Amazon.com Inc (AMZN): Today's Featured Retail Winner

Amazon.com was a winner within the retail industry, rising $4.41 (1.6%) to $282.10 on average volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

Amazon.com

(

AMZN

) pushed the Retail industry higher today making it today's featured retail winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.0%. By the end of trading, Amazon.com rose $4.41 (1.6%) to $282.10 on average volume. Throughout the day, 2,856,254 shares of Amazon.com exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3,038,200 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $277.16-$283.29 after having opened the day at $279.00 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $277.69. Other companies within the Retail industry that increased today were:

Best Buy

(

BBY

), up 8.8%,

E-Commerce China Dangdang

(

DANG

), up 6.3%,

Overstock.com

(

OSTK

), up 6.2% and

Liberty Interactive

(

LINTB

), up 6.2%.

Amazon.com, Inc. operates as an online retailer in North America and internationally. The company operates in two segments, North America and International. Amazon.com has a market cap of $126.4 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 10.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 23 analysts that rate Amazon.com a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Amazon.com as a

hold

. 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 and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and poor profit margins.

On the negative front,

Christopher & Banks Corporation

(

CBK

), down 6.8%,

Sears Hometown & Outlet Stores

(

SHOS

), down 2.6%,

Fresh Market

(

TFM

), down 2.5% and

Rite Aid Corporation

(

RAD

), down 2.5% , were all laggards within the retail industry with

Safeway

(

SWY

) being today's retail industry laggard.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the retail industry could consider

SPDR S&P Retail ETF

(

XRT

) while those bearish on the retail industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods

(

SZK

).

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