Tractor Supply (TSCO): Today's Featured Specialty Retail Laggard
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) pushed the Specialty Retail industry lower today making it today's featured Specialty Retail laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.1%. By the end of trading, Tractor Supply fell $2.94 (-2.4%) to $118.33 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 1,153,478 shares of Tractor Supply exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 466,600 shares. The stock ranged in price between $116.05-$119.45 after having opened the day at $118.51 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $121.27. Other companies within the Specialty Retail industry that declined today were:
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), down 4.2%,
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), down 3.6%,
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), down 2.9% and
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), down 2.1%.
Tractor Supply Company operates retail farm and ranch stores in the United States. Tractor Supply has a market cap of $8.5 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 38.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 17 analysts that rate Tractor Supply a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Tractor Supply
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its growth in earnings per share, revenue growth, notable return on equity, solid stock price performance and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company is trading at a premium valuation based on our review of its current price compared to such things as earnings and book value.
- You can view the full Tractor Supply Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 11.7%,
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), up 7.4%,
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), up 5.9% and
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), up 4.2% , were all gainers within the specialty retail industry with
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) being today's featured specialty retail industry leader.
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) while those bearish on the specialty retail industry could consider
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).
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