Assets over liabilities better than 5 to 1, Now that is what you want to see if you are looking for A Stock To Buy. I would much prefer a steady climb in stock price like we have had for the past four trade days: 05/14/09 +1.46% 05/15/09 +7.19% 05/18/09 +12.75% 05/19/09 +6.55%