Top 5 All-Around-Value Stocks for June 16

Each business day, TheStreet.com Ratings 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 -- 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.

Dollar Tree(DLTR Quote) operates discount variety stores in the U.S. under the store names Dollar Tree, Deal$ and Dollar Bills. Our buy rating for this stock has not changed since May 2008. The rating is supported by the company's solid stock price performance, largely solid financial position and growth in revenue, net income and earnings per share.

For the first quarter of fiscal 2009, Dollar Tree reported revenue growth of 14.2% year over year, which surpassed the industry average of 6.8%. EPS appears to have received a boost from this growth, as it improved 37.5% when compared with the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive EPS growth over the past two years, and we feel that this trend should continue. Net income increased 38.5% in the first quarter, rising from $43.6 million a year ago to $60.4 million. Dollar Tree's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.21, which implies that the company has successfully managed its debt levels.