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Alliance Data Systems is Among the Companies in the Data Processing & Outsourced Services Industry Offering Investors Relatively Limited Value (ADS, WU, CATM, PAY, MA)

Written on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 3:30am
By David Diaz

Below are the bottom five companies in the Data Processing & Outsourced Services industry as ranked by the price to book ratio. Companies with high ratios often present less value to investors, all else being equal.
Alliance Data Systems (NYSE:ADS) has a price to book ratio of 53.1x based on a current price of $90.71 and a book value per share of $1.71.
Western Union (NYSE:WU) has a price to book ratio of 25.9x based on a current price of $15.64 and a book value per share of $0.6.
Cardtronics (NASDAQ:CATM) has a price to book ratio of 17.2x based on a current price of $24.24 and a book value per share of $1.41.
VeriFone (NYSE:PAY) has a price to book ratio of 9.4x based on a current price of $35.07 and a book value per share of $3.72.
MasterCard (NYSE:MA) has a price to book ratio of 7.5x based on a current price of $323 and a book value per share of $43.03.
SmarTrend currently has shares of MasterCard in an Uptrend and issued the Uptrend alert on January 14, 2011 at $235.10. The stock has risen 37.4% since the Uptrend alert was issued.

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Ticker(s): ADS WU CATM PAY MA

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