Rocket Cos. Inc. stock rises Monday, still underperforms market

Shares of Rocket Cos. Inc.
RKT,
+0.25%
inched 0.25% higher to $15.73 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index
COMP,
+1.88%
rising 1.88% to 15,782.83 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.68%
rising 0.68% to 35,135.94. Rocket Cos. Inc. closed $27.27 short of its 52-week high ($43.00), which the company reached on March 2nd.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Monday, as Essent Group Ltd.
ESNT,
-1.63%
fell 1.63% to $42.16, LendingTree Inc.
TREE,
-3.00%
fell 3.00% to $115.62, and PennyMac Financial Services Inc.
PFSI,
-0.09%
fell 0.09% to $64.98. Trading volume (4.5 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.3 M.