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Red Hat shares dropped 24% in one day after Oracle said in late October that it would undercut Red Hat's software-support prices.

Highest price/earnings ratios P/E 10/27/06 52-week Company ratio (3) price range FNB Financial Services 104.5 $15.68 $13.04-16.75 Tanger Factory Outlet Centers 89.8 36.82 25.84-38.19 Highwoods Properties 86.6 38.10 27.11-39.02 TriPath Imaging 53.7 9.13 5.11-9.19 Winston Hotels 53.4 12.28 9.26-13.12 RF Micro Devices 45.4 7.26 4.81-9.58 Southern Community Financial 43.1 9.92 8.61-10.37 Lance 42.6 20.04 17.05-26.40 Gateway Financial Holdings 40.0 14.40 13.62-18.24 Red Hat 38.1 15.63 13.70-32.48 Lowest price/earnings ratios CT Communications 6.6 $23.74 $10.54-26.85 Fountain Powerboat Industries 9.0 4.42 3.90-8.70 Reynolds American 9.6 63.83 41.35-67.09 Investors Title 9.9 50.24 39.01-50.32 FNB United 10.9 18.42 17.35-21.25 Insteel Industries 11.3 18.89 7.51-30.00 EnPro Industries 11.9 32.73 26.30-40.08 Air T 12.5 9.66 7.50-14.50 Sonic Automotive 12.7 25.02 19.39-28.71 Bank of America 12.9 53.70 40.93-54.87 3-month 52-week 52-week Company change (4) change range Top 10 large-cap stocks Tekelec 44.4% 7.5% $9.50-16.45 Horizon Lines 37.7 92.2 11.00-22.79 MedCath 33.7 54.0 14.10-32.90 Salix Pharmaceuticals 33.3 (23.7) 9.77-20.24 Family Dollar Stores 32.6 38.6 20.87-30.91 FairPoint Communications 20.5 33.6 10.01-18.16 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts 18.8 122.7 3.35-12.11 Ruddick 16.2 28.9 19.28-28.67 Xerium Technologies 16.0 14.7 6.50-12.20 RF Micro Devices 15.8 43.8 4.81-9.58 Top 10 small-cap stocks Pozen 166.2% 75.5% $5.26-18.62 US LEC 123.7 348.5 1.51-9.00 Ingles Markets 58.9 77.6 14.80-29.74...