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Top 5 Companies in the Thrifts & Mortgage Finance Industry Offering Investors the Best Value (CTZN, TONE, CLNH, UWBK, UCFC)

Written on Tue, 07/06/2010 - 4:51am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Thrifts & Mortgage Finance industry as measured by the price to book ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.
Citizens First Bancorp (NASDAQ:CTZN) has a price to book ratio of 0x based on a current price of $0.13 and a book value per share of $7.72.
TierOne (NASDAQ:TONE) has a price to book ratio of 0x based on a current price of $0.26 and a book value per share of $13.55.
Centerline Holding (NASDAQ:CLNH) has a price to book ratio of 0.1x based on a current price of $0.15 and a book value per share of $2.42.
United Western Bancorp (NASDAQ:UWBK) has a price to book ratio of 0.1x based on a current price of $0.66 and a book value per share of $4.59.
United Community Financial (NASDAQ:UCFC) has a price to book ratio of 0.2x based on a current price of $1.63 and a book value per share of $6.94.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of TONE and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on April 29, 2010 at $0.50. The stock has fallen 48.4% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: keywords: nasdaq:ctzn citizens first bancorp price to book ratio

Ticker(s): CTZN TONE CLNH UWBK UCFC

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