[May 06, 2013] Top 5 Companies in the Gas Utilities Industry With the Lowest Price to Book Ratio (CHNG, SGU, EGAS, GAS, NWN) Tweet May 06, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Gas Utilities industry with the lowest price to book ratios. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.China Natural Gas ranks lowest with a a price to book ratio of 0.06. Following is Star Gas Partners with a a price to book ratio of 1.09. Energy ranks third lowest with a a price to book ratio of 1.13. Nicor follows with a a price to book ratio of 1.52, and Northwest Natural Gas rounds out the bottom five with a a price to book ratio of 1.61. SmarTrend is tracking the current trend status for Northwest Natural Gas and will alert subscribers who have NWN in their portfolio or watchlist when shares have changed trend direction. 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 [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]