Navistar International Corp (NAV): Today's Featured Consumer Goods Winner

Navistar International (NAV) pushed the Consumer Goods sector higher today making it today's featured consumer goods winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.2%. By the end of trading, Navistar International rose 39 cents (1.6%) to $25.56 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.2 million shares of Navistar International exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.4 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $24.85-$25.73 after having opened the day at $25.20 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $25.17. Other companies within the Consumer Goods sector that increased today were: Mobile Mini (MINI), up 23.3%, Elizabeth Arden (RDEN), up 13%, Tandy Brands Accessories (TBAC), up 10.8%, and Jones Soda Company (JSDA), up 10%.

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Navistar International Corporation, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells commercial and military trucks, buses, diesel engines, recreational vehicles (RVs), and chassis, as well as provides service parts for trucks and trailers. Navistar International has a market cap of $1.76 billion and is part of the automotive industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 1.5, equal to the average automotive industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 32.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are four analysts that rate Navistar International a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Navistar International as a hold. Among the primary strengths of the company is its solid financial position based on a variety of debt and liquidity measures that we have evaluated. At the same time, however, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income, poor profit margins and weak operating cash flow.

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On the negative front, ACCO Brands (ACCO), down 14.7%, Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide (QTWW), down 10.4%, STR Holdings (STRI), down 10.4%, and Monster Beverage (MNST), down 9.7%, were all laggards within the consumer goods sector with Smithfield Foods (SFD) being today's consumer goods sector laggard.

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