LinkedIn Corp (LNKD): Today's Featured Internet Winner

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LinkedIn (LNKD) pushed the Internet industry higher today making it today's featured internet winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, LinkedIn rose $5.91 (5.5%) to $113.28 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 4.7 million shares of LinkedIn exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.6 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $109.18-$114.75 after having opened the day at $109.18 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $107.37. Other companies within the Internet industry that increased today were: Yelp Inc Class A (YELP), up 6.3%, VirnetX (VHC), up 5.4%, Internet Initiative Japan (IIJI), up 5%, and Facebook Inc Class A (FB), up 4.8%.

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LinkedIn Corporation operates an online professional network. LinkedIn has a market cap of $8.56 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 975.5, equal to the average internet industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 70.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate LinkedIn a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates LinkedIn as a sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its unimpressive growth in net income and premium valuation.

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