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 was unchanged today. By the end of trading, Masco Corporation rose $1.06 (5.4%) to $20.80 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 9,276,585 shares of Masco Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4,953,600 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $20.39-$21.23 after having opened the day at $20.45 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $19.74. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that increased today were:
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), up 11.4%,
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), up 6.3%,
(
), up 3.6% and
China Advanced Construction Materials Group
(
), up 3.5%.
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 $7.1 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 19.1% 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 solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. 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,
Nuverra Environmental Solutions
(
), down 12.9%,
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), down 12.4%,
China Recycling Energy Corporation
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), down 6.1% and
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), down 5.7% , were all laggards within the materials & construction industry with
(
) being today's materials & construction industry laggard.
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) while those bearish on the materials & construction industry could consider
ProShares Short Basic Materials Fd
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).
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