Cheap Stocks Land Review 2008: Part II

We continue with Part II of of our 2008 Land Review. These are the same companies we featured in last year's column, and not surprisingly, most are down significantly.

(Market Cap and EV are in $ millions)
Scheid Vineyards
Ticker: SVIN
2007 Price: $35.55
2008 Price: $24.05
Change: -32%
52 High/Low: $37/$21.6
Avg Volume: 900
Mkt Cap: 24
Ent Value: 58 (estimated)
Acres Owned: 1800
2007 EV/Acre: $38,889
2008 EV/Acre: $32,222
Location: California
Primary Use: Vineyards
P/E: NM

Tejon Ranch
Ticker: TRC
2007 Price: $41.43
2008 Price: $26.82
Change: -35%
52 High/Low: $44.5/$20.4
Avg Volume: 81000
Mkt Cap: 456
Ent Value: 402
Acres Owned: 270000
2007 EV/Acre: $2296
2007 EV/Acre: $1491
Location: California
Primary Use: Development/Ag
P/E: 92

St Joes
Ticker: JOE
2007 Price: $31.01
2008 Price: $27.21
Change: -12%
52 High/Low: $46.82/$18.8
Avg Volume: 1660000
Mkt Cap: 2510
Ent Value: 2450
Acres Owned: 610,000 (est)
2007 EV/Acre: $3956
2008 EV/Acre: $4016
Location: Florida
Primary Use: Development/timber
P/E: NM

Texas Pacific Land
Ticker: TPL
2007 Price: $43.45
2008 Price: $23.75
Change: -45%
52 High/Low: $55.15/$16.1
Avg Volume: 26900
Mkt Cap: 245
Ent Value: 234
Acres Owned: 963248
2007 EV/Acre: $464
2008 EV/Acre: $243
Location: Texas
Primary Use: Leased for grazing/oil
P/E: 21
Dividend Yield: .8%

Cadiz
Ticker: CDZI
2007 Price: $19.13
2008 Price: $10.94
Change: -48%
52 High/Low: $21.4/$8.02
Avg Volume: 38500
Mkt Cap: 131
Ent Value: 161
Acres Owned: 45000
2007 EV/Acre: $5444
2008 EV/Acre: $3577
Location: California
Primary Use: Water/ag
P/E: NM

Avatar Holdings
Ticker: AVTR
2007 Price: $38.06
2008 Price: $23.39
Change: -39%
52 High/Low: $58.36/$22.24
Avg Volume: 56400
Mkt Cap: 200
Ent Value: 158
Acres Owned: 32000
2007 EV/Acre: $8094
2008 EV/Acre: $4937
Location: Florida, Arizona
Primary Use: Development
P/E: NM

Pope Resources
Ticker: POPE
2007 Price: $41.78
2008 Price: $17.1
Change: -59%
52 High/Low: $44.5/$15
Avg Volume: 12300
Mkt Cap: 79
Ent Value: 86
Acres Owned: 116068
2007 EV/Acre: $2051
2008 EV/Acre: $ 518
Location: Washington
Primary Use: Timber/Development
P/E: 9
Dividend Yield: 5.8% (company just reduced dividend to $.25/qtr, from $.40/qtr)

Potlach Corp
Ticker: PCH
2007 Price: $45.76
2008 Price: $26.19
Change: -43%
52 High/Low: $44.79/$20.29
Avg Volume: 1014000
Mkt Cap: 1040
Ent Value: 1460
Acres Owned: 1700000
2007 EV/Acre: $1461
2008 EV/Acre: $858
Location: Arizona, Idaho, Minnesota
Primary Use: Timber
P/E: 15
Dividend Yield: 8.4%


Mauna Loa
Ticker: NNUT
2007 Price: $3.55
2008 Price: $1.95
Change: -45%
52 High/Low: $4.37/$1.55
Avg Volume: 20500
Mkt Cap: 15
Ent Value: 18
Acres Owned: 2242
2007 EV/Acre: $13381
2008 EV/Acre: $ 8029
Location: Hawaii
Primary Use: Agriculture
P/E: NM

Keenawaw Land
Ticker: KEWL
2007 Price: $217
2008 Price: $205
Change: -5.6%
52 High/Low: $295.1/$200
Avg Volume: 250
Mkt Cap: 132
Ent Value: 132 (est)
Acres Owned: 151805 (est)
2007 EV/Acre: $927 (est)
2008 EV/Acre: $869
Location: Michigan
Primary Use: Timber



This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all companies that hold substantial amounts of land. There are others, and perhaps we'll profile some of these in future postings.



*The author holds a position in TRC. This is neither a recommendation to buy or sell any securities. All information provided believed to be reliable and presented for information purposes only.