Outerwall Inc (OUTR): Today's Featured Specialty Retail Winner
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(
) pushed the Specialty Retail industry higher today making it today's featured specialty retail winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.8%. By the end of trading, Outerwall rose $1.57 (2.5%) to $63.99 on average volume. Throughout the day, 567,041 shares of Outerwall exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 603,500 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $62.93-$64.16 after having opened the day at $63.03 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $62.42. Other companies within the Specialty Retail industry that increased today were:
(
), up 7.1%,
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), up 4.0%,
(
), up 3.7% and
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), up 2.5%.
Outerwall Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides automated retail solutions primarily in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Outerwall has a market cap of $1.8 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 21.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 8 analysts that rate Outerwall a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Outerwall
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels, increase in stock price during the past year 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 Outerwall Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
(
), down 6.2%,
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), down 5.2%,
(
), down 4.0% and
Birks & Mayors
(
BMJ
), down 3.9% , were all laggards within the specialty retail industry with
(
) being today's specialty retail industry laggard.
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(
) while those bearish on the specialty retail industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods
(
).
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