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The share price of real-estate title insurer Investors Title shot up in late February just before a dividend boost.

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[GRAPHIC OMITTED] HIGHEST PRICE/EARNINGS RATIOS

P/E 2/29/08 52-week Company ratio (3) price range R.H. Donnelley 78.8 $7.09 $6.26-84.49 Cree 64.4 30.90 16.07-35.50 Tanger Factor Outlet Centers 49.3 35.50 22.32-44.43 Red Hat 48.2 17.83 16.82-25.25 Pozen 45.1 12.19 8.29-19.75 Highwoods Properties 40.4 29.48 25.34-44.55 PPD 33.1 45.07 30.52-49.39 Cardinal State Bank 33.1 15.21 10.73-17.05 Tekelec 31.3 11.91 10.12-15.70 Culp 28.1 7.30 5.68-12.30 LOWEST PRICE/EARNINGS RATIOS Sonic Automotive 7.1 $17.78 $15.82-31.88 Salix Pharmaceuticals 8.0 6.75 5.96-14.49 Insteel Industries 8.7 10.77 7.36-23.09 Air T 8.9 11.47 7.52-12.35 Peoples Bancorp of N.C. 8.9 13.70 12.20-29.95 Cooperative Bankshares 9.0 11.35 10.99-17.60 FNB United 9.1 11.60 10.85-17.60 Wachovia 9.4 30.62 28.41-57.45 Ingles Markets 9.8 24.01 20.41-42.28 Charles & Colvard 9.8 1.28 1.22-7.23

3-month 52-week 52-week Company change (4) change range TOP 10 LARGE-CAP STOCKS Cree 25.5% 85.3% $16.07-35.50 Old Dominion Freight Line 20.9 (9.3) 20.31-33.65 Nucor 9.1 9.9 41.62-69.93 Waste Industries USA 8.3 43.3 24.55-37.14 PPD 6.4 44.8 30.52-49.39 Laboratory Corp. of America 6.4 13.1 65.13-82.32 CommScope 3.4 12.9 36.63-63.51 Hanesbrands 3.1 3.9 21.47-33.73 VF 1.7 (4.0) 63.68-96.20 Horizon Lines 1.3 (26.7) 15.11-36.55 TOP 10 SMALL-CAP STOCKS Investors Title 28.5% (3.8)% $35.50-53.25 Air T 26.3 48.0 7.52-12.35 Alliance One International 18.6 (42.0) 3.48-12.19 Pozen 16.9 (18.1) 8.29-19.75 Icagen 16.7 (3.3) 1.20-2.80 Bank of Oak Ridge 14.1 (17.6) 9.00-12.75 Fountain Powerboat Industries 11.1 (62.0) 1.01-4.00 Southern Community Financial 8.1 (29.0) 6.25-10.44 Cato 4.0 (26.4) 12.48-25.66 Bank of Granite 3.8 (31.6) 9.62-19.39 BOTTOM 10 LARGE-CAP STOCKS R.H. Donnelley (84.0)% (90.1)% $6.26-84.49 RF Micro Devices (45.2) (59.8) 2.80-8.12 Sealy (30.1) (47.1) 8.87-18.13 Wachovia (28.8) (44.1) 28.41-57.45 Sonic Automotive (23.1) (39.3) 15.82-31.88 Martin Marietta Materials (20.0) (13.8) 99.00-170.25 First Charter (19.6) 4.1 17.78-30.93 Lance (19.2) (14.8) 16.39-27.04 Family Dollar Stores (18.7) (33.3) 14.62-35.42 Goodrich (16.9) 22.8 47.91-75.74 BOTTOM 10 SMALL-CAP STOCKS Charles & Colvard (47.0)% (82.0)% $1.22-7.23 Harris Stratex Networks (41.7) (48.2) 9.73-20.90 Salix Pharmaceuticals (40.6) (49.7) 5.96-14.49 FairPoint Communications (34.0) (48.0) 9.39-20.32 PokerTek (33.6) (46.9) 4.77-13.75 TranS1 (32.2) na na Triad Guaranty (31.7) (86.7) 5.50-47.35 Inspire Pharmaceuticals (24.7) (30.2) 3.59-8.70 Capital Bank (23.0) (43.9) 8.60-18.25 Pike Electric (18.7) (24.9) 12.75-24.39 (1) adjusted for splits and dividends. (2) source: Yahoo Finance. (3) based on earnings per share in the last four quarters. (4) December- February. na = not available or not applicable. Only stocks from Nasdaq, New York and American exchanges. Large-cap companies have market values of at least $500 million. Source: FinancialContent Inc. (www.financialcontent.com)