Masco Corporation (MAS): Today's Featured Industrial Goods Laggard

Masco Corporation (MAS) 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, Masco Corporation fell 7 cents (-0.6%) to $11.96 on average volume. Throughout the day, 5.6 million shares of Masco Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of seven million shares. The stock ranged in price between $11.57-$12.14 after having opened the day at $12.03 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $12.03. Other company's within the Industrial Goods sector that declined today were: Polypore International (PPO), down 13.8%, NF Energy Saving (NFEC), down 10.4%, China Development Group Corporation (CTDC), down 10%, and Skyline Corporation (SKY), down 8.3%.

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Masco Corporation manufactures, distributes, and installs home improvement and building products primarily in North America and Europe. Masco Corporation has a market cap of $4.69 billion and is part of the materials & construction industry. Shares are up 25.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are two analysts that rate Masco Corporation a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and nine rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Masco Corporation 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 weak operating cash flow, generally poor debt management and poor profit margins.

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On the positive front, RTI International Metals (RTI), up 13.1%, A123 Systems (AONE), up 12.7%, Wowjoint Holdings (BWOW), up 10.3%, and Mueller Water Products (MWA), up 9.9%, were all gainers within the industrial goods sector with AGCO (AGCO) being today's featured industrial goods sector leader.

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