31/share to $20.16. Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV is trading at a price to book ratio of 1.15. 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 1.07 suggesting that the shares are attractively priced relative to the firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.63. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 1277440 shares of PHG exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 688430. 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.

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV is a Netherlands-based parent company of the Philips Group (Philips).