Symetra Financial Corporation (SYA)

13.61 +0.01  +0.07%  May 17, 8:00PM
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Symetra Financial Corporation Price / Sales Ratio TTM:

0.8886 for May 17, 2013
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    Symetra Financial Corporation Historical Price / Sales Ratio TTM Data

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    May 17, 2013 0.8886
    May 16, 2013 0.8879
    May 15, 2013 0.8781
    May 14, 2013 0.8814
    May 13, 2013 0.8794
    May 10, 2013 0.8781
    May 9, 2013 0.8814
    May 8, 2013 0.9016
    May 7, 2013 0.8964
    May 6, 2013 0.8873
    May 3, 2013 0.8873
    May 2, 2013 0.8709
    May 1, 2013 0.8638
    April 30, 2013 0.8899
    April 29, 2013 0.8775
    April 26, 2013 0.8435
    April 25, 2013 0.8664
    April 24, 2013 0.8807
    April 23, 2013 0.8749
    April 22, 2013 0.8468
    April 19, 2013 0.8703
    April 18, 2013 0.852
    April 17, 2013 0.8742
    April 16, 2013 0.8925
    April 15, 2013 0.8644
       
    April 12, 2013 0.8814
    April 11, 2013 0.8879
    April 10, 2013 0.8853
    April 9, 2013 0.8585
    April 8, 2013 0.8625
    April 5, 2013 0.852
    April 4, 2013 0.8657
    April 3, 2013 0.8683
    April 2, 2013 0.8781
    April 1, 2013 0.8709
    March 28, 2013 0.8809
    March 27, 2013 0.8835
    March 26, 2013 0.8815
    March 25, 2013 0.8717
    March 22, 2013 0.8855
    March 21, 2013 0.8888
    March 20, 2013 0.9065
    March 19, 2013 0.8947
    March 18, 2013 0.9032
    March 15, 2013 0.9177
    March 14, 2013 0.9118
    March 13, 2013 0.9052
    March 12, 2013 0.9052
    March 11, 2013 0.8993
    March 8, 2013 0.8993

    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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    SYA Price / Sales Ratio TTM Benchmarks

    Companies
    Atlantic American 0.562
    Torchmark Corporation 1.767
    StanCorp Financial Group 0.6829

    SYA Price / Sales Ratio TTM Rankings

    Overall 82nd percentile
    1356 of 7593
    Sector 89th percentile
    96 of 921 in Financial Services
    Industry 46th percentile
    14 of 26 in Insurance - Life

    SYA Price / Sales Ratio TTM Range, Past 5 Years

    Minimum 0.5451 Oct 3 2011
    Maximum 1.032 Feb 28 2011
    Average 0.8166