Signet Jewelers Ltd. (SIG): Today's Featured Specialty Retail Loser
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) pushed the Specialty Retail industry lower today making it today's featured Specialty Retail loser. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.6%. By the end of trading, Signet Jewelers fell 29 cents (-0.7%) to $43.66 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 3.3 million shares of Signet Jewelers exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 865,200 shares. The stock ranged in price between $43.15-$44.12 after having opened the day at $43.98 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $43.95. Other company's within the Specialty Retail industry that declined today were:
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), down 17.2%,
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), down 10.9%,
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), down 7.9%, and
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Signet Jewelers Limited operates as a specialty jewelry retailer in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and the Channel Islands. The company retails jewelry, watches, and associated services. Signet Jewelers has a market cap of $3.76 billion and is part of the
sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 11.6, equal to the average specialty retail industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 0.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are five analysts that rate Signet Jewelers a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Signet Jewelers as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and attractive valuation levels. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results.
- You can view the full Signet Jewelers Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 7.2%,
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), up 4.1%, and
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), up 2.9%, were all gainers within the specialty retail industry with
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) being today's featured specialty retail industry winner.
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