Zynga Inc Class A (ZNGA): Today's Featured Internet Winner

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Zynga Inc Class A (ZNGA) pushed the Internet industry higher today making it today's featured internet winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.4%. By the end of trading, Zynga Inc Class A rose 24 cents (7%) to $3.67 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 98.4 million shares of Zynga Inc Class A exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 21.6 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $3.46-$3.75 after having opened the day at $3.55 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $3.43. Other companies within the Internet industry that increased today were: ModusLink Global Solutions (MLNK), up 13.8%, AOL (AOL), up 7.4%, Rediff.com India (REDF), up 6.9%, and Angie's List (ANGI), up 6.4%.

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Zynga Inc. develops, markets, and operates online social games as live services on the Internet, social networking sites, and mobile platforms. Zynga Inc Class A has a market cap of $1.8 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 44.1, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 30.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are three analysts that rate Zynga Inc Class A a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and 14 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Zynga Inc Class A as a sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its weak operating cash flow and generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself.

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On the negative front, Deltathree (DDDC), down 13.3%, Bitauto Holdings (BITA), down 4.8%, TechTarget (TTGT), down 3.9%, and LiveDeal (LIVE), down 3.7%, were all laggards within the internet industry with Youku Tudou (YOKU) being today's internet industry laggard.

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