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Relatively Good Value Detected in Shares of Otter Tail in the Industrial Conglomerates Industry (OTTR, AFP, SEB, TG, TYC)

Written on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 3:55am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Industrial Conglomerates industry as measured by the price to book ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.
Otter Tail (NASDAQ:OTTR) has a price to book ratio of 1x based on a current price of $19.35 and a book value per share of $18.59.
United Capital (AMEX:AFP) has a price to book ratio of 1.1x based on a current price of $25.26 and a book value per share of $23.82.
Seaboard (AMEX:SEB) has a price to book ratio of 1.1x based on a current price of $1439 and a book value per share of $1295.05.
Tredegar (NYSE:TG) has a price to book ratio of 1.3x based on a current price of $16.41 and a book value per share of $12.58.
Tyco International (NYSE:TYC) has a price to book ratio of 1.3x based on a current price of $35.9 and a book value per share of $27.17.
SmarTrend is bullish on shares of AFP and our subscribers were alerted to Buy on June 21, 2010 at $22.66. The stock has risen 11.5% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: keywords: nasdaq:ottr otter tail price to book ratio

Ticker(s): OTTR TG TYC SEB

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