Weyerhaeuser Co (WY): Today's Featured Industrial Goods Laggard

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Weyerhaeuser ( WY) pushed the Industrial Goods sector lower today making it today's featured Industrial Goods laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.3%. By the end of trading, Weyerhaeuser fell $0.37 (-1.2%) to $29.79 on average volume. Throughout the day, 3,303,331 shares of Weyerhaeuser exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3,559,800 shares. The stock ranged in price between $29.78-$30.28 after having opened the day at $30.23 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $30.16. Other companies within the Industrial Goods sector that declined today were: Desarrolladora Homex SAB de CV ADR ( HXM), down 8.1%, Energy Recovery ( ERII), down 7.9%, China Advanced Construction Materials Group ( CADC), down 7.2% and LiqTech International ( LIQT), down 6.3%.

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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 $17.4 billion and is part of the materials & construction industry. Shares are down 5.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate Weyerhaeuser a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Weyerhaeuser as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

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On the positive front, THT Heat Transfer Technology ( THTI), up 36.0%, Skullcandy ( SKUL), up 24.2%, Fuelcell Energy ( FCEL), up 18.1% and Arotech Corporation ( ARTX), up 14.2% , were all gainers within the industrial goods sector with Ingersoll-Rand ( IR) being today's featured industrial goods sector leader.

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