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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Potential Takeover Candidate? (NYSE: HIG)

Shares of HIG traded higher by 3.64% or $0.99/share to $28.20. NYSE is trading at a price to book ratio of 0.54. This indicates that the value of the company's underlying assets exceeds today's market price. The PEG is 1.24. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.45. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 6648220 shares of HIG exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1356021. These financial metrics combined make this company seem undervalued. Value investors may have an eye on this one, especially if the stock gets cheaper.

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The Hartford) is an insurance and financial services company.