Weyerhaeuser Co (WY): Today's Featured Real Estate Laggard

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Weyerhaeuser (WY) pushed the Real Estate industry lower today making it today's featured Real Estate laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.2%. By the end of trading, Weyerhaeuser fell 31 cents (-1.1%) to $27.56 on average volume. Throughout the day, 4.6 million shares of Weyerhaeuser exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.3 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $27.53-$28.13 after having opened the day at $27.96 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $27.87. Other companies within the Real Estate industry that declined today were: Nationstar Mortgage Holdings (NSM), down 9.6%, Supertel Hospitality (SPPR), down 5.3%, Roberts Realty Investors (RPI), down 4.7%, and Elbit Imaging (EMITF), down 4.2%.

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Weyerhaeuser Company, a forest products company, grows and harvests trees, builds homes, and manufactures forest products worldwide. It grows and harvests trees for use as lumber, other wood and building products, and pulp and paper. Weyerhaeuser has a market cap of $15.18 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 47, above the average real estate industry P/E ratio of 43.4 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 51.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are three analysts that rate Weyerhaeuser a buy, four analysts rate it a sell, and seven rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Weyerhaeuser as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, increase in net income, revenue growth and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

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On the positive front, Altisource Portfolio Solutions (ASPS), up 13.3%, Maui Land & Pineapple Company (MLP), up 10.6%, Walter Investment Management (WAC), up 6.5%, and Homex Development (HXM), up 6%, were all gainers within the real estate industry with CYS Investments (CYS) being today's featured real estate industry leader.

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