Groupon Inc (GRPN): Today's Featured Internet Winner
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) pushed the Internet industry higher today making it today's featured internet winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.4%. By the end of trading, Groupon rose $0.28 (3.0%) to $9.77 on average volume. Throughout the day, 17,200,484 shares of Groupon exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 16,949,400 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $9.46-$9.90 after having opened the day at $9.47 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $9.49. Other companies within the Internet industry that increased today were:
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), up 24.0%,
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), up 10.0%,
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), up 6.2% and
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), up 5.8%.
Groupon, Inc. operates as a local commerce marketplace that connects merchants to consumers by offering goods and services at a discount in North America and internationally. The company also offers deals on products for which it acts as the merchant of record. Groupon has a market cap of $6.3 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 95.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 3 analysts that rate Groupon a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 17 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Groupon as a
. Among the areas we feel are negative, one of the most important has been weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full Groupon Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 7.6%,
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), down 6.4%,
ChinaCache International Holdings
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), down 5.1% and
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), down 4.4% , were all laggards within the internet industry with
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) being today's internet industry laggard.
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