NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) --

Heckmann

(NYSE:

HEK

) hit a new 52-week low Thursday as it is currently trading at $4.95, below its previous 52-week low of $5 with three million shares traded as of 12:25 p.m. ET. Average volume has been 2.5 million shares over the past 30 days.

Heckmann has a market cap of $653.7 million and is part of the

financial

sector and

financial services

industry. Shares are down 22.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

Heckmann Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a services-based company focused on total water solutions for shale or 'unconventional' oil and gas exploration.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Heckmann as a

sell

. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its deteriorating net income and generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself. You can view the full

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