Opentable Inc. (OPEN): Today's Featured Diversified Services Loser

Opentable (OPEN) pushed the Diversified Services industry lower today making it today's featured Diversified Services loser. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.8%. By the end of trading, Opentable fell 35 cents (-0.9%) to $39.79 on light volume. Throughout the day, 577,442 shares of Opentable exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.1 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $39.36-$41.49 after having opened the day at $39.96 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $40.14. Other company's within the Diversified Services industry that declined today were: Cleveland BioLabs (CBLI), down 13%, Limelight Networks (LLNW), down 12.6%, SmartPros (SPRO), down 7.2%, and Genetic Technologies (GENE), down 5.4%.

OpenTable, Inc. provides restaurant reservation solutions in the United States, Canada, Germany, Japan, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. It offers solutions that form an online network connecting reservation-taking restaurants and people who dine at those restaurants. Opentable has a market cap of $892.8 million and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 43, above the average internet industry P/E ratio of 42.5 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 2.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are three analysts that rate Opentable a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and six rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Opentable as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and notable return on equity. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the stock has had a generally disappointing performance in the past year.

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