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5 Stocks Pushing The Materials & Construction Industry Lower

By TheStreet Wire 11/21/12 - 12:04 PM EST

Find out if (RYL) is in Cramer's Portfolio.

2. As of noon trading, Ryland Group (RYL) is down $0.41 (-1.2%) to $33.87 on light volume Thus far, 371,139 shares of Ryland Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $33.67-$34.90 after having opened the day at $34.46 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $34.28.

The Ryland Group, Inc. operates as a homebuilder and a mortgage-finance company in the United States. It engages in the design, construction, and sale of homes, as well as provides mortgage, title insurance, escrow, and insurance services. Ryland Group has a market cap of $1.5 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 98.1, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 105.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate Ryland Group a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Ryland Group as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally higher debt management risk, premium valuation and poor profit margins. Get the full Ryland Group Ratings Report now.

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