Swift Transportation Co (SWFT): Today's Featured Automotive Winner

Swift Transportation (SWFT) pushed the Automotive industry higher today making it today's featured automotive winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 1.9%. By the end of trading, Swift Transportation rose 6 cents (0.6%) to $9.99 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.2 million shares of Swift Transportation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.6 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $9.74-$10.10 after having opened the day at $9.90 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $9.93. Other companies within the Automotive industry that increased today were: Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide (QTWW), up 3.2%, Orbital (OBT), up 2.7%, Motorcar Parts of America (MPAA), up 2.3%, and China Zenix Auto International Ltd ADR (ZX), up 1.7%.

Swift Transportation Company, through its subsidiary, Swift Transportation Co., LLC, operates as a multi-faceted transportation services company and truckload carrier in North America. Swift Transportation has a market cap of $839.9 million and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.4, equal to the average transportation industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 15.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 11 analysts that rate Swift Transportation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and four rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Swift Transportation as a sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself, poor profit margins and generally weak debt management.

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On the negative front, Arctic Cat (ACAT), down 8.7%, Enova Systems (ENA), down 6.2%, Polaris Industries (PII), down 6%, and Marine Products Corporation (MPX), down 5.6%, were all losers within the automotive industry with Ford Motor (F) being today's automotive industry loser.

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