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File in front of Ratings & Reports. Last week's Summary & Index should be removed. THE VALUE LINE Investment Survey® —Small and Mid-Cap Edition (Formerly —Expanded Edition) www.valueline.com Part 1 Summary & Index February 27, 2009 See Page 29 for the Small and Mid-Cap Edition Model Portfolio. The Median TRAILING P/E RATIO of all stocks with earnings Table of Summary & Index Contents in the 3500 stock universe Industries, in Alphabetical Order ...................................................................................................................... 1 Stocks—complete list with prices, Performance, Technical and Safety Ranks, Betas, 10.6 last 12 months earnings and current dividends; also references to pages in Ratings & Reports carrying latest full-page reports ......................................................................................... 2 Model Portfolio - Small & Mid Cap stocks with Above-average year-ahead price potential ........................... 29 Screens Widest Discounts from Book Value ...................... 35 The Median YIELD (next 12 months) 25 Smallest Market-Cap Stocks (in this edition) .. 26 Highest Percentage Earned on Capital ................ 37 of all dividend paying stocks Highest Ranked Stocks in Bargain Basement Stocks .................................... 39 in the 3500 stock universe Highest Ranked Industries ............................. 26 Highest Yielding Non-Utility Stocks ...................... 40 Conservative Stocks— Stocks Ranked 1 for Performance ........................ 42 Stocks Ranked 1 for Relative Safety .............. 30 Stocks Ranked 2 for Performance ........................ 43 3.6% Conservative Stocks— Stocks Ranked 5 for Performance ........................ 46 Stocks Ranked 2 for Relative Safety .............. 30 Best performing stocks (Last 13 weeks) .............. 47 High Yielding Stocks ............................................ 32 Worst performing stocks (Last 13 weeks) ............ 47 Biggest “Free-Flow” Cash Generators .................. 33 25 Largest Market-Cap Stocks (in this edition) .... 48 The Average YIELD (next 12 months) NOTE: 25 Smallest Market-Cap Stocks (in this issue) has been moved to page 26. of all stocks in the 3500 stock universe Industries, in Alphabetical Order 1.9% Industry Name Issue Industry Name Issue Industry Name Issue Advertising 12 Food Processing 9 Petroleum (Integrated) 3 Aerospace/Defense 4 Food Wholesalers 9 Petroleum (Producing) 10 Air Transport 1 Furn/Home Furnishings 6 Pharmacy Services 5 Apparel 9 Grocery 10 Power 5 THE VALUE LINE GEOMETRIC AVERAGES Auto & Truck 1 Healthcare Information 3 Precious Metals 8 Auto Parts 1 Homebuilding 5 Precision Instrument 1 Composite Industrials Rails Utilities 1672 stocks 1557 stocks 8 stocks 107 stocks Bank 13 Hotel/Gaming 10 Publishing 11 Bank (Midwest) 3 Household Products 5 Railroad 2 2/12/2009 205.43 164.50 1784.06 199.84 2/13/2009 204.26 163.51 1780.51 199.86 Beverage 9 Human Resources 5 Recreation 11 2/16/2009 HOLIDAY Biotechnology 4 Industrial Services 2 Restaurant 2 2/17/2009 193.73 155.04 1683.30 190.41 2/18/2009 191.50 153.28 1690.44 186.92 Building Materials 5 Information Services 2 Retail (Special Lines) 10 %Change Cable TV 2 Insurance (Life) 7 Retail Automotive 10 last 4 weeks -9.0% -9.1% -0.9% -7.7% Chemical (Diversified) 10 Insurance (Prop/Cas.) 3 Retail Building Supply 5 Chemical (Specialty) 3 Internet 13 Retail Store 11 In two Parts: This is Part 1, Summary & Index. 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(Div.) 11 Paper/Forest Products 5 should be construed as an offer to buy or sell securities or to give individual investment advice. A-AK Page 2 SUMMARY OF ADVICES AND INDEX — THE VALUE LINE INVESTMENT SURVEY — SMALL and MID-CAP EDITION February 27, 2009 RANKS LATEST RESULTS Explanation of SymbolsTrailing Lastand Current Terms SUPP. Ticker Recent Perfor- Tech- P/E Current 12 mos. Div’d Qtr. Earns Year Qtr. Latest Year PAGE PAGE NAME OF STOCK Symbol Price mance nical Safety Beta Ratio Yield Earns. Rate Ended Per sh. Ago Ended Div’d Ago ★★ Supplementary Report in this week's Ratings & Reports. ◆ New figure this week. ▲ ▼ Arrow indicates the direction of a change from the preceding (●) All data adjusted for announced stock split or stock dividend. week. When a diamond u (indicating a new figure) appears d Deficit. alongside the latest quarterly earnings results, the rank change NA Not available. probably was primarily caused by the earnings report. In other cases, the change is due to the dynamics of the ranking system NMF No meaningful figure. and could simply be the result of the improvement or weaken- * Rank suspended. ing of other stocks. - Rank omitted due to insufficient data. INDEX TO STOCKS Prices quoted are as of February 17, 2009. RANKS LATEST RESULTS Trailing Last Current SUPP. Ticker Recent Perfor- Tech- P/E Current 12 mos. Div’d Qtr. Earns Year Qtr. Latest Year PAGE PAGE NAME OF STOCK Symbol Price mance nical Safety Beta Ratio Yield Earns. Rate Ended Per sh. Ago Ended Div’d Ago 4201 AAON Inc. (NDQ) AAON 16.26 1 2 3 1.00 10.9 2.0% 1.49 .32 9/30 .47 .28 3/31 .16 .16 4801 A C Moore Arts&Crfts (NDQ) ACMR 1.54 4 4 4 1.40 NMF NIL d.44 NIL 9/30 d.37 d.03 12/31 NIL NIL 3401 AEP Industries (NDQ) AEPI 12.30 3 1 3 .90 NMF NIL d.18 NIL 7/31 d.70 .60 12/31 NIL NIL 3205 AFC Enterprises (NDQ) AFCE 4.44 3 3 3 1.35 5.6 NIL .80 NIL 9/30 .16 .23 12/31 NIL NIL 4401 AMAG Pharma. (NDQ) AMAG 36.73 3 3 4 1.00 NMF NIL d3.51 NIL 9/30 d1.39 d.42 12/31 NIL NIL 4665 AMCON Distributing (ASE) DIT 24.70 2 3 5 .35 3.5 1.6% 6.98 .40 12/31 1.64 1.23 12/31 .10 NIL 4402 AP Pharma Inc. (NDQ) APPA 0.67 3 3 4 .40 NMF NIL d.86 NIL 9/30 d.20 d.15 12/31 NIL NIL 3225 APAC Customer Svcs. (NDQ) APAC 1.55 ▼ 2 3 4 1.15 NMF NIL d.08 NIL 9/30 .04 d.06 12/31 NIL NIL 3429 ATP Oil & Gas (NDQ) ATPG 3.85 3 3 4 1.95 1.6 NIL 2.36 NIL 9/30 1.02 .08 12/31 NIL NIL 3016 ATS Medical (NDQ) ATSI 2.21 3 3 3 .75 NMF NIL d.28 NIL 9/30 d.06 d.06 12/31 NIL NIL 4403 AVI BioPharma (NDQ) AVII 0.81 3 3 4 1.30 NMF NIL d.40 NIL 9/30 d.08 d.13 12/31 NIL NIL 4234 AXT Inc. (NDQ) AXTI 1.04 4 3 4 1.15 9.5 NIL .11 NIL 9/30 d.03 .03 12/31 NIL NIL 4202 AZZ Inc. (NYSE) AZZ 22.00 ▲ 2 3 3 1.20 6.8 NIL 3.22 NIL 11/30 .88 .66 12/31 NIL NIL 3226 Aaron Rents ‘A’ (NYSE) RNTA 20.90 2 3 3 .80 12.7 0.3% 1.65 .07 12/31 ◆ .39 .28 3/31 .017 .016 4404 Aastrom Biosciences (NDQ) ASTM 0.57 1 3 4 1.20 NMF NIL d.14 NIL 12/31 d.03 d.04 12/31 NIL NIL 3015 ABIOMED Inc. (NDQ) ABMD 8.31 3 3 3 1.30 NMF NIL d1.01 NIL 12/31 d.21 d.27 12/31 NIL NIL 4876 Abraxas Petrol (NDQ) AXAS 1.03 ▼ 5 5 5 1.70 NMF NIL ▼ d1.07 NIL 12/31 ◆ d1.15 d.06 12/31 NIL NIL 5094 Acacia Research (NDQ) ACTG 3.48 ▲ 2 2 4 1.60 NMF NIL d.51 NIL 9/30 d.08 d.16 12/31 NIL NIL 4716 Acadia Pharma. (NDQ) ACAD 0.94 3 3 4 1.65 NMF NIL d1.81 NIL 9/30 d.42 d.43 12/31 NIL NIL 3508 Accelrys Inc (NDQ) ACCL 4.10 2 3 3 1.10 68.3 NIL .06 NIL 12/31 .04 d.05 9/30 NIL NIL 3017 Accuray Inc (NDQ) ARAY 5.44 3 2 4 1.25 NMF NIL d.03 NIL 12/31 .02 .04 12/31 NIL NIL 4839 Aceto Corp. (NDQ) ACET 7.83 ▲ 1 1 3 .85 11.7 2.6% .67 .20 12/31 .04 .04 3/31 .10 .10 3340 5093 ACME Comm.