CVS Caremark Corp (CVS): Today's Featured Retail Winner
(
) pushed the Retail industry higher today making it today's featured retail winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.7%. By the end of trading, CVS Caremark rose $0.62 (1.0%) to $60.15 on average volume. Throughout the day, 4,088,921 shares of CVS Caremark exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5,162,200 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $59.66-$60.37 after having opened the day at $59.79 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $59.53. Other companies within the Retail industry that increased today were:
(
), up 9.0%,
(
), up 8.9%,
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
(
), up 5.4% and
(
), up 5.1%.
CVS Caremark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated pharmacy health care services in the United States. CVS Caremark has a market cap of $71.8 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 23.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 15 analysts that rate CVS Caremark a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
CVS Caremark
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and reasonable valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full CVS Caremark Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 10.9%,
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), down 7.5%,
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), down 5.2% and
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), down 3.7% , were all laggards within the retail industry with
(
) being today's retail industry laggard.
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(
) while those bearish on the retail industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods
(
).
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