USG Corp (USG): Today's Featured Materials & Construction Winner

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USG (USG) pushed the Materials & Construction industry higher today making it today's featured materials & construction winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.7%. By the end of trading, USG rose 55 cents (2.7%) to $21.11 on average volume. Throughout the day, 3.2 million shares of USG exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.2 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $20.41-$21.35 after having opened the day at $20.68 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $20.56. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that increased today were: Heckmann (HEK), up 37.9%, Hovnanian (HOV), up 7.9%, Energy Solutions (ES), up 4.5%, and Apogee (APOG), up 4.4%.

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USG Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and distribution of building materials worldwide. USG has a market cap of $2.21 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 102.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are four analysts that rate USG a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and eight rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates USG as a sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its disappointing return on equity, generally high debt management risk and poor profit margins.

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