Macy's Stock Hits New 52-Week High (M)

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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Macy's (NYSE: M) hit a new 52-week high Thursday as it is currently trading at $43.12, above its previous 52-week high of $42.89 with 716,149 shares traded as of 10:01 a.m. ET. Average volume has been five million shares over the past 30 days.

Macy's has a market cap of $16.61 billion and is part of the services sector and retail industry. Shares are up 8.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

Macy's, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates stores and Internet Websites in the United States. Its retail stores and Internet Web sites sell a range of merchandise, including apparel and accessories for men, women, and children; cosmetics; home furnishings; and other consumer goods. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.1, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Macy's as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its growth in earnings per share, revenue growth, notable return on equity, attractive valuation levels and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. You can view the full Macy's Ratings Report.

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