NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) --

Body Central

(Nasdaq:

BODY

) hit a new 52-week high Tuesday as it is currently trading at $27.74, above its previous 52-week high of $27.24 with 152,651 shares traded as of 9:46 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 139,500 shares over the past 30 days.

Body Central has a market cap of $400.1 million and is part of the

services

sector and

retail

industry. Shares are up 6.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

Body Central Corp. operates as a specialty retailer of young women's apparel and accessories in the South, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest regions of the United States. The company has a P/E ratio of 25.5, above the average retail industry P/E ratio of 24.8 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Body Central as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, notable return on equity and robust revenue growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company's profit margins have been poor overall. You can view the full

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