Sony Corporation (SNE): Today's Featured Consumer Durables Loser

Sony Corporation (SNE) pushed the Consumer Durables industry lower today making it today's featured Consumer Durables loser. The industry as a whole closed the day down 2.8%. By the end of trading, Sony Corporation fell 59 cents (-4.5%) to $12.65 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1.9 million shares of Sony Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.8 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $12.63-$12.77 after having opened the day at $12.68 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $13.24. Other company's within the Consumer Durables industry that declined today were: Johnson Outdoors (JOUT), down 9.7%, Chromcraft Revington (CRC), down 9.6%, La-Z-Boy (LZB), down 7.6%, and Global-Tech Advanced Innovations (GAI), down 7.1%.

Sony Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and sells electronic equipment, instruments, and devices for consumer, professional, and industrial markets worldwide. Sony Corporation has a market cap of $13.08 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 3.7, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 26.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there is one analyst that rates Sony Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and one rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Sony Corporation as a sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its disappointing return on equity, generally weak debt management, generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself and feeble growth in its earnings per share.

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On the positive front, Escalade (ESCA), up 6.3%, Cascade Microtech (CSCD), up 3.3%, Stanley Furniture Company (STLY), up 2.3%, and LJ International (JADE), up 2.2%, were all gainers within the consumer durables industry with Clorox Company (CLX) being today's featured consumer durables industry winner.

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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the consumer durables industry could consider Consumer Discretionary Sel Sec SPDR (XLY) while those bearish on the consumer durables industry could consider ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods (SZK).

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