General Growth Properties Inc (GGP): Today's Featured Real Estate Laggard

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General Growth Properties (GGP) pushed the Real Estate industry lower today making it today's featured Real Estate laggard. The industry as a whole was unchanged today. By the end of trading, General Growth Properties fell 31 cents (-1.6%) to $19.17 on average volume. Throughout the day, 5.3 million shares of General Growth Properties exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.4 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $18.94-$19.58 after having opened the day at $19.50 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $19.48. Other companies within the Real Estate industry that declined today were: Vestin Realty Mortgage I (VRTA), down 5.9%, J.W. Mays (MAYS), down 5.3%, IFM Investments (CTC), down 4.3%, and Education Realty (EDR), down 4.3%.

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General Growth Properties, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust in the United States. It operates in two segments, Retail and Other, and Master Planned Communities. General Growth Properties has a market cap of $18.27 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are up 17.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are two analysts that rate General Growth Properties a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and six rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates General Growth Properties as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company's profit margins have been poor overall.

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