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Monday, July 9, 2012

Great Stock Value (NYSE: BTU)

Shares of BTU fell by 2.21% or $-0.55/share to $24.31. NYSE is trading at a price to book ratio of 1.18. 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 0.97 suggesting that the shares are trading at an excellent value relative to firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.82. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 8270060 shares of BTU exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 4001828. 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.

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