May 10, 2013 (Fast Lane via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Railroads 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.
CSX (NYSE:CSX) is lowest with a PEG ratio of 1.12. CSX Corporation is an international freight transportation company. The Company provides rail, intermodal, domestic container-shipping, barging, and contract logistics services around the world. CSX's rail transportation services are provided principally throughout the eastern United States. In the past 52 weeks, CSX share prices have been bracketed by a low of $18.88 and a high of $25.74 and are now at $25.42, 35% above that low price. In the last five trading sessions, the 50-day moving average (MA) has climbed 1.0% while the 200-day MA has risen 0.3%.
Following is Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) with a PEG ratio of 1.16. Finishing up the bottom three is Genesee & Wyoming (NYSE:GWR), with a PEG ratio of 1.23. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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