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Cooper Industries PLC. (CBE): Today's Featured Conglomerates Winner

By TheStreet Wire 05/02/12 - 04:01 PM EDT

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Cooper Industries (CBE) pushed the Conglomerates sector higher today making it today's featured conglomerates winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.6%. By the end of trading, Cooper Industries rose $1.52 (2.4%) to $64.01 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 1.9 million shares of Cooper Industries exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 889,800 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $61.61-$64.16 after having opened the day at $62.48 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $62.49. Other companies within the Conglomerates sector that increased today were: Lydall (LDL), up 6.1% and Poage Bankshares (PBSK), up 5.3%.

Cooper Industries plc manufactures and sells electrical components and tools in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Energy and Safety Solutions, and Electrical Products Group. Cooper Industries has a market cap of $9.94 billion and is part of the conglomerates industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 16.2, above the average conglomerates industry P/E ratio of 12.5 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 15.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Cooper Industries a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and five rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Cooper Industries as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, impressive record of earnings per share growth, increase in net income and attractive valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.

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