FIGURE 8.3 PEG Ratios for High-Growth Firms—U.S.
Technology firms in January 2006
Table8.4includesthesummarystatistics,inJanuary 2006,
forPEGratiosfortechnologystocksandallstocks.Themean
PEGratio for technology stocksis slightly lower thanthe
meanPEGratioforallstocks.Inaddition,forbothgroupsthe
mean ishigherthan themedian. Inboth groups,there are
significant numbers of firms with outlandishly high PEG
ratios; the outliers are more extreme in the general group.
TABLE8.4PEGRatios:TechnologyversusNontechnology
Stocks
All FirmsTechnology Firms
Mean 2.64 2.54