HCP Inc (HCP): Today's Featured Real Estate Laggard
(
) pushed the Real Estate industry lower today making it today's featured Real Estate laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.2%. By the end of trading, HCP fell $0.49 (-1.1%) to $44.95 on light volume. Throughout the day, 2,030,526 shares of HCP exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3,008,400 shares. The stock ranged in price between $44.82-$45.88 after having opened the day at $45.83 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $45.44. Other companies within the Real Estate industry that declined today were:
(
), down 7.3%,
(
), down 5.0%,
(
), down 4.6% and
Preferred Apartment Communities
(
), down 4.4%.
HCP, Inc. is an independent hybrid real estate investment trust. The fund invests in real estate markets of the United States. HCP has a market cap of $20.8 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 24.0, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 0.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 3 analysts that rate HCP a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
HCP
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.
- You can view the full HCP Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
(
), up 17.6%,
(
), up 12.5%,
(
), up 7.9% and
(
), up 5.7% , were all gainers within the real estate industry with
(
) being today's featured real estate industry leader.
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iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate
(
) while those bearish on the real estate industry could consider
ProShares Short Real Estate Fund
(
).
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