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Top 5 Companies in the Health Care Services Industry With the Lowest PEG Ratio (ESRX, BRLI, CHE, OCR, GTIV)May 20, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Health Care Services 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. Express Scripts ranks lowest with a a PEG ratio of 0.91. Bio-Reference Labs is next with a a PEG ratio of 0.96. Chemed ranks third lowest with a a PEG ratio of 0.96. Omnicare follows with a a PEG ratio of 0.97, and Gentiva Health Services rounds out the bottom five with a a PEG ratio of 1.04. SmarTrend recommended that subscribers consider buying shares of Omnicare on March 20th, 2013 as our technology indicated a new Uptrend was in progress when shares hit $38.92. Since that recommendation, shares of Omnicare have risen 18.8%. We continue to monitor Omnicare for any potential shift so investors can protect gains and will alert SmarTrend subscribers immediately. 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 |
