Siemens AG (SI): Today's Featured Technology Loser

Siemens (SI) pushed the Technology sector lower today making it today's featured Technology loser. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.7%. By the end of trading, Siemens fell 75 cents (-0.8%) to $87.23 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1.1 million shares of Siemens exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 780,200 shares. The stock ranged in price between $85.97-$87.43 after having opened the day at $87.38 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $87.98. Other company's within the Technology sector that declined today were: Merge Healthcare (MRGE), down 36.2%, Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR), down 28.6%, Technical Communications (TCCO), down 24.1%, and I.D. Systems (IDSY), down 18.3%.

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, an electronics and electrical engineering company, operates in the industry, energy, healthcare, and infrastructure and cities sectors worldwide. Siemens has a market cap of $77.39 billion and is part of the telecommunications industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 32.1, above the average telecommunications industry P/E ratio of 15.9 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 8% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are four analysts that rate Siemens a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Siemens as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its good cash flow from operations, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and attractive valuation levels. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, deteriorating net income and disappointing return on equity.

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On the positive front, IEC Electronics Corporation (IEC), up 26.5%, Rosetta Stone (RST), up 18.9%, Sequans Communications SA ADR (SQNS), up 13.2%, and Sapiens International Corporation (SPNS), up 12.9%, were all gainers within the technology sector with Activision Blizzard (ATVI) being today's featured technology sector winner.

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