Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT): Today's Featured Retail Winner

Wal-Mart Stores was a winner within the retail industry, rising $0.86 (1.1%) to $77.63 on light volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

Wal-Mart Stores

(

WMT

) pushed the Retail industry higher today making it today's featured retail winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.1%. By the end of trading, Wal-Mart Stores rose $0.86 (1.1%) to $77.63 on light volume. Throughout the day, 4,643,308 shares of Wal-Mart Stores exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7,476,100 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $77.33-$77.75 after having opened the day at $77.45 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $76.77. Other companies within the Retail industry that increased today were:

Builders FirstSource

(

BLDR

), up 9.4%,

Stein Mart

(

SMRT

), up 8.9%,

E-Commerce China Dangdang

(

DANG

), up 6.5% and

Destination Maternity

(

DEST

), up 4.5%.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates retail stores in various formats worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. Wal-Mart Stores has a market cap of $252.4 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 12.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Wal-Mart Stores a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Wal-Mart Stores

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.

On the negative front,

RadioShack

(

RSH

), down 7.1%,

Restoration Hardware Holdings

(

RH

), down 5.2%,

Pacific Sunwear

(

PSUN

), down 2.8% and

Fairway Group Holdings Corp Class A

(

FWM

), down 2.7% , were all laggards within the retail industry with

Abercrombie & Fitch Company

(

ANF

) being today's retail industry laggard.

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

SPDR S&P Retail ETF

(

XRT

) while those bearish on the retail industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods

(

SZK

).

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