Ryland Group Inc. (RYL): Today's Featured Industrial Goods Laggard

Ryland Group (RYL) pushed the Industrial Goods sector lower today making it today's featured Industrial Goods laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.2%. By the end of trading, Ryland Group fell 42 cents (-1.6%) to $25.12 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.3 million shares of Ryland Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.1 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $24.66-$25.95 after having opened the day at $25.80 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $25.54. Other company's within the Industrial Goods sector that declined today were: China Development Group Corporation (CTDC), down 14%, NVR (NVR), down 14%, China Advanced Construction Materials Group (CADC), down 8.6%, and Integrated Electrical Services (IESC), down 7.9%.

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The Ryland Group, Inc. operates as a homebuilder and a mortgage-finance company in the United States. It engages in the design, construction, and sale of homes, as well as provides mortgage, title insurance, escrow, and insurance services. Ryland Group has a market cap of $1.15 billion and is part of the materials & construction industry. Shares are up 64% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are three analysts that rate Ryland Group a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and six rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Ryland Group as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance and impressive record of earnings per share growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally poor debt management and poor profit margins.

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On the positive front, Textron (TXT), up 11.5%, Tri-Tech (TRIT), up 11.5%, Astrotech Corporation (ASTC), up 9.8%, and Snap-on (SNA), up 9.6%, were all gainers within the industrial goods sector with Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) being today's featured industrial goods sector leader.

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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the industrial goods sector could consider Industrial Select Sector SPDR (XLI) while those bearish on the industrial goods sector could consider ProShares Short Dow 30 (DOG).

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