Boise Stock Gaps Up On Today's Open (BZ)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Boise (NYSE:BZ) were gapping up Tuesday morning with an open price 10.8% higher than Monday's closing price. The stock closed at $7.47 Monday and opened today's trading at $8.28.

The average volume for Boise has been 2.2 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Boise has a market cap of $648.2 million and is part of the consumer goods sector and consumer non-durables industry. Shares are down 5.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

Boise Inc. manufactures packaging and paper products in North America. The company operates through two segments, Paper and Packaging. The company has a P/E ratio of seven, equal to the average consumer non-durables industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates Boise as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally poor debt management, weak operating cash flow and disappointing return on equity. You can view the full Boise Ratings Report.

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