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8. Ramtron [RMTR 3.53 0.03 (+0.86%) ] has gained 42% in the past month. Ramtron designs memory, microcontroller and integrated semiconductors. It swung to a second-quarter profit of $360,000, or 1 cent per share, from a loss of $300,000, or 1 cent, a year earlier. Revenue soared 66% and the operating margin climbed from the negatives to 3.8%. Product revenue jumped 74%. Ramtron's shares sell for a price-to-book ratio of 2.8 and a price-to-sales ratio of 1.6, 50% and 54% discounts to semiconductor peer averages. Just one firm, Blaylock Robert Van, covers Ramtron, rating it "buy" with a target of $6.20, implying a 75% return. |