Groupon Inc (GRPN): Today's Featured Internet Winner

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Groupon ( GRPN) pushed the Internet industry higher today making it today's featured internet winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.9%. By the end of trading, Groupon rose 15 cents (2.9%) to $5.27 on light volume. Throughout the day, 13.8 million shares of Groupon exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 18.9 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $5.14-$5.33 after having opened the day at $5.15 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $5.12. Other companies within the Internet industry that increased today were: Selectica ( SLTC), up 10.1%, Zynga Inc Class A ( ZNGA), up 9.1%, Yelp Inc Class A ( YELP), up 6.8%, and Friendfinder Networks ( FFN), up 6%.

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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. Groupon has a market cap of $3.24 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 2.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there is one analyst that rates Groupon a buy, three analysts rate it a sell, and 20 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Groupon as a sell. The area that we feel has been the company's primary weakness has been its poor profit margins.

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On the negative front, ModusLink Global Solutions ( MLNK), down 7.3%, support.com ( SPRT), down 5.5%, Vipshop Holdings Ltd ADR ( VIPS), down 4.4%, and Remark Media ( MARK), down 3.8%, were all laggards within the internet industry with Akamai Technologies ( AKAM) being today's internet industry laggard.

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