Simon Property Group Inc (SPG): Today's Featured Real Estate Laggard
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) pushed the Real Estate industry lower today making it today's featured Real Estate laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, Simon Property Group fell $2.16 (-1.4%) to $152 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1.3 million shares of Simon Property Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.3 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $151.76-$153.93 after having opened the day at $153.03 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $154.16. Other companies within the Real Estate industry that declined today were:
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), down 5.9%,
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), down 4.5%,
China Housing & Land Development
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), down 3.9%, and
Income Opportunity Realty Investors
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), down 3.4%.
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Simon Property Group, Inc. is an independent equity real estate investment trust. It engages in investment, ownership, and management of properties. The firm invests in the real estate markets across the globe. Simon Property Group has a market cap of $48.14 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 31.5, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 19.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Simon Property Group a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and five rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Simon Property Group as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
- You can view the full Simon Property Group Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 6%,
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), up 6%,
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), up 5.3%, and
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), up 3.8%, were all gainers within the real estate industry with
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) being today's featured real estate industry leader.
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