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Friday, June 1, 2012

Great Stock Value (NYSE: VHS)

Shares of VHS fell by 2.34% or $-0.18/share to $7.52. NYSE is trading at a price to book ratio of 1.69. The PEG is 0.87 suggesting that the shares are trading at an excellent value relative to firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.09. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 101845 shares of VHS exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 97126. 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.

Vanguard Health Systems, Inc. (Vanguard) is an operator of healthcare delivery networks with presence in various urban and suburban markets.