Amazon.com Inc (AMZN): Today's Featured Retail Laggard

Amazon.com (AMZN) pushed the Retail industry lower today making it today's featured Retail laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 1.2%. By the end of trading, Amazon.com fell $1.28 (-0.6%) to $230.81 on average volume. Throughout the day, three million shares of Amazon.com exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.6 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $228.66-$234.34 after having opened the day at $230.56 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $232.09. Other company's within the Retail industry that declined today were: Aeropostale (ARO), down 32.8%, Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), down 14.6%, Hot Topic (HOTT), down 10.1%, and Zumiez (ZUMZ), down 10.1%.

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Amazon.com, Inc. operates as an online retailer in North America and internationally. It operates retail Websites, such as amazon.com and amazon.ca. The company serves consumers through its retail Websites and focuses on selection, price, and convenience. Amazon.com has a market cap of $105.47 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 284.5, below the average retail industry P/E ratio of 288 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 34.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 23 analysts that rate Amazon.com a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Amazon.com as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share, deteriorating net income and disappointing return on equity.

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On the positive front, Gap (GPS), up 12.8%, Kirkland's (KIRK), up 5%, Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT), up 4.8%, and Pacific Sunwear (PSUN), up 4.7%, were all gainers within the retail industry with Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) being today's featured retail industry leader.

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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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