Top Five All-Around Value Stocks

Each weekday, TheStreet.com Ratings compiles a list of the top five stocks in five categories -- fast-growth, all-around value, large-cap, mid-cap and small-cap -- and publishes these lists in the Ratings section of our Web site.

This list, updated daily, is based on data from the close of the previous trading session. Today, all-around-value stocks are in the spotlight. These are stocks of companies that meet a number of criteria, including annual revenue of more than $500 million, lower-than-average valuations such as a price-to-sales ratio of less than 2, and leverage that is less than 49% of total capital.

In addition, they must rank near the top of all stocks rated by our proprietary quantitative model, which looks at more than 60 factors. The stocks must also be followed by at least one financial analyst who posts estimates on the Institutional Brokers' Estimate System. They are ordered by their potential to appreciate.

Note that no provision is made for off-balance-sheet assets such as unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments, market value of real estate or contingent liabilities that might affect book value. This could be material for some companies with large underfunded pension plans.

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Brazilian oil company Petrobras-Petroleo Brasileiro(PBR Quote) has had a buy rating since July 2005. The company is banking on capital expenditures to boost future growth, looking at increasing its exploration-and-production activities to take advantage of rising commodity prices. It recently outlined an $87.1 billion capital development plan to run from 2007 to 2011. Once the program is complete, the company expects its oil and gas production to reach 2.93 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, up from around 2.30 million currently.