Zillow Inc (Z): Today's Featured Internet Laggard

Zillow was a leading decliner within the internet industry, falling $0.83 (-1.2%) to $66.76 on light volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

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Zillow

(

Z

) pushed the Internet industry lower today making it today's featured Internet laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.7%. By the end of trading, Zillow fell $0.83 (-1.2%) to $66.76 on light volume. Throughout the day, 423,985 shares of Zillow exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 741,000 shares. The stock ranged in price between $66.00-$68.74 after having opened the day at $67.98 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $67.59. Other companies within the Internet industry that declined today were:

Travelzoo

(

TZOO

), down 8.1%,

Angie's List

(

ANGI

), down 4.1%,

LookSmart

(

LOOK

), down 3.0% and

Mercadolibre

(

MELI

), down 2.5%.

Zillow, Inc. engages in the operation of a real estate and home-related information marketplace on mobile and the Web in the United States. Zillow has a market cap of $1.8 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 143.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate Zillow a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Zillow

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 expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and premium valuation.

On the positive front,

Deltathree

(

DDDC

), up 12.5%,

SINA Corporation

(

SINA

), up 8.2%,

MeetMe

(

MEET

), up 7.3% and

Sify Technologies

(

SIFY

), up 6.2% , were all gainers within the internet industry with

TripAdvisor

(

TRIP

) being today's featured internet industry leader.

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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