Ryland Group Inc. (RYL): 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 closed the day up 0.9%. By the end of trading, Ryland Group fell 47 cents (-1.4%) to $33.81 on light volume. Throughout the day, 819,844 shares of Ryland Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.4 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $33.40-$34.90 after having opened the day at $34.46 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $34.28. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that declined today were:
China Advanced Construction Materials Group
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The Ryland Group, Inc. operates as a homebuilder and a mortgage-finance company in the United States. It engages in the design, construction, and sale of homes, as well as provides mortgage, title insurance, escrow, and insurance services. Ryland Group has a market cap of $1.46 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 98.1, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 105.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are six analysts that rate Ryland Group a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and six rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Ryland Group as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally higher debt management risk, premium valuation and poor profit margins.
- You can view the full Ryland Group Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 11.3%,
Integrated Electrical Services
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), up 9%, 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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