Jabil Circuit Inc. (JBL): Today's Featured Technology Winner

Jabil Circuit (JBL) pushed the Technology sector higher today making it today's featured technology winner. The sector as a whole was unchanged today. By the end of trading, Jabil Circuit rose $1.33 (6.8%) to $20.75 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 9.3 million shares of Jabil Circuit exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.1 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $19.46-$21.02 after having opened the day at $19.78 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $19.42. Other companies within the Technology sector that increased today were: Mitek Systems (MITK), up 15.8%, LiveDeal (LIVE), up 13.7%, Motricity (MOTR), up 12.4%, and China Sunergy (CSUN), up 11.8%.

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Jabil Circuit, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides electronic manufacturing services and solutions worldwide. Jabil Circuit has a market cap of $3.93 billion and is part of the electronics industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 9.6, equal to the average electronics industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 1.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are eight analysts that rate Jabil Circuit a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Jabil Circuit as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.

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On the negative front, FSI International (FSII), down 18.7%, Winland Electronics (WEX), down 12%, SatCon Technology Corporation (SATC), down 11.2%, and Dataram Corporation (DRAM), down 9.6%, were all losers within the technology sector with TE Connectivity (TEL) being today's technology sector loser.

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