Cummins Inc (CMI): Today's Featured Industrial Winner

Cummins (CMI) pushed the Industrial industry higher today making it today's featured industrial winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, Cummins rose $1.63 (1.8%) to $92.26 on average volume. Throughout the day, 2.4 million shares of Cummins exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.6 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $89.66-$92.28 after having opened the day at $89.66 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $90.63. Other companies within the Industrial industry that increased today were: Presstek (PRST), up 15.2%, Valence Technology (VLNC), up 11.4%, Flow International Corporation (FLOW), up 7.9%, and Intellicheck Mobilisa (IDN), up 7.9%.

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Cummins Inc. designs, manufactures, distributes, and services diesel and natural gas engines, and engine-related component products worldwide. It operates in four segments: Engine, Components, Power Generation, and Distribution. Cummins has a market cap of $17.23 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 8.8, equal to the average industrial industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 1.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are seven analysts that rate Cummins a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and seven rate it a hold.

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

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On the negative front, A123 Systems (AONE), down 12.9%, China Ming Yang Wind Power Group (MY), down 12.9%, UQM Technologies (UQM), down 11.4%, and Highway Holdings (HIHO), down 11.2%, were all losers within the industrial industry with Parker Hannifin Corporation (PH) being today's industrial industry loser.

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