PACCAR Inc (PCAR): Today's Featured Automotive Winner

PACCAR (PCAR) pushed the Automotive industry higher today making it today's featured automotive winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 2.9%. By the end of trading, PACCAR rose 87 cents (2.2%) to $40.29 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.9 million shares of PACCAR exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.7 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $39.51-$40.64 after having opened the day at $39.51 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $39.42. Other companies within the Automotive industry that increased today were: Enova Systems (ENA), up 16.3%, Westport Innovations (WPRT), up 7.9%, Fuel Systems Solutions (FSYS), up 7.4%, and Supreme Industries (STS), up 7.3%.

PACCAR Inc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and distributes light-, medium-, and heavy-duty trucks and related aftermarket parts worldwide. PACCAR has a market cap of $14.05 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.2, equal to the average automotive industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 5.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are seven analysts that rate PACCAR a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and eight rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates PACCAR as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, notable return on equity and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.

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On the negative front, Orbital (OBT), down 3.7% and Williams Controls (WMCO), down 1.7%, were all losers within the automotive industry with Arctic Cat (ACAT) being today's automotive industry loser.

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