Masco Corporation (MAS): Today's Featured Materials & Construction Winner
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) pushed the Materials & Construction industry higher today making it today's featured materials & construction winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.3%. By the end of trading, Masco Corporation rose $0.21 (1.0%) to $21.12 on light volume. Throughout the day, 2,999,278 shares of Masco Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4,945,400 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $20.88-$21.20 after having opened the day at $20.98 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $20.91. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that increased today were:
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), up 12.1%,
China Recycling Energy Corporation
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), up 6.8%,
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), up 4.9% and
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), up 3.6%.
Masco Corporation engages in the manufacture, distribution, and installation of home improvement and building products primarily in North America and Europe. Masco Corporation has a market cap of $7.5 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 25.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate Masco Corporation a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Masco Corporation as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance and impressive record of earnings per share growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including poor profit margins, weak operating cash flow and generally higher debt management risk.
- You can view the full Masco Corporation Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 8.5%,
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), down 6.2%,
Perma-Fix Environmental Services
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), down 4.4% and
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), down 3.0% , were all laggards within the materials & construction industry with
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) being today's materials & construction industry laggard.
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) while those bearish on the materials & construction industry could consider
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).
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