Saturday, May 24, 2008

Pick of the week
Ticker: NYC:USU
Company: USEC
USU is a low risk play that might result in significant upside. It isnear its all time low. Its trading BELOW BOOK VALUE.Has a stock price increase of at least 30% in the past month, a marketcap of greater than $100 million, and a beta of less than 3.It is easing off today, reaching its week low on lazy Friday trading,showing slow accumulation, and higher than average volume this week.
Company Tangible Book Value Multiple 1-Year Change
USEC (NYSE: USU) 0.5(73.4%)
More info
http://www.thestockmasters.com/usu-050708.html
http://seekingalpha.com/article/72224-jefferies-goldman-bullish-on-usec-actionable-trading-call-alert

HOLD.
This stock's P/E ratio indicates a discount compared to anaverage of 18.34 for the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry and a significant discount compared to the S&P 500 average of 21.54. Foradditional comparison, its price-to-book ratio of 0.51 indicates asignificant discount versus the S&P 500 average of 2.65 and a significant discount versus the industry average of 6.06. The price-to-sales ratio is wellbelow both the S&P 500 average and the industry average, indicating adiscount. Upon assessment of these and other key valuation criteria, USEC INC proves to trade at a discount to investment alternatives within the industry.