RAIT Financial Trust (fka RASFQ)

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RAIT FINANCIAL TRUST STANDS OUT AS THE BEST VALUE IN THE MORTGAGE REITS INDUSTRY (RAS, NRF, SFI, ABR, CYS)

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Jan 31, 2011 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the top five companies in the Mortgage REITs industry as measured by the price to sales per share ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.

RAIT Financial Trust (NYSE:RAS) has a price/sales ratio of 0.78x based on a current price of $2.6 and trailing 12-month sales per share of $3.35.

NorthStar Realty Finance (NYSE:NRF) has a price/sales ratio of 1.05x based on a current price of $5.11 and trailing 12-month sales per share of $4.89.

iStar Financial (NYSE:SFI) has a price/sales ratio of 1.15x based on a current price of $7.85 and trailing 12-month sales per share of $6.83.

Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR) has a price/sales ratio of 1.48x based on a current price of $6 and trailing 12-month sales per share of $4.05.

Cypress Sharpridge Investments (NYSE:CYS) has a price/sales ratio of 2.14x based on a current price of $13.02 and trailing 12-month sales per share of $6.1.

SmarTrend currently has shares of iStar Financial in an Uptrend and issued the Uptrend alert on October 28, 2010 at $3.88. The stock has risen 102.1% since the Uptrend alert was issued.

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