Sally Beauty Holdings Inc (SBH): Today's Featured Specialty Retail Winner

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Sally Beauty Holdings ( SBH) pushed the Specialty Retail industry higher today making it today's featured specialty retail winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.8%. By the end of trading, Sally Beauty Holdings rose 78 cents (2.9%) to $27.32 on average volume. Throughout the day, 2.5 million shares of Sally Beauty Holdings exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.7 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $26.55-$27.44 after having opened the day at $26.65 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $26.54. Other companies within the Specialty Retail industry that increased today were: Build-A-Bear Workshop ( BBW), up 23.2%, DGSE Companies ( DGSE), up 7.7%, Sport Chalet ( SPCHA), up 7%, and MarineMax ( HZO), up 5.2%.

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Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the distribution and retail of professional beauty supplies primarily in North America, South America, and Europe. The company operates in two segments, Sally Beauty Supply and Beauty Systems Group. Sally Beauty Holdings has a market cap of $4.71 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 21.3, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 11.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are six analysts that rate Sally Beauty Holdings a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Sally Beauty Holdings as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share and increase in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that we feel that the company's cash flow from its operations has been weak overall.

• You can view the full Sally Beauty Ratings Report.

On the negative front, Mecox Lane ( MCOX), down 12.8%, Vitamin Shoppe ( VSI), down 4.3%, Zagg ( ZAGG), down 3.3%, and Bluefly ( BFLY), down 2.7%, were all laggards within the specialty retail industry with Tiffany ( TIF) being today's specialty retail industry laggard.

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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the specialty retail industry could consider SPDR S&P Retail ETF ( XRT) while those bearish on the specialty retail industry could consider ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods ( SZK).

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