Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. (DKS): Today's Featured Specialty Retail Winner
Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link.
(
) pushed the Specialty Retail industry higher today making it today's featured specialty retail winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.7%. By the end of trading, Dick's Sporting Goods rose $0.56 (1.1%) to $50.98 on light volume. Throughout the day, 775,066 shares of Dick's Sporting Goods exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,272,300 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $50.46-$51.14 after having opened the day at $50.51 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $50.41. Other companies within the Specialty Retail industry that increased today were:
Birks & Mayors
(
BMJ
), up 12.6%,
(
), up 6.0%,
(
), up 5.1% and
(
), up 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 $5.1 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 10.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. 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 shows weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full Dick's Sporting Goods Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
(
), down 2.0%,
(
), down 1.9%,
(
), down 1.8% and
(
), down 1.7% , were all laggards within the specialty retail industry with
(
) being today's specialty retail industry laggard.
- Use our specialty retail section to find industry-relevant news.
- Or find some new ideas from our top rated stocks lists.
For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the specialty retail industry could consider
(
) while those bearish on the specialty retail industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods
(
).
- Find other investment ideas from our top rated ETFs lists.
null