Youku Tudou Inc (YOKU): Today's Featured Internet Winner

Youku Tudou was a winner within the internet industry, rising $1.37 (6.6%) to $22.18 on heavy volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

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Youku Tudou

(

YOKU

) pushed the Internet industry higher today making it today's featured internet winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, Youku Tudou rose $1.37 (6.6%) to $22.18 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 4,169,591 shares of Youku Tudou exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,934,500 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $20.60-$22.38 after having opened the day at $20.63 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $20.81. Other companies within the Internet industry that increased today were:

ChinaNet Online Holdings

(

CNET

), up 16.6%,

TechTarget

(

TTGT

), up 12.8%,

CGI Group

(

GIB

), up 10.3% and

YY

(

YY

), up 8.2%.

Youku Tudou Inc. operates as an Internet television company in the People's Republic of China. Its Internet television platform enables consumers to search, view, and share video content across various devices. Youku Tudou has a market cap of $3.5 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 15.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 4 analysts that rate Youku Tudou a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Youku Tudou as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and increase in stock price during the past year. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, weak operating cash flow and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share.

On the negative front,

Friendfinder Networks

(

FFN

), down 16.3%,

Deltathree

(

DDDC

), down 11.2%,

Digital River

(

DRIV

), down 9.8% and

CafePress

(

PRSS

), down 7.7% , were all laggards within the internet industry with

IAC/InterActiveCorp

(

IACI

) being today's internet industry laggard.

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

First Trust Dow Jones Internet Idx

(

FDN

) while those bearish on the internet industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Short Technology

(

REW

).

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