Riverbed Technology Inc. (RVBD): Today's Featured Computer Hardware Laggard

Riverbed Technology was a leading decliner within the computer hardware industry, falling $1.90 (-10.8%) to $15.64 on heavy volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

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Riverbed Technology

(

RVBD

) pushed the Computer Hardware industry lower today making it today's featured Computer Hardware laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.5%. By the end of trading, Riverbed Technology fell $1.90 (-10.8%) to $15.64 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 26,121,477 shares of Riverbed Technology exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2,437,400 shares. The stock ranged in price between $14.50-$15.78 after having opened the day at $14.96 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $17.53. Other companies within the Computer Hardware industry that declined today were:

Radisys Corporation

(

RSYS

), down 13.6%,

OCZ Technology Group

(

OCZ

), down 6.0%,

Mercury Systems

(

MRCY

), down 5.8% and

Performance Technologies

(

PTIX

), down 5.8%.

Riverbed Technology, Inc. provides solutions to the fundamental problems associated with information technology (IT) performance across wide area networks (WANs) in the United States and internationally. Riverbed Technology has a market cap of $2.8 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are down 12.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 8 analysts that rate Riverbed Technology a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 16 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Riverbed Technology

as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, deteriorating net income and disappointing return on equity.

On the positive front,

Imation Corporation

(

IMN

), up 11.4%,

Radcom

(

RDCM

), up 8.1%,

Extreme Networks

(

EXTR

), up 6.7% and

Datalink Corporation

(

DTLK

), up 5.7% , were all gainers within the computer hardware industry with

Synaptics

(

SYNA

) being today's featured computer hardware industry leader.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the computer hardware industry could consider

iShares Dow Jones US Technology

(

IYW

) while those bearish on the computer hardware industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Short Semiconductor

(

SSG

).

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