GNC Acquisition Reaches New 52-Week High (GNC)

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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- GNC Acquisition Holdings (NYSE: GNC) hit a new 52-week high Thursday as it is currently trading at $43.03, above its previous 52-week high of $42.83 with 125,874 shares traded as of 9:46 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 2.1 million shares over the past 30 days.

GNC Acquisition has a market cap of $4.09 billion and is part of the services sector and retail industry. Shares are up 28.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

GNC Holdings, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer of health and wellness products. It operates through three segments: Retail, Franchise, and Manufacturing/Wholesale. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.9, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates GNC Acquisition as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, revenue growth and notable return on equity. 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 GNC Acquisition Ratings Report.

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