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China Security & Surveillance Tech.,
Inc. (NYSE: CSR), and opinions on some related
companies, from today and last quarter.
Metric
China Security & Surveillance Tech.,
Inc.
X-Rite, Inc. (Nasdaq: XRIT)
RadiSys Corp (Nasdaq: RSYS)
Molex, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOLX)
This Quarter (10/29/2009):
Price:
$5.53
$2.10
$8.62
$19.28
% of Members Rating Outperform
98.13%
98.13%
98.13%
98.13%
% of All-Star Members Rating Outperform
100.00%
56.25%
88.00%
82.76%
CAPS Rating (out of 5)
Last Quarter (7/31/2009):
Price:
$8.82
$1.76
$7.92
$17.63
% of Members Rating Outperform
98.18%
98.18%
98.18%
98.18%
% of All-Star Members Rating Outperform
99.73%
99.73%
99.73%
99.73%
CAPS Rating (out of 5)
Source: Motley Fool CAPS. Dates
given are the posting dates of China Security &
Surveillance Tech., Inc.'s most recent quarterly and/or
annual reports to the SEC's website. Percentages are
calculated from the number of members rating each
company.
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China Security: Warming Up or Cooling Off?on
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