Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (WYN): Today's Featured Leisure Winner

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation was a winner within the leisure industry, rising $1.26 (2.1%) to $60.42 on light volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

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Wyndham Worldwide Corporation

(

WYN

) pushed the Leisure industry higher today making it today's featured leisure winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.2%. By the end of trading, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation rose $1.26 (2.1%) to $60.42 on light volume. Throughout the day, 969,025 shares of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,575,100 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $59.44-$60.92 after having opened the day at $59.44 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $59.16. Other companies within the Leisure industry that increased today were:

Orbitz Worldwide

(

OWW

), up 7.0%,

Del Frisco's Restaurant Group

(

DFRG

), up 4.4%,

Canterbury Park Holding Corporation

(

CPHC

), up 4.0% and

Renren

(

RENN

), up 3.8%.

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides various hospitality services and products to individual consumers and business customers in the United States and internationally. Wyndham Worldwide Corporation has a market cap of $8.1 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 11.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate Wyndham Worldwide Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels, good cash flow from operations, notable return on equity and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

On the negative front,

Ruth's Hospitality Group

(

RUTH

), down 4.3%,

Nevada Gold & Casinos

(

UWN

), down 4.1%,

Diversified Restaurant Holdings

(

BAGR

), down 3.7% and

Pizza Inn Holdings

(

PZZI

), down 3.6% , were all laggards within the leisure industry with

Panera Bread Company

(

PNRA

) being today's leisure industry laggard.

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

PowerShares Dynamic Leisure&Entert

(

PEJ

) while those bearish on the leisure industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Services

(

SCC

).

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