General Motors Co (GM): Today's Featured Automotive Laggard

General Motors (GM) pushed the Automotive industry lower today making it today's featured Automotive laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.7%. By the end of trading, General Motors fell 19 cents (-0.9%) to $19.85 on light volume. Throughout the day, 6.1 million shares of General Motors exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 8.5 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $19.76-$20.10 after having opened the day at $20.05 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $20.04. Other company's within the Automotive industry that declined today were: Stoneridge (SRI), down 4.1%, Enova Systems (ENA), down 2.9%, Swift Transportation (SWFT), down 2.5%, and SORL Auto Parts (SORL), down 2%.

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General Motors Company (GM) designs, manufactures, and markets cars, crossovers, trucks, and automobile parts worldwide. General Motors has a market cap of $29.97 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 5.6, above the average automotive industry P/E ratio of 5.5 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 10 analysts that rate General Motors a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and four rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates General Motors as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its attractive valuation levels and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. 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 weak operating cash flow.

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On the positive front, Standard Motor Products (SMP), up 22.1%, Navistar International (NAV), up 10%, Visteon (VC), up 5.6%, and Superior Industries International (SUP), up 5.2%, were all gainers within the automotive industry with Magna International (MGA) being today's featured automotive industry leader.

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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the automotive industry could consider Consumer Discretionary Sel Sec SPDR (XLY) while those bearish on the automotive industry could consider ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods (SZK).

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