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Zale Offers Investors the Best Value in the Specialty Stores Industry (ZLC, TWMC, ACMR, HAST, HKFI)

Written on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 4:38am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Specialty Stores industry as measured by the price to book ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.
Zale (NYSE:ZLC) has a price to book ratio of 0.2x based on a current price of $1.66 and a book value per share of $10.17.
Trans World Entertainment (NASDAQ:TWMC) has a price to book ratio of 0.3x based on a current price of $1.82 and a book value per share of $5.8.
AC Moore Arts & Crafts (NASDAQ:ACMR) has a price to book ratio of 0.4x based on a current price of $2.38 and a book value per share of $6.13.
Hastings Entertainment (NASDAQ:HAST) has a price to book ratio of 0.6x based on a current price of $7.22 and a book value per share of $11.66.
Hancock Fabrics/DE (NASDAQ:HKFI) has a price to book ratio of 0.7x based on a current price of $1.61 and a book value per share of $2.31.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of ZLC and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on May 20, 2010 at $2.47. The stock has fallen 32.8% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: keywords: nyse:zlc Zale price to book ratio

Ticker(s): ZLC TWMC ACMR HAST HKFI

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