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HIGHEST PRICE/EARNINGS RATIOS Company P/E ratio (3) 5/30/08 price 52-Week range Hatteras Financial 177.7 $26.65 na RF Micro Devices 133.3 4.00 $2.52-7.46 Highwoods properties 128.6 36.00 25.34-44.55 Cree 70.6 25.42 20.48-35.50 Red Hat 67.7 24.36 16.53-25.25 Tanger Factory Outlet Centers 45.5 38.24 32.32-44.43 Coca-Cola Consolidated 43.1 51.72 49.78-64.19 Lance 34.8 20.91 16.39-27.04 Tekelec 33.6 16.79 10.12-16.89 PPD 33.0 44.21 32.76-49.39 LOWEST PRICE/EARNINGS RATIOS Trimeris 4.8 $5.94 $5.10-8.36 Air T 7.1 9.19 7.95-12.35 Sonic Automotive 7.6 18.65 15.82-31.88 Peoples Bancorp of N.C. 8.3 13.75 12.20-29.95 Sealy 8.4 6.22 5.63-17.15 Cooperative Bankshares 8.4 8.50 8.50-17.93 Triangle Capital 9.0 11.78 10.50-15.79 FNB United 9.2 10.06 8.66-16.49 Ingles Markets 10.0 24.36 20.42-36.50 BB & T 10.0 31.47 25.92-43.00 3-month 52-Week 52-Week Company Change (4) Change range TOP 10 LARGE-CAP STOCKS Tekelec 41.0% 11.7% $10.12-16.85 Red Hat 36.6 (0.9) 16.53-25.25 EnPro Industries 35.8 (3.9) 24.40-46.46 CommScope 31.0 2.1 33.75-133.33 SPX 29.9 51.0 73.31-133.33 First Charter 27.1 38.0 17.78-30.93 RF Micro Devices 26.2 (38.9) 2.52-7.46 Lance 24.8 (14.5) 16.39-27.04 Alliance One International 22.7 (39.2) 3.48-12.19 Highwoods Properties 22.1 (15.9) 25.34-44.55 TOP 10 SMALL-CAP STOCKS Insteel Industries 48.8% (13.4)% $7.36-23.09 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts 33.0 (59.1) 2.23-9.50 BioDelivery Sciences Intl. 22.1 (40.6) 1.57-5.35 Cogdell Spencer 16.0 (16.5) 14.39-21.56 Salix Pharmaceuticals 13.8 (43.1)...