SINA Corporation (SINA): Today's Featured Internet Leader

SINA Corporation (SINA) pushed the Internet industry higher today making it today's featured internet leader. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.2%. By the end of trading, SINA Corporation rose $1.32 (2.9%) to $46.58 on average volume. Throughout the day, 2.6 million shares of SINA Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.6 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $45.30-$47.25 after having opened the day at $45.93 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $45.27. Other companies within the Internet industry that increased today were: Yelp (YELP), up 5.7%, InterXion Holding N.V (INXN), up 5.3%, Deltathree (DDDC), up 5.3%, and Tucows (TCX), up 5%.

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SINA Corporation provides online media and mobile value-added services (MVAS) in the People's Republic of China. It provides advertising, non-advertising, and free services through SINA.com, Weibo.com, and SINA Mobile. SINA Corporation has a market cap of $2.95 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are down 12.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 13 analysts that rate SINA Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates SINA Corporation as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself.

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On the negative front, Synacor (SYNC), down 13.2%, Jacada (JCDA), down 7.7%, ChinaCache International Holdings (CCIH), down 7.7%, and Selectica (SLTC), down 5.9%, were all laggards within the internet industry with Shutterfly (SFLY) being today's internet industry laggard.

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