PVH Corp (PVH): Today's Featured Consumer Goods Winner

PVH (PVH) pushed the Consumer Goods sector higher today making it today's featured consumer goods winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 1.3%. By the end of trading, PVH rose $5.39 (6.8%) to $84.25 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 2.1 million shares of PVH exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.2 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $80-$84.99 after having opened the day at $80.41 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $78.86. Other companies within the Consumer Goods sector that increased today were: Crumbs Bake Shop (CRMB), up 66.3%, US Home Systems (USHS), up 38.3%, Fossil (FOSL), up 31.5%, and Tumi Holdings (TUMI), up 23.1%.

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PVH Corp. operates as an apparel company in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. PVH has a market cap of $5.46 billion and is part of the consumer non-durables industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 31.9, above the average consumer non-durables industry P/E ratio of 16 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 7.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are eight analysts that rate PVH a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and five rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates PVH as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, revenue growth and reasonable valuation levels. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results.

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On the negative front, Nautilus Group (NLS), down 20.9%, WMS Industries (WMS), down 17.9%, Entertainment Gaming Asia (EGT), down 12.4%, and Appliance Recycling Centers (ARCI), down 11.9%, were all laggards within the consumer goods sector with Philip Morris International (PM) being today's consumer goods sector laggard.

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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the consumer goods sector could consider iShares Dow Jones US Cons Goods (IYK) while those bearish on the consumer goods sector could consider ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods (SZK).

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