Saturday, July 21, 2007

MPC Corp.

MPC Corp. is an AMEX listed security that has been trading in a range between $0.60 and $2.90 over the past year. With 13,075,210 shares outstanding, a recent price of $1.15 gives a total market capitalization of $15,036,491. While there are certainly larger companies, MPC Corp. has definitely earned its place in the pack. Last year, MPC Corp. created $-4.66 in earnings for every share outstanding.

MPC Corp. is currently priced by the market at 0.00 times last year’s earnings. Many trading multiples around the world are quite attractive these days, but don’t be fooled. A Price to Earnings ratio of 0 simply means that the security didn’t make any money last year.

With a share price under $50 a share and earnings per share below $1 a share, MPC Corp. is unlikely to be an interesting value proposition.

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