Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc (NSM): Today's Featured Electronics Laggard
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Revolution Lighting Technologies
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National Semiconductor Corporation, a semiconductor company, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits and sub-systems. Nationstar Mortgage Holdings has a market cap of $2.52 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 20.8, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are unchanged year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are four analysts that rate Nationstar Mortgage Holdings a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Nationstar Mortgage Holdings as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, expanding profit margins and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
- You can view the full Nationstar Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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Siliconware Precision Industries
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