PulteGroup Inc (PHM): Today's Featured Materials & Construction Laggard
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(
) pushed the Materials & Construction industry lower today making it today's featured Materials & Construction laggard. The industry as a whole was unchanged today. By the end of trading, PulteGroup fell $0.21 (-1.3%) to $16.18 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 17,211,340 shares of PulteGroup exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 9,744,100 shares. The stock ranged in price between $16.14-$16.67 after having opened the day at $16.56 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $16.39. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that declined today were:
Nuverra Environmental Solutions
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), down 12.9%,
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), down 12.4%,
China Recycling Energy Corporation
(
), down 6.1% and
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), down 5.7%.
PulteGroup, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in homebuilding and financial services businesses primarily in the United States. PulteGroup has a market cap of $6.4 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are down 9.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 4 analysts that rate PulteGroup a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 11 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
PulteGroup
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income and weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full PulteGroup Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 11.4%,
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), up 6.3%,
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), up 3.6% and
China Advanced Construction Materials Group
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), up 3.5% , were all gainers within the materials & construction industry with
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) being today's featured materials & construction industry leader.
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) while those bearish on the materials & construction industry could consider
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