Rayonier Inc. (RYN): Today's Featured Conglomerates Winner

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Rayonier (RYN) pushed the Conglomerates sector higher today making it today's featured conglomerates winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.7%. By the end of trading, Rayonier rose 58 cents (1.1%) to $54.54 on light volume. Throughout the day, 505,229 shares of Rayonier exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 739,600 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $53.78-$54.54 after having opened the day at $53.89 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $53.96. Another company within the Conglomerates sector that increased today was Global Eagle Entertainment (ENT), up 3.3%.

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Rayonier, Inc. engages in the sale and development of real estate and timberland management, as well as in the production and sale of cellulose fibers in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. Rayonier has a market cap of $6.68 billion and is part of the materials & construction industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 25, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 4.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are three analysts that rate Rayonier a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and four rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Rayonier 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, reasonable valuation levels and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.

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