NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) --

Rex Energy Corporation

(Nasdaq:

REXX

) is trading at unusually high volume Wednesday with 3.9 million shares changing hands. It is currently at four times its average daily volume and trading up 52 cents (+5.4%) at $9.98 as of 4 p.m. ET.

Rex Energy has a market cap of $474.6 million and is part of the

basic materials

sector and

energy

industry. Shares are down 35.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.

Rex Energy Corporation operates as an independent oil and gas company in the Appalachian, Illinois, and Denver-Julesburg Basins.

TheStreet Ratings rates Rex Energy as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself. You can view the full

Rex Energy Ratings Report

.

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