Avon Products Inc (AVP): Today's Featured Consumer Non-Durables Winner

Avon Products (AVP) pushed the Consumer Non-Durables industry higher today making it today's featured consumer non-durables winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.3%. By the end of trading, Avon Products rose 43 cents (2.7%) to $16.13 on light volume. Throughout the day, 4.5 million shares of Avon Products exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 9.9 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $15.61-$16.21 after having opened the day at $15.81 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $15.70. Other companies within the Consumer Non-Durables industry that increased today were: SodaStream International (SODA), up 6.1%, UFP Technologies (UFPT), up 4.3%, Zuoan Fashion (ZA), up 4.1%, and Summer Infant (SUMR), up 2.9%.

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Avon Products, Inc. manufactures and markets beauty and related products worldwide. Avon Products has a market cap of $6.75 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.2, equal to the average consumer non-durables industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 10.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are two analysts that rate Avon Products a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and nine rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Avon Products as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its reasonable valuation levels and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share, deteriorating net income and generally poor debt management.

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On the negative front, Verso Paper (VRS), down 8.1%, Coldwater Creek (CWTR), down 7.6%, MOD-PAC Corporation (MPAC), down 5.9%, and Cereplast (CERP), down 5.8%, were all losers within the consumer non-durables industry with Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) being today's consumer non-durables industry loser.

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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the consumer non-durables industry could consider Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (XLP) while those bearish on the consumer non-durables industry could consider ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods (SZK).

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