Tidewater Inc. (TDW): Today's Featured Transportation Loser

Tidewater (TDW) pushed the Transportation industry lower today making it today's featured Transportation loser. The industry as a whole closed the day down 1.4%. By the end of trading, Tidewater fell $1.31 (-2.7%) to $46.49 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 961,066 shares of Tidewater exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 600,500 shares. The stock ranged in price between $46.40-$48.42 after having opened the day at $47.95 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $47.80. Other company's within the Transportation industry that declined today were: Box Ships (TEU), down 12.1%, Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), down 11.6%, Seanergy Maritime Holdings (SHIP), down 9.9%, and FreeSeas (FREE), down 9.1%.

Tidewater Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides offshore service vessels and marine support services to the offshore energy industry through the operation of a fleet of marine service vessels. Tidewater has a market cap of $2.5 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 38.4, above the average transportation industry P/E ratio of 37.8 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 3% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are seven analysts that rate Tidewater a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Tidewater 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, expanding profit margins and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.

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On the positive front, XPO Logistics (XPO), up 5.5%, P.A.M. Transportation (PTSI), up 3.5%, USA Truck (USAK), up 3.1%, and Knight Transportation (KNX), up 3.1%, were all gainers within the transportation industry with Southwest Airlines (LUV) being today's featured transportation industry winner.

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