Coinstar Inc. (CSTR): Today's Featured Specialty Retail Loser
(
) pushed the Specialty Retail industry lower today making it today's featured Specialty Retail loser. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.3%. By the end of trading, Coinstar fell 42 cents (-0.7%) to $57.45 on light volume. Throughout the day, 765,382 shares of Coinstar exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.2 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $57.17-$58.17 after having opened the day at $57.98 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $57.87. Other company's within the Specialty Retail industry that declined today were:
(
), down 6.1%,
(
), down 5.6%,
Big five Sporting Goods Corporation
(
), down 5.2%, and
(
), down 3.3%.
Coinstar, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides automated retail solutions primarily in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Coinstar has a market cap of $1.79 billion and is part of the
sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 11.9, below the average specialty retail industry P/E ratio of 12.3 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 25.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Coinstar a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and six rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Coinstar as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and attractive valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally poor debt management on most measures that we evaluated.
- You can view the full Coinstar Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
(
), up 8.5%,
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), up 7.2%,
(
), up 4.4%, and
(
), up 3.6%, were all gainers within the specialty retail industry with
(
) being today's featured specialty retail industry winner.
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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the specialty retail industry could consider
(
) while those bearish on the specialty retail industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods
(
).
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