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Shares of Footstar Rank the Highest in terms of Best Value in the Apparel Retail Industry (FTAR, SYMS, NWY, PSUN, SSI)

Written on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 3:02am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Apparel Retail industry as measured by the price to book ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.
Footstar (NASDAQ:FTAR) has a price to book ratio of 0.1x based on a current price of $0.32 and a book value per share of $3.75.
Syms (NASDAQ:SYMS) has a price to book ratio of 0.5x based on a current price of $7.15 and a book value per share of $13.36.
New York & Co (NYSE:NWY) has a price to book ratio of 0.7x based on a current price of $2.24 and a book value per share of $3.4.
Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ:PSUN) has a price to book ratio of 0.8x based on a current price of $3.42 and a book value per share of $4.2.
Stage Stores (NYSE:SSI) has a price to book ratio of 0.8x based on a current price of $10.56 and a book value per share of $12.5.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of NWY and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on May 07, 2010 at $5.40. The stock has fallen 58.5% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: keywords: nasdaq:ftar footstar price to book ratio

Ticker(s): FTAR SYMS NWY PSUN SSI

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