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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Potential Takeover Candidate? (NYSE: OMG)

Shares of OMG fell by 0.50% or $-0.13/share to $25.78. NYSE is trading at a price to book ratio of 0.66. This indicates that the value of the company's underlying assets exceeds today's market price. The PEG is 1.41. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.48. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 312105 shares of OMG exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 70583. These financial metrics combined make this company seem undervalued. Value investors may have an eye on this one, especially if the stock gets cheaper.

OM Group, Inc. is a diversified specialty chemicals and materials company serving global markets, including mobile energy storage, electronic devices, renewable energy and automotive systems.