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TAR HEEL STOCK WATCH Expensive stocks Highest price-earnings ratios among North Carolina stocks P/E 6/28/02 52-week Company ratio * price range CT Communications 180.0 $16.20 $12.85-21.00 Blue Rhino 99.9 13.99 2.45-14.40 CommScope 73.5 12.50 10.75-24.45 Pharmaceutical Product Dev. 71.2 26.34 19.40-38.00 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts 64.4 32.19 25.00-46.90 Closure Medical 63.6 14.00 12.71-26.30 aaiPharma 59.2 22.48 13.35-39.99 Ruddick 54.7 16.96 13.82-17.59 Nucor 50.4 65.04 33.45-70.15 Charles & Colvard 43.2 4.75 0.80-6.09 Cheap stocks Lowest price-earnings ratios among North Carolina stocks P/E 6/28/02 52-week Company ratio * price range Air T 5.2 $3.20 $2.29-6.49 Investors Title 7.5 19.40 12.01-20.90 Old Dominion Freight Line 9.5 15.05 9.78-16.49 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 10.3 53.75 47.90-71.90 Cooperative Bankshares 11.1 14.06 9.50-16.00 Waste Holdings 11.3 7.13 4.45-9.55 Summit Properties 11.8 23.35 21.50-27.22 Sonic Automotive 12.3 25.75 10.61-39.75 ECB Bancorp 12.5 16.70 9.50-18.00 Cato 12.7 22.30 13.55-27.75 * Based on earnings per share in the last four quarters Rankings based on price change from April to June Top 10 large-cap stocks 3-month 1-year 52-week Company change change range Unifi 16.0% 28.2% $6.35-11.66 First Citizens BancShares 7.4 1.9 80.00-114.99 Family Dollar Stores 5.2 37.5 23.30-37.25 Lowe's 4.4 25.2 24.99-49.99 Progress Energy 3.9 15.8 39.25-52.70 Piedmont Natural Gas 3.9 4.1 29.19-38.00 Bank of America 3.4 17.2 50.25-77.09 Wachovia 3.0 9.3 25.22-39.88 Carlisle 2.9 29.0 25.50-44.85 Red Hat 2.8 46.8 2.40-9.50 Bottom 10 large-cap stocks 3-month 1-year 52-week Company change change range RF Micro Devices (57.4)% (71.7)% $5.67-32.53 Quintiles Transnational (29.6) (50.5) 11.30-25.39 CommScope (28.2) (46.8)...