Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL): Today's Featured Leisure Winner

Royal Caribbean Cruises was a winner within the leisure industry, rising $0.50 (1.4%) to $35.80 on light volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

Royal Caribbean Cruises

(

RCL

) pushed the Leisure industry higher today making it today's featured leisure winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, Royal Caribbean Cruises rose $0.50 (1.4%) to $35.80 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1,258,787 shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,906,000 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $34.95-$35.81 after having opened the day at $35.30 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $35.30. Other companies within the Leisure industry that increased today were:

Bally Technologies

(

BYI

), up 7.0%,

PokerTek

(

PTEK

), up 4.2%,

Multimedia Games

(

MGAM

), up 3.1% and

Einstein Noah Restaurant Group

(

BAGL

), up 2.8%.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. operates as a cruise company worldwide. It owns five cruise brands comprising Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Pullmantur, Azamara Club Cruises, and CDF Croisieres de France. Royal Caribbean Cruises has a market cap of $7.8 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 3.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Royal Caribbean Cruises a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Royal Caribbean Cruises as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, good cash flow from operations and increase in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally higher debt management risk, disappointing return on equity and poor profit margins.

On the negative front,

Del Frisco's Restaurant Group

(

DFRG

), down 5.8%,

Chuy's Holdings

(

CHUY

), down 5.3%,

Buffalo Wild Wings

(

BWLD

), down 4.3% and

Diversified Restaurant Holdings

(

BAGR

), down 3.2% , were all laggards within the leisure industry with

Darden Restaurants

(

DRI

) being today's leisure industry laggard.

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

(

PEJ

) while those bearish on the leisure industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Services

(

SCC

).

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