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Relatively Low PEG Ratio Detected in Shares of Questcor Pharmaceuticals in the Pharmaceuticals Industry (QCOR, CPIX, AUXL, JAZZ, IPXL)Jan 18, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Pharmaceuticals industry with the lowest price to earnings to growth (PEG) ratios. PEG is valuable in assessing the tradeoff between the price of a stock and expected growth. Generally, the lower the PEG, the better. Questcor Pharmaceuticals ranks lowest with a a PEG ratio of 0.28. Cumberland Pharmaceuticals is next with a a PEG ratio of 0.42. Auxilium Pharmaceuticals ranks third lowest with a a PEG ratio of 0.47. Jazz Pharmaceuticals follows with a a PEG ratio of 0.53, and Impax Laboratories rounds out the bottom five with a a PEG ratio of 0.61. SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of Impax Laboratories on October 26th, 2012 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $24.54. Since that call, shares of Impax Laboratories have fallen 10.9%. We are now looking for when a new Uptrend will commence and will alert SmarTrend subscribers in real time. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup |