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Highest price/earnings ratios P/E 5/27/05 52-week Company ratio (3) price range MedCath 417.0 $25.02 $14.69-30.65 Highwoods Properties 342.6 27.41 21.79-28.32 TriPath Imaging 144.0 8.64 6.15-9.96 SpectraSite 121.2 63.00 40.00-63.99 Charles & Colvard 90.9 20.00 5.37-20.12 Culp 83.8 4.19 3.83-8.55 Salix Pharmaceuticals 55.4 17.72 13.85-24.38 Red Hat 54.2 13.00 10.37-29.06 Gateway Financial Holdings 46.7 18.22 11.82-20.78 Closure Medical 42.8 26.97 12.84-27.00 Lowest price/earnings ratios P/E 5/27/05 52-week Company ratio (3) price range Insteel Industries 3.0 $11.33 $2.35-21.89 Nucor 6.3 53.78 31.58-65.53 Wellco Enterprises 8.6 13.15 11.70-22.80 Investors Title 9.4 36.00 27.00-47.00 Ingles Markets 10.3 12.65 10.59-13.74 CommScope 10.8 17.27 13.83-22.65 Bank of America 11.9 46.65 41.08-47.47 Jefferson-Pilot 11.9 50.41 46.00-52.73 McRae Industries 12.9 11.65 8.30-14.25 Reynolds American 13.0 82.84 55.80-89.00 Top 10 large-cap stocks 3-month 1-year 52-week Company change (4) change range Cree 25.6% 28.8% $17.88-42.44 Red Hat 14.3 (52.4) 10.37-29.06 The Pantry 14.3 109.6 17.89-39.18 Goodrich 14.0 49.6 27.70-42.48 PPD 12.2 57.9 29.54-50.68 CommScope 12.2 0.1 13.83-22.65 Lance 10.0 14.0 13.65-19.53 Martin Marietta Materials 7.6 44.2 41.27-62.10 Salix Pharmaceuticals 7.4 (11.9) 13.85-24.38 Piedmont Natural Gas 5.2 19.7 20.15-24.54 Bottom 10 large-cap stocks 3-month 1-year 52-week Company change (4) change range Family Dollar Stores (22.0)% (18.5)% $23.68-35.25 Nucor (15.2) 63.3 31.58-65.53 RF Micro Devices (14.6) (40.7) 3.77-8.25 FairPoint Communications (12.1) na 14.00-18.55 First Citizens BancShares (11.7) 12.1...