USG Corp (USG): 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 0.1%. By the end of trading, USG fell 32 cents (-1.2%) to $26.54 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.2 million shares of USG exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.6 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $25.88-$26.90 after having opened the day at $26.90 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $26.86. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that declined today were:
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), down 5.7%,
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), down 5%,
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), down 3.7%, and
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), down 3.6%.
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USG Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and distribution of building materials worldwide. USG has a market cap of $2.88 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 163.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are five analysts that rate USG a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and six rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates USG as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including disappointing return on equity, generally higher debt management risk and poor profit margins.
- You can view the full USG Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
Continental Materials Corporation
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), up 5.4%,
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), up 5.1%,
(
), up 4.8%, and
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), up 4.7%, were all gainers within the materials & construction industry with
(
) being today's featured materials & construction industry leader.
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(
) while those bearish on the materials & construction industry could consider
ProShares Short Basic Materials Fd
(
).
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