[May 06, 2013] Relatively Low Price to Book Ratio Detected in Shares of Optibase in the Diversified Real Estate Activities Industry (OBAS, BAM, CTO, TRC, JOE) Tweet May 06, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Diversified Real Estate Activities industry with the lowest price to book ratios. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.Optibase ranks lowest with a a price to book ratio of 0.36. Following is Brookfield Asset Management with a a price to book ratio of 1.33. Consolidated-Tomoka Land ranks third lowest with a a price to book ratio of 1.85. Tejon Ranch follows with a a price to book ratio of 2.20, and St. Joe rounds out the bottom five with a a price to book ratio of 3.36. SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of St. Joe on February 26th, 2013 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $21.83. Since that call, shares of St. Joe have fallen 7.9%. We are now looking for when a new Uptrend will commence and will alert SmarTrend subscribers in real time. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]