Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (SBGI): Today's Featured Media Winner

Sinclair Broadcast Group was a winner within the media industry, rising $0.44 (1.5%) to $28.95 on average volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

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Sinclair Broadcast Group

(

SBGI

) pushed the Media industry higher today making it today's featured media winner. The industry as a whole was unchanged today. By the end of trading, Sinclair Broadcast Group rose $0.44 (1.5%) to $28.95 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1,313,580 shares of Sinclair Broadcast Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,670,600 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $28.09-$28.96 after having opened the day at $28.59 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $28.51. Other companies within the Media industry that increased today were:

Digital Domain Media Group

(

DDMG

), up 17.6%,

Digital Domain Media Group

(

DDMGQ

), up 17.6%,

YOU On Demand Holdings

(

YOD

), up 16.7% and

Point.360

(

PTSX

), up 4.5%.

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., a television broadcasting company, owns or provides programming, operating, or sales services to television stations in the United States. Sinclair Broadcast Group has a market cap of $2.1 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 130.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate Sinclair Broadcast Group a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Sinclair Broadcast Group

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

On the negative front,

Entravision Communications Corporation

(

EVC

), down 11.7%,

Gray Television

(

GTN

), down 7.2%,

Gray Television

(

GTN.A

), down 7.2% and

RealD

(

RLD

), down 5.9% , were all laggards within the media industry with

Twenty-First Century Fox

(

FOXA

) being today's media industry laggard.

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

PowerShares Dynamic Media

(

PBS

) while those bearish on the media industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Services

(

SCC

).

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