Harley-Davidson Inc (HOG): Today's Featured Automotive Loser

Harley-Davidson (HOG) pushed the Automotive industry lower today making it today's featured Automotive loser. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.5%. By the end of trading, Harley-Davidson fell 85 cents (-1.6%) to $50.69 on average volume. Throughout the day, 2.4 million shares of Harley-Davidson exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of two million shares. The stock ranged in price between $49.96-$51.25 after having opened the day at $51.23 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $51.54. Other company's within the Automotive industry that declined today were: ATC Venture Group (ATC), down 16%, Tesla Motors (TSLA), down 7%, Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), down 4.7%, and Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide (QTWW), down 4.6%.

Harley-Davidson, Inc. engages in the production and sale of heavyweight motorcycles. It operates in two segments, Motorcycles and Related Products, and Financial Services. Harley-Davidson has a market cap of $11.94 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 20.3, above the average automotive industry P/E ratio of 18.6 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 32.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Harley-Davidson a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Harley-Davidson as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally poor debt management on most measures that we evaluated.

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