PetSmart Inc. (PETM): Today's Featured Specialty Retail Winner
(
) pushed the Specialty Retail industry higher today making it today's featured specialty retail winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.3%. By the end of trading, PetSmart rose $1.10 (1.6%) to $70.63 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1,204,389 shares of PetSmart exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,255,800 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $69.46-$70.80 after having opened the day at $69.52 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $69.53. Other companies within the Specialty Retail industry that increased today were:
Birks & Mayors
(
BMJ
), up 23.6%,
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), up 4.3%,
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
(
), up 3.7% and
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), up 3.4%.
PetSmart, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty retailer of products, services, and solutions for pets in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. PetSmart has a market cap of $7.2 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 1.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate PetSmart a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 14 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
PetSmart
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, revenue growth, notable return on equity, increase in net income and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full PetSmart Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 6.3%,
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), down 3.8%,
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), down 2.8% and
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), down 2.6%.
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) while those bearish on the specialty retail industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods
(
).
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