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Monday, July 16, 2012

Undervalued Stock Detected (NASDAQ: BPOP)

Shares of BPOP fell by 0.25% or $-0.04/share to $16.16. NASDAQ is trading at a price to book ratio of 0.42. This indicates that the value of the company's underlying assets exceeds today's market price. The PEG is 1.16 suggesting that the shares are attractively priced relative to the firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 1.24. Thus, the company is not very expensive in terms of its sales. On average, 1302530 shares of BPOP exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 266549. 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.

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