Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. (DKS): Today's Featured Specialty Retail Laggard
(
) pushed the Specialty Retail industry lower today making it today's featured Specialty Retail laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.6%. By the end of trading, Dick's Sporting Goods fell $0.79 (-1.6%) to $49.25 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 2,417,638 shares of Dick's Sporting Goods exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,296,400 shares. The stock ranged in price between $48.67-$49.61 after having opened the day at $49.44 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $50.04. Other companies within the Specialty Retail industry that declined today were:
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), down 13.9%,
Birks & Mayors
(
BMJ
), down 7.3%,
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), down 6.6% and
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), down 4.0%.
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. operates as a sports and fitness retailer primarily in the Eastern United States. The company provides hardlines, including sporting goods equipment, fitness equipment, golf equipment, and hunting and fishing gear products; apparel; and footwear products. Dick's Sporting Goods has a market cap of $5.0 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 10.0% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 16 analysts that rate Dick's Sporting Goods a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Dick's Sporting Goods
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its growth in earnings per share, revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.
- You can view the full Dick's Sporting Goods Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 8.7%,
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), up 6.1%,
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), up 5.4% and
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), up 4.2% , were all gainers within the specialty retail industry with
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) being today's featured specialty retail industry leader.
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) while those bearish on the specialty retail industry could consider
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).
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