SUPERVALU Inc (SVU): Today's Featured Retail Winner

SUPERVALU (SVU) pushed the Retail industry higher today making it today's featured retail winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.8%. By the end of trading, SUPERVALU rose 23 cents (4.7%) to $5.11 on average volume. Throughout the day, 6.9 million shares of SUPERVALU exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 8.3 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $4.70-$5.15 after having opened the day at $4.80 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $4.88. Other companies within the Retail industry that increased today were: QKL Stores (QKLS), up 16.2%, Christopher & Banks Corporation (CBK), up 11.3%, Alon Holdings Blue Square - Israel (BSI), up 5.7%, and Builders FirstSource (BLDR), up 5.6%.

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SUPERVALU INC., together with its subsidiaries, operates retail and wholesale food stores in the United States. SUPERVALU has a market cap of $985.1 million and is part of the services sector. Shares are down 39.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are three analysts that rate SUPERVALU a buy, three analysts rate it a sell, and eight rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates SUPERVALU as a sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its unimpressive growth in net income, generally weak debt management, disappointing return on equity, poor profit margins and generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself.

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On the negative front, RadioShack (RSH), down 7.8%, Acorn International (ATV), down 6%, Liquidity Service (LQDT), down 5.4%, and Duckwall-Alco Stores (DUCK), down 5.4%, were all losers within the retail industry with eBay (EBAY) being today's retail industry loser.

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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the retail industry could consider SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) while those bearish on the retail industry could consider ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods (SZK).

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