Two Harbors Investment Corp (TWO): Today's Featured Real Estate Laggard

Two Harbors Investment was a leading decliner within the real estate industry, falling 24 cents (-2.1%) to $11.42 on heavy volume.
By TheStreet Wire ,

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Two Harbors Investment

(

TWO

) pushed the Real Estate industry lower today making it today's featured Real Estate laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.2%. By the end of trading, Two Harbors Investment fell 24 cents (-2.1%) to $11.42 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 7.3 million shares of Two Harbors Investment exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.6 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $11.37-$11.71 after having opened the day at $11.70 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $11.66. Other companies within the Real Estate industry that declined today were:

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings

(

NSM

), down 10.2%,

MPG Office

(

MPG

), down 8.2%,

Institutional Financial Markets

(

IFMI

), down 6.4%, and

Intergroup Corporation

(

INTG

), down 6.2%.

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Two Harbors Investment Corp. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on investing in, financing, and managing residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), residential mortgage loans, residential real properties, and other financial assets. Two Harbors Investment has a market cap of $3.26 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 8.8, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 26.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are six analysts that rate Two Harbors Investment a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Two Harbors Investment as a

sell

. The area that we feel has been the company's primary weakness has been its disappointing return on equity.

On the positive front,

Tree.com

(

TREE

), up 14.9%,

Elbit Imaging

(

EMITF

), up 8.6%,

FirstCity Financial Corporation

(

FCFC

), up 6.1%, and

FelCor Lodging

(

FCH

), up 5.8%, were all gainers within the real estate industry with

Digital Realty

(

DLR

) being today's featured real estate industry leader.

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

iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate

(

IYR

) while those bearish on the real estate industry could consider

ProShares Short Real Estate Fund

(

REK

).

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