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Top 5 Companies in the Trading Companies & Distributors Industry Offering Investors the Best Value (WLFC, AYR, HBPI, LAWS, ACET)

Written on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 4:43am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Trading Companies & Distributors industry as measured by the price to book ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.
Willis Lease Finance (NASDAQ:WLFC) has a price to book ratio of 0.5x based on a current price of $9.38 and a book value per share of $20.59.
Aircastle (NYSE:AYR) has a price to book ratio of 0.5x based on a current price of $8.51 and a book value per share of $16.3.
Huttig Building Products (NASDAQ:HBPI) has a price to book ratio of 0.5x based on a current price of $1.05 and a book value per share of $1.96.
Lawson Products (NASDAQ:LAWS) has a price to book ratio of 0.9x based on a current price of $15.15 and a book value per share of $16.3.
Aceto (NASDAQ:ACET) has a price to book ratio of 1x based on a current price of $5.69 and a book value per share of $5.6.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of WLFC and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on March 16, 2010 at $15.21. The stock has fallen 38.4% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: keywords: nasdaq:wlfc willis lease finance price to book ratio

Ticker(s): WLFC AYR HBPI LAWS ACET

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