NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA): Today's Featured Electronics Winner

NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) pushed the Electronics industry higher today making it today's featured electronics winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.2%. By the end of trading, NVIDIA Corporation rose 29 cents (2.1%) to $14.01 on light volume. Throughout the day, 8.9 million shares of NVIDIA Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 12.1 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $13.83-$14.08 after having opened the day at $13.85 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $13.72. Other companies within the Electronics industry that increased today were: Nexxus Lighting (NEXS), up 14.9%, Microvision (MVIS), up 12.8%, Mindspeed Technologies (MSPD), up 11.9%, and First Solar (FSLR), up 11.7%.

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NVIDIA Corporation provides graphics chips for use in smartphones, personal computers (PC), tablets, and professional workstations markets worldwide. It operates in three segments: Graphic Processing Unit (GPU), Professional Solutions Business (PSB), and Consumer Products Business (CPB). NVIDIA Corporation has a market cap of $8.32 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 16.4, equal to the average electronics industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 3% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 14 analysts that rate NVIDIA Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 17 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates NVIDIA Corporation as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, reasonable valuation levels and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income, weak operating cash flow and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself.

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On the negative front, Spire Corporation (SPIR), down 11.6%, Multi-Fineline Electronix (MFLX), down 8%, A123 Systems (AONE), down 7.7%, and Bel Fuse (BELFB), down 6%, were all laggards within the electronics industry with Corning (GLW) being today's electronics industry laggard.

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