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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Stocks with Strong Financial Metrics (NYSE: CHK)

Shares of CHK fell by 2.00% or $-0.39/share to $19.15. NYSE is trading at a price to book ratio of 1.01. 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 0.28 suggesting that the shares are trading at an excellent value relative to firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 1.02. Thus, the company is not very expensive in terms of its sales. On average, 13708900 shares of CHK exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 5605285. 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.

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (Chesapeake) is a natural gas and oil exploration and production company.