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Willis Lease Finance Offers Investors the Best Value in the Trading Companies & Distributors Industry (WLFC, AYR, HBPI, LAWS, RUSHB)

Written on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 7:00am
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 0.6x based on a current price of $12.28 and a book value per share of $21.96.
Aircastle (NYSE:AYR) has a price to book ratio of 0.6x based on a current price of $10.41 and a book value per share of $16.3.
Huttig Building Products (NASDAQ:HBPI) has a price to book ratio of 0.8x based on a current price of $1.55 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 $14.83 and a book value per share of $16.3.
Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHB) has a price to book ratio of 1x based on a current price of $12.09 and a book value per share of $11.57.
SmarTrend is bullish on shares of HBPI and our subscribers were alerted to Buy on March 04, 2010 at $0.84. The stock has risen 84.5% since the alert was issued.

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

Ticker(s): WLFC AYR HBPI LAWS RUSHB

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