Express Inc. (EXPR) had a good day on the market for Thursday December 05 as shares jumped 27.88% to close at $5.00. About 6.69 million shares traded hands on 29,958 trades for the day, compared with an average daily volume of n/a shares out of a total float of 67.27 million. After opening the trading day at $4.51, shares of Express Inc. stayed within a range of $5.17 to $4.42.
With today’s gains, Express Inc. now has a market cap of $336.34 million. Shares of Express Inc. have been trading within a range of $6.35 and $1.83 over the last year, and it had a 50-day SMA of $n/a and a 200-day SMA of $n/a.
Express, Inc. is a United States based specialty apparel retailer. It offers apparel and accessories for work, casual, jeanswear, and going-out. The company also sell the products through its e-commerce website and mobile app, as well as through franchisees who operate company locations in Latin America pursuant to the franchise agreements. It derives revenue from the sales of apparel, accessories and other products, of which a majority of the revenue from the sale of apparels.
Express Inc. is based out of Columbus, OH and has some 15,700 employees. Its CEO is Timothy G. Baxter.
Express Inc. is also a component of the Russell 2000. The Russell 2000 is one of the leading indices tracking small-cap companies in the United States. It’s maintained by Russell Investments, an industry leader in creating and maintaining indices, and consists of the smallest 2000 stocks from the broader Russell 3000 index.
Russell’s indices differ from traditional indices like the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) or S&P 500, whose members are selected by committee, because they base membership entirely on an objective, rules based methodology. The 3,000 largest companies by market cap make up the Russell 3000, with the 2,000 smaller companies making up the Russell 2000. It’s a simple approach that gives a broad, unbiased look at the small-cap market as a whole.