Intel Corp (INTC): Today's Featured Electronics Loser

Intel (INTC) pushed the Electronics industry lower today making it today's featured Electronics loser. The industry as a whole closed the day down 1.5%. By the end of trading, Intel fell 25 cents (-1.1%) to $23.31 on average volume. Throughout the day, 51 million shares of Intel exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 64 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $23.14-$23.56 after having opened the day at $23.50 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $23.56. Other company's within the Electronics industry that declined today were: Sequans Communications SA ADR (SQNS), down 25.9%, First Solar (FSLR), down 21.4%, SunPower Corporation (SPWR), down 16%, and Comverge (COMV), down 10.6%.

Intel Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of integrated circuits for computing and communications industries worldwide. Intel has a market cap of $122.21 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 10.4, equal to the average electronics industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 18.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 23 analysts that rate Intel a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and 15 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Intel as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity, solid stock price performance and impressive record of earnings per share growth. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook.

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On the positive front, AuthenTec (AUTH), up 8.5%, Vishay Precision Group (VPG), up 7.2%, Giga-tronics (GIGA), up 6.7%, and Daystar Technologies (DSTI), up 5.9%, were all gainers within the electronics industry with Rambus (RMBS) being today's featured electronics industry winner.

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