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Private Media is Among the Companies in the Publishing Industry With the Lowest Beta (PRVT, VALU, PSO, RUK, MORN)

Written on Mon, 07/26/2010 - 6:50am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Publishing industry as measured by beta. Lower-beta stocks mean minimal volatility and are therefore generally considered to be a less risk and offer more stable returns.
Private Media (NASDAQ:PRVT) ranks first with a beta of 0.5; Value Line (NASDAQ:VALU) ranks second with a beta of 0.7; and Pearson (NYSE:PSO) ranks third with a beta of 0.8.
Reed Elsevier (NYSE:RUK) follows with a beta of 0.9 and Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN) rounds out the top five with a beta of 0.9.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of VALU and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on April 26, 2010 at $21.92. The stock has fallen 31.2% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: keywords: nasdaq:prvt private media lowest beta

Ticker(s): PRVT VALU PSO RUK MORN

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