Newell Rubbermaid Inc (NWL): Today's Featured Consumer Durables Laggard

Newell Rubbermaid (NWL) pushed the Consumer Durables industry lower today making it today's featured Consumer Durables laggard. The industry as a whole was unchanged today. By the end of trading, Newell Rubbermaid fell 27 cents (-1.6%) to $16.98 on average volume. Throughout the day, 2.4 million shares of Newell Rubbermaid exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of three million shares. The stock ranged in price between $16.88-$17.18 after having opened the day at $17.14 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $17.25. Other companies within the Consumer Durables industry that declined today were: Mad Catz Interactive (MCZ), down 3.8%, Entertainment Gaming Asia (EGT), down 3.3%, LSI Industries (LYTS), down 3.2%, and Global-Tech Advanced Innovations (GAI), down 3.2%.

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Newell Rubbermaid Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets consumer and commercial products. It operates in three segments: Home & Family, Office Products, and Tools, Hardware & Commercial Products. Newell Rubbermaid has a market cap of $5.03 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 48.4, below the average consumer durables industry P/E ratio of 56.2 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 7.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate Newell Rubbermaid a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Newell Rubbermaid as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

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On the positive front, Nautilus Group (NLS), up 5.2%, Appliance Recycling Centers (ARCI), up 4.6%, Sturm Ruger & Company (RGR), up 3.3%, and Callaway Golf Company (ELY), up 3.2%, were all gainers within the consumer durables industry with Harman International Industries (HAR) being today's featured consumer durables industry leader.

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

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