Plum Creek Timber Co Inc (PCL): Today's Featured Real Estate Loser

Plum Creek Timber (PCL) pushed the Real Estate industry lower today making it today's featured Real Estate loser. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.5%. By the end of trading, Plum Creek Timber fell $2.07 (-4.9%) to $39.97 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 3.5 million shares of Plum Creek Timber exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 893,300 shares. The stock ranged in price between $39.86-$41.19 after having opened the day at $40.61 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $42.04. Other company's within the Real Estate industry that declined today were: HFF (HF), down 6.4%, Supertel Hospitality (SPPR), down 5%, Elbit Imaging (EMITF), down 3.8%, and NTS Realty Holdings (NLP), down 3.4%.

Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. is a publicly owned real estate investment trust (REIT). The trust owns and manages timberlands in the United States. Its products include lumber products, plywood, medium density fiberboard, and related by-products, such as wood chips. Plum Creek Timber has a market cap of $6.76 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 35.2, equal to the average real estate industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 15% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are two analysts that rate Plum Creek Timber a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and five rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Plum Creek Timber as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its notable return on equity and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally poor debt management on most measures that we evaluated.

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On the positive front, American Spectrum Realty (AQQ), up 9.8%, Roberts Realty Investors (RPI), up 7.7%, Tree.com (TREE), up 7.4%, and FelCor Lodging (FCH), up 6.6%, were all gainers within the real estate industry with Simon Property Group (SPG) being today's featured real estate industry winner.

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