Priceline.com Inc. (PCLN): Today's Featured Leisure Winner
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) pushed the Leisure industry higher today making it today's featured leisure winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.5%. By the end of trading, Priceline.com rose $17.98 (2.0%) to $912.00 on average volume. Throughout the day, 750,788 shares of Priceline.com exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 710,500 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $900.61-$919.38 after having opened the day at $902.69 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $894.02. Other companies within the Leisure industry that increased today were:
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), up 8.7%,
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), up 7.6%,
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), up 6.2% and
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), up 5.6%.
priceline.com Incorporated operates as a online travel company. Priceline.com has a market cap of $44.8 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 44.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 17 analysts that rate Priceline.com a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Priceline.com
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, compelling growth in net income, robust revenue growth and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results.
- You can view the full Priceline.com Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 13.7%,
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), down 4.0%,
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), down 2.6% and
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), down 2.5% , were all laggards within the leisure industry with
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) being today's leisure industry laggard.
- Use our leisure section to find industry-relevant news.
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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the leisure industry could consider
PowerShares Dynamic Leisure&Entert
(
) while those bearish on the leisure industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Services
(
).
- Find other investment ideas from our top rated ETFs lists.
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