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Photronics Offers Investors the Best Value in the Semiconductor Equipment Industry (PLAB, MEMS, TRT, CSCD, FORM)

Written on Thu, 06/17/2010 - 4:45am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Semiconductor Equipment industry as measured by the price to book ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.
Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) has a price to book ratio of 0.6x based on a current price of $5.13 and a book value per share of $8.92.
MEMSIC (NASDAQ:MEMS) has a price to book ratio of 0.7x based on a current price of $2.64 and a book value per share of $3.86.
Trio Tech International (AMEX:TRT) has a price to book ratio of 0.7x based on a current price of $4.19 and a book value per share of $5.94.
Cascade Microtech (NASDAQ:CSCD) has a price to book ratio of 1x based on a current price of $4.74 and a book value per share of $4.7.
FormFactor (NASDAQ:FORM) has a price to book ratio of 1.1x based on a current price of $11.85 and a book value per share of $10.93.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of FORM and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on April 27, 2010 at $17.33. The stock has fallen 31.6% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: keywords: nasdaq:plab photronics price to book ratio

Ticker(s): PLAB MEMS CSCD FORM TRT

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