Safeway Inc. (SWY): Today's Featured Retail Loser

Safeway (SWY) pushed the Retail industry lower today making it today's featured Retail loser. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.7%. By the end of trading, Safeway fell 19 cents (-1%) to $18.84 on light volume. Throughout the day, 5.8 million shares of Safeway exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 8.3 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $18.50-$19 after having opened the day at $18.93 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $19.03. Other company's within the Retail industry that declined today were: Acorn International (ATV), down 7.8%, China Jo-Jo Drugstores (CJJD), down 5%, Alon Holdings Blue Square - Israel (BSI), down 4.1%, and Fresh Market (TFM), down 3.8%.

Safeway Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food and drug retailer in North America. Safeway has a market cap of $4.54 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 11, below the average retail industry P/E ratio of 11.1 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 9.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are five analysts that rate Safeway a buy, four analysts rate it a sell, and eight rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Safeway as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in net income, revenue growth and notable return on equity. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally poor debt management, poor profit margins and weak operating cash flow.

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On the positive front, Talbots (TLB), up 9.9%, U.S. Auto Parts Network (PRTS), up 7.6%, Express (EXPR), up 6.6%, and Guess (GES), up 6.5%, were all gainers within the retail industry with Lowe's Companies (LOW) being today's featured retail industry winner.

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