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Top 5 Companies in the Agricultural Products Industry Offering Investors the Best Value (FDP, FEED, BG, ADM, CPO)

Written on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 2:59am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Agricultural Products industry as measured by the price to book ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.
Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE:FDP) has a price to book ratio of 0.7x based on a current price of $19.58 and a book value per share of $26.97.
AgFeed Industries (NASDAQ:FEED) has a price to book ratio of 0.9x based on a current price of $2.9 and a book value per share of $3.31.
Bunge (NYSE:BG) has a price to book ratio of 0.9x based on a current price of $53.6 and a book value per share of $58.51.
Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) has a price to book ratio of 1.2x based on a current price of $27.09 and a book value per share of $22.93.
Corn Products International (NYSE:CPO) has a price to book ratio of 1.4x based on a current price of $31.76 and a book value per share of $22.78.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of FEED and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on May 05, 2010 at $3.98. The stock has fallen 27% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: keywords: nyse:fdp fresh del monte produce price to book ratio

Ticker(s): FDP FEED BG ADM CPO

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