Sony Corporation (SNE): Today's Featured Consumer Goods Winner

Sony Corporation (SNE) pushed the Consumer Goods sector higher today making it today's featured consumer goods winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.2%. By the end of trading, Sony Corporation rose 25 cents (1.9%) to $13.43 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.1 million shares of Sony Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.8 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $13.32-$13.52 after having opened the day at $13.35 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $13.18. Other companies within the Consumer Goods sector that increased today were: ATC Venture Group (ATC), up 25.2%, China Xiniya Fashion (XNY), up 24%, Kid Brands (KID), up 12.9%, and Joe's Jeans (JOEZ), up 9.7%.

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 $13.03 billion and is part of the consumer durables industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 3.7, above the average consumer durables industry P/E ratio of 2.3 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 29.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. 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 disappointing historical performance in the stock itself and generally weak debt management.

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On the negative front, Enova Systems (ENA), down 26.1%, Reeds (REED), down 13.5%, Buckeye Technologies (BKI), down 9%, and Jones Soda Company (JSDA), down 7.3%, were all losers within the consumer goods sector with Nu Skin (NUS) being today's consumer goods sector loser.

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