Toyota Motor Corp (TM): Today's Featured Consumer Goods Winner

Toyota Motor (TM) pushed the Consumer Goods sector higher today making it today's featured consumer goods winner. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.2%. By the end of trading, Toyota Motor rose 49 cents (0.6%) to $77.38 on light volume. Throughout the day, 270,726 shares of Toyota Motor exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 416,100 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $76.74-$77.44 after having opened the day at $77.19 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $76.89. Other companies within the Consumer Goods sector that increased today were: Entertainment Gaming Asia (EGT), up 7.3%, China Zenix Auto International Ltd ADR (ZX), up 6.6%, SodaStream International (SODA), up 6.1%, and Smart Balance (SMBL), up 5.5%.

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Toyota Motor Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, assembly, and sale of passenger cars, minivans, and commercial vehicles. Toyota Motor has a market cap of $132.49 billion and is part of the automotive industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 24.5, below the average automotive industry P/E ratio of 35.1 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 16.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are no analysts that rate Toyota Motor a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and one rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Toyota Motor as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in net income, revenue growth, good cash flow from operations and growth in earnings per share. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.

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On the negative front, La-Z-Boy (LZB), down 12.6%, Tofutti Brands (TOF), down 12.2%, Ethan Allen Interiors (ETH), down 11.5%, and Orbital (OBT), down 8.6%, were all losers within the consumer goods sector with HJ Heinz Company (HNZ) being today's consumer goods sector loser.

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