The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (NYSE:BSC)

[r3vbr]

Did anybody notice this company's stock-price history? it never went down, not even in 2000 crash.

http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?pg=qu&sid=789&osymb=BSC&time=all&uf=0&x =32&y=20

Price/Book Ratio 1.22
PE Ratio - LTM 10.6
Price/Cash Flow 8.8
Return on Equity (ROE) - 5YEAR AVRG. 15.5
5-Y Average Dividend Yield 1.1
Market Capitalisation (mil) 11,265.9

On the downside
It's highly leveraged though, but guess that's normal for a financial institution.
Also, forcasted eps growth is very small for 2006 and analysts rate it NEUTRAL.

Ok, isnt this a great buy? Your opinions plz.

[midas]

You need to comp Bear vs its peers - Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Jeffries. Its current ROE looks light in comparison to GS and Morgan.

[Sniper]

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Did anybody notice this company's stock-price history? it never went down, not even in 2000 crash.


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I think you need to take a closer look at that chart! /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[tek]

Actually it based out nicely in the latter half of 00 and first half of 01.

[RollaJ]

good to own, shitty to work for. They go up slow but steady, much less volatile than their peers.

They block 2+2......they suck /images/graemlins/tongue.gif