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Best Value Investment in the Human Resource & Employment Services Industry Detected in Shares of Volt Information Sciences (VOL, ASGN, KELYA, SFN, RCMT)

Written on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 3:53am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Human Resource & Employment Services industry as measured by the price to book ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.
Volt Information Sciences (NYSE:VOL) has a price to book ratio of 0.4x based on a current price of $7.69 and a book value per share of $17.86.
On Assignment (NASDAQ:ASGN) has a price to book ratio of 0.7x based on a current price of $4.48 and a book value per share of $6.22.
Kelly Services (NASDAQ:KELYA) has a price to book ratio of 0.8x based on a current price of $13.26 and a book value per share of $16.17.
Spherion (NYSE:SFN) has a price to book ratio of 1x based on a current price of $6.65 and a book value per share of $6.91.
RCM Technologies (NASDAQ:RCMT) has a price to book ratio of 1x based on a current price of $5.01 and a book value per share of $5.02.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of VOL and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on May 07, 2010 at $10.32. The stock has fallen 25.5% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: keywords: nyse:vol volt information sciences price to book ratio

Ticker(s): VOL ASGN KELYA SFN RCMT

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