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SPOTLIGHT A year ago, Bank of America's market cap beat the total of the eight other surviving top-10 Tar Heel companies. In February, it fell to No. 2. 2/27/09 (billions) 2/29/08 (billions) Lowe's $23.3 $35.1 Bank of America 19.8 176.4 Duke Energy 17.0 22.1 Nucor 10.6 18.6 Lorillard 9.8 na Reynolds American 9.8 18.8 Progress Energy 9.3 10.9 BB&T 8.9 17.1 LabCorp 5.9 8.9 VF 5.7 8.4 Source: Financial Content HIGHEST PRICE/EARNINGS RATIOS Company P/E 2/27/09 52-week ratio (3) price range Highwoods Properties 377.8 $18.89 $14.65-38.25 Coca-Cola Consolidated 66.3 43.75 31.41-62.20 Cree 61.4 19.64 12.57-34.48 Tanger Factory Outlet Centers 38.9 27.60 24.62-46.30 Lance 38.3 21.81 16.50-25.18 Red Hat 34.2 13.69 7.50-24.84 Horizon Lines 34.0 3.40 1.95-21.89 New Century Bancorp 23.9 4.55 4.55-10.21 Waccamaw Bancshares 22.7 3.41 3.00-10.91 Martin Marietta Materials 18.7 76.56 58.62-125.19 LOWEST PRICE/EARNINGS RATIOS Sonic Automotive 1.1 $1.43 $1.32-21.71 Trimeris 2.0 1.40 0.84-7.87 Air T 2.9 5.92 5.33-12.48 Insteel Industries 3.3 6.30 5.85-20.17 Bank of America 3.4 3.95 2.53-43.46 PowerSecure International 3.7 3.97 2.70-13.57 Carolina Trust Bank 3.7 18.41 15.72-64.25 Peoples Bancorp of N.C. 4.0 5.41 5.31-14.43 Alliance One International 4.3 3.46 1.97-6.60 Polypore International 4.4 4.85 3.59-29.26 Company 3-month 52-week 52-week change (4) change range TOP 10 LARGE-CAP STOCKS Red Hat 48.0% (23.2)% $7.50-24.84 Cree 23.7 (36.4) 12.57-34.48 Spx 18.6 (56.7) 25.45-140.82 Lance 11.7 30.2 16.50-25.18 Tekele 0.1 2.9 10.01-17.73 VF (0.7) (31.7) 38.22-84.60 Family Dollar Stores (1.2) 43.3 18.00-32.50 Goodrich (1.5) (44.0) 25.11-70.38 Lorillard (3.3) 0.0 52.50-79.00 Nucor (5.7) (47.9) 25.25-83.56 TOP 10 SMALL-CAP STOCKS Tree.Com 147.5% na na Charles & Colvard 36.7...