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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Stocks with Strong Financial Metrics (NYSE: KRA)

Shares of KRA traded higher by 1.83% or $0.35/share to $19.50. NYSE is trading at a price to book ratio of 1.13. 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 0.6 suggesting that the shares are trading at an excellent value relative to firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.41. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 394383 shares of KRA exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 157757. These financial metrics combined make this company seem undervalued. Value investors may have an eye on this one, especially if the stock gets cheaper.

Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. (Kraton) is a global producer of styrenic block copolymers (SBCs) and other engineered polymers.