May 10, 2013 (Fast Lane via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Casinos & Gaming 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.

Monarch Casino & Resort (NASDAQ:MCRI) is lowest with a PEG ratio of 0.51. Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, owns and operates the tropically-themed Atlantis Casino Resort in Reno, Nevada. The resort features a casino, a hotel and motor lounge, restaurants, bars, a nightclub, a swimming pool and health club, a gift shop, a family entertainment center, banquet and meeting space, and surface parking spaces. Monarch Casino & Resort share prices have moved between a 52-week high of $14.60 and a 52-week low of $7.05 and are now trading 104% above that low price at $14.40 per share. The 200-day and 50-day moving averages have moved 1.22% higher and 3.35% higher over the past week, respectively.

Melco Crown Entertainment (NASDAQ:MPEL) is next with a PEG ratio of 0.75. Finishing up the bottom three is Gaming Partners International (NASDAQ:GPIC), with a PEG ratio of 0.80. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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