Cabela's Inc. (CAB): Today's Featured Specialty Retail Winner

Cabela's was a winner within the specialty retail industry, rising $0.87 (1.3%) to $69.04 on average volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

Cabela's

(

CAB

) pushed the Specialty Retail industry higher today making it today's featured specialty retail winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.5%. By the end of trading, Cabela's rose $0.87 (1.3%) to $69.04 on average volume. Throughout the day, 595,984 shares of Cabela's exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 758,800 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $68.10-$69.56 after having opened the day at $68.10 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $68.17. Other companies within the Specialty Retail industry that increased today were:

Zagg

(

ZAGG

), up 8.2%,

Sport Chalet

(

SPCHA

), up 6.7%,

Books-A-Million

(

BAMM

), up 6.6% and

Dover Saddlery

(

DOVR

), up 5.0%.

Cabela's Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty retailer and direct marketer of hunting, fishing, camping, and related outdoor merchandise. The company operates through three segments: Retail, Direct, and Financial Services. Cabela's has a market cap of $4.8 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 63.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 4 analysts that rate Cabela's a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Cabela's

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated.

On the negative front,

Birks & Mayors

(

BMJ

), down 13.4%,

Hollywood Media Corporation

(

HOLL

), down 4.3%,

1-800 Flowers.com

(

FLWS

), down 3.9% and

Mecox Lane

(

MCOX

), down 3.3%.

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

SPDR S&P Retail ETF

(

XRT

) while those bearish on the specialty retail industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods

(

SZK

).

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