Masco Corporation (MAS): Today's Featured Materials & Construction Laggard

Masco Corporation (MAS) pushed the Materials & Construction industry lower today making it today's featured Materials & Construction laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.3%. By the end of trading, Masco Corporation fell 14 cents (-1.1%) to $12.83 on light volume. Throughout the day, 3.8 million shares of Masco Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.1 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $12.69-$13.06 after having opened the day at $12.96 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $12.97. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that declined today were: Guanwei Recycling (GPRC), down 9.9%, James Hardie Industries SE (JHX), down 6%, Casella Waste Systems (CWST), down 5.8%, and Goldfield (GV), down 5.6%.

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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 $4.67 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 24.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. 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, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income, disappointing return on equity and poor profit margins.

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