Dollar Tree Stores Inc. (DLTR): Today's Featured Retail Laggard

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Dollar Tree Stores (DLTR) pushed the Retail industry lower today making it today's featured Retail laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.3%. By the end of trading, Dollar Tree Stores fell 50 cents (-1.3%) to $39.03 on average volume. Throughout the day, 3.3 million shares of Dollar Tree Stores exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.4 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $38.95-$39.48 after having opened the day at $39.45 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $39.53. Other companies within the Retail industry that declined today were: Stein Mart (SMRT), down 7.2%, Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH), down 5.5%, Gaiam Inc. Class A (GAIA), down 5.3%, and China Jo-Jo Drugstores (CJJD), down 5.2%.

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Dollar Tree, Inc. operates discount variety stores in the United States and Canada. Its stores offer merchandise at the fixed price of $1.00. Dollar Tree Stores has a market cap of $9.12 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.7, equal to the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 4.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate Dollar Tree Stores a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and nine rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Dollar Tree Stores as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, notable return on equity and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.

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On the positive front, Bidz.com (BIDZ), up 10%, Pacific Sunwear (PSUN), up 8.1%, ValueVision Media (VVTV), up 4.4%, and Best Buy (BBY), up 3.3%, were all gainers within the retail industry with Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) being today's featured retail industry leader.

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