Limited Brands Inc. (LTD): Today's Featured Services Laggard

Limited Brands (LTD) pushed the Services sector lower today making it today's featured Services laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.3%. By the end of trading, Limited Brands fell 54 cents (-1.1%) to $48.91 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 6.2 million shares of Limited Brands exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.9 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $48.84-$50.36 after having opened the day at $49.75 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $49.45. Other companies within the Services sector that declined today were: Westinghouse Solar (WEST), down 20.6%, China HGS Real Estate (HGSH), down 15.9%, Gol Intelligent Airlines (GOL), down 12.7%, and Cambium Learning Group (ABCD), down 11.7%.

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Limited Brands, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer of women's intimate and other apparel, beauty, and personal care products and accessories primarily in the United States and Canada. Limited Brands has a market cap of $14.45 billion and is part of the retail industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 18.9, below the average retail industry P/E ratio of 19.1 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 22.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Limited Brands a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and eight rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Limited Brands as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, 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 and weak operating cash flow.

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On the positive front, Michael Kors Holdings (KORS), up 16.5%, Willdan Group (WLDN), up 16.4%, Shengkai Innovations (VALV), up 13.5%, and Seanergy Maritime Holdings (SHIP), up 13.3%, were all gainers within the services sector with Kansas City Southern (KSU) being today's featured services sector leader.

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