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Brookdale Senior Living is Among the Companies in the Health Care Facilities Industry With the Highest PEG Ratio (BKD, FVE, ALC, AMSG, USPH)May 29, 2012 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Health Care Facilities industry with the highest 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. Brookdale Senior Living ranks highest with a a PEG ratio of 104.78. Following is Five Star Quality Care with a a PEG ratio of 1.76. Assisted Living Concepts ranks third highest with a a PEG ratio of 1.40. Amsurg follows with a a PEG ratio of 1.37, and US Physical Therapy rounds out the top five with a a PEG ratio of 1.24. SmarTrend recommended that subscribers consider buying shares of US Physical Therapy on March 19th, 2012 as our technology indicated a new Uptrend was in progress when shares hit $20.97. Since that recommendation, shares of US Physical Therapy have risen 14.6%. We continue to monitor US Physical Therapy 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 |