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

By TheStreet Wire 06/08/12 - 05:00 PM EDT

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Harley-Davidson (HOG) pushed the Automotive industry higher today making it today's featured automotive winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.5%. By the end of trading, Harley-Davidson rose 66 cents (1.4%) to $48.66 on average volume. Throughout the day, two million shares of Harley-Davidson exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.3 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $47.02-$48.73 after having opened the day at $47.76 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $48. Other companies within the Automotive industry that increased today were: Navistar International (NAV), up 17.6%, Fuel Systems Solutions (FSYS), up 5.4%, Westport Innovations (WPRT), up 4.9%, and American Axle & Mfg Holdings (AXL), up 4.9%.

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 $11.15 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 18.8, above the average automotive industry P/E ratio of 17.3 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 20.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Harley-Davidson a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two 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, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally poor debt management on most measures that we evaluated.

You can view the full Harley-Davidson Ratings Report.

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