NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) --

Limited Brands

(NYSE:

LTD

) hit a new 52-week high Monday as it is currently trading at $45.58, above its previous 52-week high of $45.45 with 396,303 shares traded as of 10:10 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 3.5 million shares over the past 30 days.

Limited has a market cap of $12.39 billion and is part of the

services

sector and

retail

industry. Shares are up 11.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday.

Limited Brands, Inc. operates as a retailer of women's intimate and other apparel, beauty and personal care products, and accessories in the United States and Canada. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.5, above the average retail industry P/E ratio of 14.4 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Limited as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. 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

Limited Ratings Report

.

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