Olin Corporation (OLN)

24.94 -0.03  -0.12%  May 21, 5:00PM
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Olin Corporation Price / Sales Ratio TTM:

0.8760 for May 21, 2013
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    Olin Corporation Historical Price / Sales Ratio TTM Data

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    May 21, 2013 0.876
    May 20, 2013 0.8771
    May 17, 2013 0.8792
    May 16, 2013 0.8679
    May 15, 2013 0.8676
    May 14, 2013 0.8609
    May 13, 2013 0.8483
    May 10, 2013 0.8486
    May 9, 2013 0.844
    May 8, 2013 0.8504
    May 7, 2013 0.8437
    May 6, 2013 0.8444
    May 3, 2013 0.8377
    May 2, 2013 0.8258
    May 1, 2013 0.817
    April 30, 2013 0.849
    April 29, 2013 0.8634
    April 26, 2013 0.8584
    April 25, 2013 0.9129
    April 24, 2013 0.9024
    April 23, 2013 0.8918
    April 22, 2013 0.8802
    April 19, 2013 0.8718
    April 18, 2013 0.85
    April 17, 2013 0.8606
       
    April 16, 2013 0.8771
    April 15, 2013 0.85
    April 12, 2013 0.8911
    April 11, 2013 0.9024
    April 10, 2013 0.8981
    April 9, 2013 0.8792
    April 8, 2013 0.8725
    April 5, 2013 0.8686
    April 4, 2013 0.8739
    April 3, 2013 0.8623
    April 2, 2013 0.8785
    April 1, 2013 0.8788
    March 28, 2013 0.9348
    March 27, 2013 0.9329
    March 26, 2013 0.9351
    March 25, 2013 0.9285
    March 22, 2013 0.924
    March 21, 2013 0.9233
    March 20, 2013 0.9292
    March 19, 2013 0.9229
    March 18, 2013 0.9196
    March 15, 2013 0.93
    March 14, 2013 0.917
    March 13, 2013 0.904
    March 12, 2013 0.901

    About Price to Sales Ratio

    The price to sales ratio (PS ratio) is calculated by dividing stock price by the revenue per share. It is most useful for comparing companies within a sector or industry because "normal" values for this ratio vary from industry to industry. In general, low price to sales ratios are more appealing because they suggest that a company is undervalued.

    An example illustrating why PS ratios should not be compared across industries: On June 21, 2010, Starbucks had a PS ratio of 1.12 while Yahoo! had a PS ratio of 2.56. In other words, Yahoo! shareholders were paying $2.56 for $1 of sales while Starbucks shareholders would only pay $1.12 for $1 of sales. However, at that same moment, the two companies' price to earnings ratios were virtually identical (Starbucks: 28.09 and Yahoo!: 27.78). Hence, shareholders were paying nearly the same amount for $1.00 in earnings. The PS ratios, though, are less comparable since Yahoo!'s profit margins are much higher than that of Starbucks.
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    OLN Price / Sales Ratio TTM Benchmarks

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    OLN Price / Sales Ratio TTM Rankings

    Overall 82nd percentile
    1379 of 8002
    Sector 77th percentile
    110 of 496 in Basic Materials
    Industry 60th percentile
    22 of 56 in Specialty Chemicals

    OLN Price / Sales Ratio TTM Range, Past 5 Years

    Minimum 0.3915 Mar 5 2009
    Maximum 1.432 Jul 30 2008
    Average 0.8880