Weyerhaeuser Co (WY): Today's Featured Real Estate Laggard

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Weyerhaeuser ( WY) pushed the Real Estate industry lower today making it today's featured Real Estate laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.1%. By the end of trading, Weyerhaeuser fell $0.32 (-1.0%) to $31.02 on average volume. Throughout the day, 3,246,008 shares of Weyerhaeuser exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3,816,500 shares. The stock ranged in price between $30.80-$31.43 after having opened the day at $31.41 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $31.34. Other companies within the Real Estate industry that declined today were: Gyrodyne Company of America ( GYRO), down 26.8%, China HGS Real Estate ( HGSH), down 5.1%, IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones ( IRS), down 5.1% and Nationstar Mortgage Holdings ( NSM), down 3.9%.

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Weyerhaeuser Company, a forest products company, grows and harvests trees, builds homes, and manufactures forest products worldwide. It grows and harvests trees for use as lumber, other wood and building products, and pulp and paper. Weyerhaeuser has a market cap of $18.2 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 27.4, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 0.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Weyerhaeuser a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Weyerhaeuser as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, good cash flow from operations and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.

You can view the full Weyerhaeuser Ratings Report.

On the positive front, Income Opportunity Realty Investors ( IOT), up 8.0%, Gaming and Leisure Properties ( GLPI), up 7.8%, Supertel Hospitality ( SPPR), up 7.0% and J.W. Mays ( MAYS), up 4.6% , were all gainers within the real estate industry with Annaly Capital Management ( NLY) being today's featured real estate industry leader.

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