Riverbed Technology Incorporated (RVBD): Today's Featured Computer Hardware Laggard

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Riverbed Technology Incorporated (RVBD) pushed the Computer Hardware industry lower today making it today's featured Computer Hardware laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.6%. By the end of trading, Riverbed Technology Incorporated fell 20 cents (-1%) to $19.09 on light volume. Throughout the day, 2.7 million shares of Riverbed Technology Incorporated exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.9 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $18.92-$19.30 after having opened the day at $19.25 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $19.29. Other companies within the Computer Hardware industry that declined today were: Key Tronic Corporation (KTCC), down 18.4%, Concurrent Computer Corporation (CCUR), down 8.1%, Mercury Systems (MRCY), down 7.7%, and Hauppauge Digital (HAUP), down 5.9%.

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Riverbed Technology, Inc. provides solutions to the fundamental problems associated with information technology performance across wide area networks (WANs) in the United States and internationally. Riverbed Technology Incorporated has a market cap of $3.12 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 48.2, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 2.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Riverbed Technology Incorporated a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and 15 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Riverbed Technology Incorporated as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income 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, Hutchinson Technology (HTCH), up 23.1%, XRS (XRSC), up 14.3%, Dataram Corporation (DRAM), up 10.2%, and Emulex Corporation (ELX), up 2.2%, were all gainers within the computer hardware industry with Western Digital Corporation (WDC) being today's featured computer hardware industry leader.

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